Third T20I: India wins toss and opts to bowl against New Zealand

Kolkata, November 21st : Rohit Sharma, Indias captain, won the toss at the game and chose to field against New Zealand in T20I 3, here on SundayIndia had two major changes: Yuzvendra Chhal and Ishan Kishan replaced KL Rahul & R Ashwin in this match.

We will bat first.

The pitch is a bit sticky so we are going to try new things as a team.This is just one example of the many things we can do.This is our goal: to score runs and provide a challenge for the next set of bowlers.KL and Ashwin have been rested.

Rohit said at the toss that Ishan Chahal and Chahal have arrived.He said, "We know exactly what we want, so Ishan must wait for our opportunity.

Chahal, too, has been a champion for us." Mitchell Santner, the stand-in New Zealand captain, mentioned that Lockie Fergus had replaced Tim Southee in this match "Yeah, (would have bowled).It has been wet since the last few games due to dew.It has had dew all throughout.We must do what we do well.

Although we lost some phases, especially the final game in the middle of the bat, it was close.We got off to an excellent start.

Santner said at the toss, "But thats just how it is." The Indian openers are out in force and have built relationships.Were not too far off and we should be able to play a full game by today.

He said that Southee is the only one who can make a difference.Playing XI India: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert(w), James Neesham, Mitchell Santner(c), Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult avn/bs #India #wins #opts #Zealand.