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Williamson wins toss, opts to bat first

| | Oct 26, 2016, at 07:22 pm
Ranchi, Oct 26 (IBNS): New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the coin toss and elected to bat first at the fourth One-Day International cricket match with India, being played at Ranchi, on Wednesday.

After a string of failures with the toss, the Kiwi skipper finally had it going his way.

While the visitors have made a few changes to their side, India opted for one change, taking Dhawal Kulkarni in place of Jasprit Bumrah.

India has never lost an ODI at this venue.

The India team is currently leading 2-1 in this series.

Squad:

New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Corey Anderson, Anton Devcich, BJ Watling(w), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni(w/c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Amit Mishra, Dhawal Kulkarni, Umesh Yadav

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