Tom Latham has won the toss and elected to bat in the second Test against India in Pune. “The pitch looks good and we want to put score on the board. This track will assist spinners and we to make full use of the conditions. We are not thinking about our win in the previous Test. Matt Henry is out due to an injury and Mitchell Santner takes his place.
Rohit Sharma wanted to bat first as well. “We wanted to bat first as well. However, we will have to play good cricket to perform well in this match. We didn’t bat well in the previous Test but the comeback we made was phenomenal. Our players showed their character. We have made three changes. KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, and Mohammed Siraj miss out while Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Akash Deep comes in,” Rohit Sharma said.
India Playing XI: R Sharma (c), Y Jaiswal, V Kohli, R Pant (wk), S Gill, S Khan, R Jadeja, R Ashwin, A Deep, W Sundar, J Bumrah.
New Zealand Playing XI: T Latham (c), D Conway, W Young, R Ravindra, D Mitchell, T Blundell (wk), G Phillips, T Southee, M Santner, W O’Rourke, A Patel.