Santner ruled out with side strain
November 01, 2024 09:23India continue with their spin trio of Ashwin, Jadeja and Sundar along with two pacers in Siraj and Akash Deep.
They will need to make early inroads with the new ball and hope the spinners can come into the play.
A confident New Zealand would be looking to make most of winning the toss by posting a healthy first innings total, which could help them put pressure in India's second innings like they did in Pune.
Check out the playing XIs of the two teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (w/k), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj.
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (w/k), Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke.