Toss Win at Bay Oval
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won a toss and chose to bowl on Sunday in the fifth one-day cricket international against India at Bay Oval, Yahoo Sports reported.
India’s captains Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer won eight of nine tosses in previous matches across the Twenty20 and one-day international series.
“I’m unsure. I didn’t expect to win,” Santner said when asked what he planned to do.
Squad Changes in Mount Maunganui
Matt Henry left alongside Kyle Jamieson to join the New Zealand squad for the first test starting in Wellington on Thursday. Henry took the wickets of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Iyer in his first over on Friday, finishing with 6-27.
Jacob Duffy and Blair Tickner rejoined the New Zealand lineup for Sunday’s match. Their inclusion brings to nine the number of bowlers New Zealand has used in the series.
India handed an ODI debut to right-arm pacer Yash Thakur while Mohammad Siraj also joined the India lineup.
Series Standing and Lineups
India leads the five-match series 2-1 after one match was washed out. Iyer said his team remains in high spirits following its defeat by 244 runs in the fourth ODI at the same venue on Friday, where New Zealand bowled out India for 89 in reply to its own 333.
The playing XIs feature Will Young, Tim Seifert, Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Santner, Kristian Clarke, Tickner, Matt Fisher and Duffy for New Zealand. India fields Rohit, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Kohli, Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Auqib Nabi, Siraj, Arshdeep Singh and Thakur.
Answering key questions about the ODI series
Who won the toss in the fifth ODI?
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bowl first at Bay Oval on Sunday.
What was the result of the fourth ODI between India and New Zealand?
New Zealand defeated India by 244 runs on Friday at Bay Oval, bowling out India for 89 after posting 333.
Why did Matt Henry leave the New Zealand squad?
Henry departed alongside Kyle Jamieson to join the New Zealand squad for the first test beginning in Wellington on Thursday.
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