Mumbai: New Zealand skipper Tom Latham won the toss and elected to bat against India in the third and final Test here Friday.
Pacer Mohammed Siraj returned to the side in place of Jasprit Bumrah, who has not fully recovered from his viral illness, in the only change to India’s playing XI.
Having sealed the series 2-0, the visitors made two changes to their line-up.
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Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner, who starred in the Pune Test with a 13-wicket match haul is out with a side strain. Leg spinner Ish Sodhi replaced Santner while pacer Matt Henry has come in for Tim Southee.
Teams
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep and Mohammed Siraj.
New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Ajaz Patel and William ORourke.
