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India have a 2-0 lead in the ongoing ODI series, and the Men in Blue will aim to clinch the series with a win against the Kiwis at the Mount Maunganui. Shreyas Iyer will lead the team in Shubman Gill’s absence, and the Asian side has made numerous changes to its playing XI.
With the Test-bound players already departed for red-ball practice, India needed to tweak their playing XI for the remainder of the two ODIs, and here are the changes.
India changes in playing XI for 4th ODI vs New Zealand
As has happened almost every time, India won the toss and elected to bowl first, keeping in mind the dew factor later in the evening. Iyer revealed that India have made three changes from their last ODI match.
Ruturaj Gaikwad is back in the playing XI, and the right-handed batter is expected to open alongside Rohit Sharma. Dynamic batter Ishan Kishan is also included in the playing XI, and he will keep wickets for India.
Kuldeep Yadav, who has been warming the bench, finally gets a chance in the playing XI as well.
India playing XI for the 4th ODI vs New Zealand
Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh
(The team is going in with 5 proper batters, two all-rounders, and 4 bowlers).
India bring in a specialist spinner to replace Anshul Kamboj
Kuldeep Yadav’s inclusion comes as a surprise since the spinner has hardly been used in SENA conditions recently, but with the Kiwi batters not the best against spin bowling, the management has decided to give Kuldeep a go against the home side.
He replaces Anshul Kamboj, who has been outstanding in the ongoing series. The Indian side expects the surface to play on the slower side, and hence, alongside Kuldeep, Naman Dhir and Axar Patel are the two spin bowlers.
