Suryakumar Yadav In, Hardik Pandya Out: Rohit Sharma Reveals India's Playing XI vs New Zealand

22.10.2023 - 09:17 sports.ndtv.com

The Indian cricket team made two changes in the line-up for the Cricket World Cup 2023 match against New Zealand on Sunday. As India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss, he revealed that Mohammed Shami will be playing their maiden World Cup game in this campaign, while Suryakumar Yadav will make his debut in the ODI World Cup for the national team.

Making way for the duo were Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur. With the team management deciding to bench Shardul after Hardik's injury, there will be no pace-bowling all-rounder in the team.

In fact, the Indian team will enter the stadium with 5 bowling options. Considering the form that the Kiwi batters have shown in this tournament, the strategy could turn out to be a risky one. "We'll bowl first.

No reason, we were here training yesterday and felt a bit of dew comes in. Looks like a good pitch, we'll back ourselves to chase.

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