Gautam Gambhir asks New Zealand to bat first

Jaipur : India’s stand-in captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat in the second One-day International against New Zealand at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here on Wednesday.

For New Zealand, captain Daniel Vettori comes in place of Grant Elliott while Tim Southee replaces Daryl Tuffey, who has been ruled out of the series with a bicep strain. India have not made any chnges to the side that won in Guwahati.

India: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Murali Vijay, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Sreesanth and Munaf Patel

New Zealand: Jamie How, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Kane Williamson, Daniel Vettori (captain), Gareth Hopkins (wicketkeeper), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Tim Southee and Andy McKay