India chose to bowl v New Zealand
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India finally agreed to change when they left out Ishant Sharma for Varun Aaron, but they persisted with chasing possibly because they can never be sure how much is enough with their bowlers. India's last four ODI losses - all away from home - have come in chases, and all after winning the toss.
Aaron last played an international match in December 2011. Suresh Raina, who was hit on the elbow in the nets, turned up fine.
On a really hard Eden Park surface, fast bowlers were expected to generate good bounce, which meant they brought in Hamish Bennett for Kyle Mills. Those were the only changes the sides made. New Zealand were looking for their first string of three victories against opponents other than Zimbabwe and Associates since 2010. India needed to start stringing a hat-trick of their own to keep their No. 1 ranking in tact.
New Zealand 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Jesse Ryder, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Brendon McCullum (capt.), 6 Corey Anderson, 7 Luke Ronchi (wk), 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Hamish Bennett, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Mitchell McClenaghan
India 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Ajinkya Rahane, 5 MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Varun Aaron, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Bhuvneshwar Kumar
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