New Zealand opt to bowl; Vettori left out

GUWAHATI - New Zealand’s stand-in captain Ross Taylor won the toss and opted to bowl against India in the first one-day international cricket match here Sunday.

New Zealand have left out their captain Daniel Vettori due to an injury.

Teams:

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

New Zealand: Jamie How, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor (captain), Scott Styris, Kane Williamson, Grant Elliott, Gareth Hopkins (wicketkeeper), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Daryll Tuffey, Andy McKay