India already have an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-game series and will now push towards a clean sweep over New Zealand. After winning the toss, India skipper Suryakumar Yadav said Arshdeep comes in for wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan, who has picked a niggle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also said vice-captain Axar Patel will need more time to recover from a left index finger injury suffered in the T20I series opener in Nagpur and could come back in the next game in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt looks like a good wicket, and we\u2019ll get a chance to practise here later. There was a lot of dew last night and today it\u2019s a little humid as well, so we feel that in the second innings the ball will come onto the bat nicely.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI think the important thing is to repeat the good habits we\u2019ve built over the past year, not just in this series. We want to keep doing the good things we\u2019ve been doing, learn from the last game, and go out there, enjoy ourselves, play the format the way it\u2019s meant to be played, and entertain the people who\u2019ve come here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful ground and a lovely crowd here. Hopefully the boys are charged up and we have a good, entertaining night. The batters will need to take a bit more responsibility (in Kishan\u2019s absence), but at the same time not shy away from playing with fearless intent. We\u2019ve got five good bowling options today, so we\u2019ll see how it goes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santer said pacer Zak Foulkes replaces Kyle Jamieson in the playing eleven, with James Neesham and Finn Allen still a little far off from being in the team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt looks like a good wicket again. The dew has already kind of set in, so it might be a bit harder later on. The runs and scores are definitely evolving. We know the quality of this Indian side, and we\u2019ve seen that in the first three games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe need to be better with the ball. First up, though, it looks like a good wicket, so we\u2019ll try to set a strong total tonight. Most of the guys are already here playing this series, but the roles are pretty clear, and we\u2019ll probably get similar wickets in the World Cup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Playing XIs:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe need to be better with the ball. First up, though, it looks like a good wicket, so we\u2019ll try to set a strong total tonight. Most of the guys are already here playing this series, but the roles are pretty clear, and we\u2019ll probably get similar wickets in the World Cup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wicket-keeper), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Zakary Foulkes, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, and Jacob Duffy<\/p>\r\n\r\n