Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first. India will chase against New Zealand in the first T20I of the 3-match series. Kuldeep Yadav makes a comeback into the T20I side on the other hand Yuzvendra Chahal misses out.

Prithvi Shaw despite being in scintillating form hasn’t been selected. The Pandya-Dravid think tank went with tried and tested combination of Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan. Team India have the edge over New Zealand in the Head-to-Head clashes between the two sides in T20I cricket. In 22 T20I matches, India have won 12 and the Black Caps have won 9 times.