Tri-series underway: India Vs New Zealand live

The tri-series involving India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka is underway, with all three teams hoping to find an ideal combination ahead of the World Cup next year.

New Zealand captain Ross Taylor won the toss against in the first ODI and elected to bat first . The pitch has some grass covering and is expected to help the fast bowlers early on. However batting under lights would have played a part when Taylor made his decision.

An already depleted Indian side had another setback yesterday when Ishant Sharma was ruled out of the first ODI due to an ankle injury. India are already without Zaheer Khan, Gautham Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh through injury, while Sachin Tendulkar has been rested.

New Zealand meanwhile are without captain Daniel Vettori and wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum, both of whom have been rested.

Indian Team: MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), V Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh,  RG Sharma,  RA Jadeja,  V Kohli, P Kumar, A Mithun, A Nehra, PP Ojha and SK Raina.

New Zealand Team: R Taylor (capt.), GJ Hopkins (wk), JDP Oram, MJ Guptill, SB Styris, DR Tuffey, Andy McKay, PJ Ingram, Kyle Mills, KS Williamson and AJ McKay

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