NEW DELHI: New Zealand captain Michael Bracewell opted to bowl after winning the toss in the second ODI against India at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Wednesday. India look to wrap up the three-match series after winning the first game, while New Zealand need to win to stay alive in the series.

India captain Shubman Gill was happy with batting first and made it clear that India would have batted first had he won the toss. The hosts made a forced change, with injured Washington Sundar making way for Nitish Kumar Reddy.

"We would have batted first. Yesterday there was no dew. It might get a bit slower. I was feeling very confident when I was batting there. Hopefully it's a big one. They started off pretty well, fast bowlers taking wickets in the middle overs is very rare," Gill said at the toss.

New Zealand also made one change to their playing XI as Jayden Lennox is making his debut.

"Looks a great surface here. Hopefully dew comes into play and it skids on later. We gave ourselves a chance to win it late with a couple of late wickets. Different conditions here, add 40,000 fans that are screaming for one team, certainly a bit of challenge. We are looking forward to the challenge," Bracewell said.

New Zealand (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay(w), Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Jayden Lennox, Kyle Jamieson, Kristian Clarke

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna