NEW DELHI: India skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and chose to bowl first against New Zealand in the third T20I of the five-match series on Sunday.

India currently lead the series by 2-0 and will look to clinch the series with a strong performance in this match.

Team changes for the clash

India made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Bishnoi in place of Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakravarthy. New Zealand, on the other hand, drafted in pacer Kyle Jamieson for this game, replacing Zak Foulkes.

India XI: Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

New Zealand XI: Devon Conway, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy

Captains’ thoughts

Speaking at the toss, Suryakumar Yadav encouraged his team to back their instincts while keeping a balanced approach:

“Wicket looks good, there'll be dew later on. Be fearless, take your own call, enjoy and be humble at the same time.”

Meanwhile, Mitchell Santner expressed confidence in New Zealand’s approach, emphasizing learning from past games:

“I thought we batted quite well. Take learnings from the last game and put it into this game. Move on pretty quickly.”