India Win Toss and Bowl First With Unchanged Side in Wellington 3rd T20I

India won the toss and chose to bowl first against New Zealand in the third T20I at Hnry Stadium in Wellington today, with the first ball at 12:30 PM IST.

India go in unchanged from the side that won the second T20I, with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi keeping his place at number three while Ishan Kishan is still out with injury.

New Zealand's pace attack features Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne and Matthew Fisher, with Nathan Smith and Blair Tickner on the bench and Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson still unavailable.

A win seals the five-match series for India, who lead 2-0, on a Wellington surface expected to offer pace and bounce, with the city's famous wind in play.

India (Playing XI): Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav.

New Zealand (Playing XI): Tim Seifert (wk), Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (capt), Kyle Jamieson, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher.

New Zealand made three changes, with Jamieson, Milne and Fisher coming in for Matt Henry, Nathan Smith and Lockie Ferguson, while India are unchanged.

At the toss, Santner said it looks like a good wicket with pace and bounce on offer, and that New Zealand would also have bowled first.

The pitch is expected to offer early swing and seam for the fast bowlers before getting better for batting, with Wellington's wind in play through the match.