India skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to field against New Zealand in the first T20I here on Friday.

India stuck with the opening pair of Ishan Kishan and Shubman Gill, leaving out a returning Prithvi Shaw, while Kuldeep Yadav was preferred over Yuzvendra Chahal.
Mukesh Kumar and Jitesh Sharma also missed out on the playing XI.