India elect to bat in first ODI vs NZ

- Scorecard: India vs NZ, 1st ODI

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the first One-Day International in Napier on Tuesday.

For India, pacer Ishant Sharma was rested after injuring his shoulder during the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand. He was replaced by Praveen Kumar, while Munaf Patel took the place of Irfan Pathan.

Sachin Tendulkar, who missed out on the last two one-dayers against Sri Lanka, also returns to the Indian team.

For the hosts, Tim Southee gave way to fellow pace bowler Kyle Mills.

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (captain), Jesse Ryder, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Jacob Oram, Neil Broom, Grant Elliott, Kyle Mills, Ian Butler, Iain O'Brien.