India vs New Zealand: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Left Out Again; Shreyas Iyer Makes Two Changes

Times of India - Sports · sports

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won his first toss of the series and elected to bowl first in the fifth T20I against India. India's Shreyas Iyer made two changes, bringing back Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Varun Chakravarthy while resting Mayank Yadav and Axar Patel. Teenage batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was once again excluded from the playing XI, having only featured in two matches. India has already secured the series 3-1 and aims to test their batting first in the final game.