Cole McConchie replaced Mitchell Santner•AFP via Getty Images
Toss Canada chose to bat vs New Zealand
Canada captain Dilpreet Bajwa won the toss and opted to bat first against New Zealand in Chennai. New Zealand, who are eyeing a Super Eights spot, were without Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson. Daryl Mitchell, who stood in for Santner, said the captain had a “dodgy burger” last night.
Bajwa felt the day game would help their spinners. “Later on, we might get some spin. So it’s good bat first and give them a target.” They made one change. Offspinner Shivam Sharma came in for left-arm seamer Kaleem Sana. Shivam was the leading wicket-taker at the World Cup qualifying tournament in June but hasn’t played a T20I since.
New Zealand made two changes. Cole McConchie came in for Santner and Kyle Jamieson for Lockie Ferguson, who has gone home for the birth of his first child.
New Zealand: 1 Tim Seifert (wk), 2 Finn Allen, 3 Rachin Ravindra, 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Daryl Mitchell (capt), 6 Mark Chapman, 7 Cole McConchie, 8 James Neesham, 9 Kyle Jamieson, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Jacob Duffy
Canada: 1 Dilpreet Bajwa (capt), 2 Yuvraj Samra, 3 Navneet Dhaliwal, 4 Nicholas Kirton, 5 Shreyas Movva (wk), 6 Harsh Thaker, 7 Saad Bin Zafar, 8 Jaskaran Singh, 9 Dilon Heyliger, 10 Shivam Sharma, 11 Ansh Patel
