New Zealand choose to bat against India

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first against India on the first day of the second cricket Test match here at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium Friday.

India lead the series 1-0.

The following are the squads:

India: Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav.

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor (C), Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Kruger van Wyk†, Doug Bracewell, Jeetan Patel, Tim Southee, Trent Boult.

—IANS