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India wins the toss and bowls in the 4th cricket ODI against New Zealand

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — India has changed its captain but not its success with the toss as Shreyas Iyer called correctly and chose to bowl Friday in the fourth one-day cricket international against New Zealand at Bay Oval.

Iyer takes over the captaincy from Shubman Gill, who is one of several players who have joined India's test squad ahead of the first test again New Zealand starting next Thursday.

India has won eight out of nine tosses across the Twenty20 and one-day series, calling tails on each occasion.

Ruturaj Gaekwad will make his first appearance of the series, opening the batting with Rohit Sharma while Ishan Kishan will keep wicket in place of K.L. Rahul. Kuldeep Yadav joins the India bowling lineup.

New Zealand has made several changes to its lineup as a result of injuries and placements to its test squad. Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft and Finn Allen bolster the batting while Kristian Clark and Matt Henry join the pace attack.

India leads the five-match series 2-0 as is poised to become the first touring team in seven years to beat New Zealand in a one-day series at home.

For the first time in this series, Friday's match is unlikely to be interrupted by rain.

Rain affected the first match of the series in Auckland, which India won by five wickets, and the second in Wellington, which India won by four runs to take a 2-0 series lead. The third match in Wellington on Tuesday was washed out without a ball being bowled.

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Lineups:

New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Will Young, Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Matthew Fisher.

India: Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh.

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