Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the first cricket Test against New Zealand here on Thursday.
For India, Ajinkya Rahane, Piyush Chawla, S. Badrinath and Ishant Sharma have been left out of the line-up.
For New Zealand, all-rounder James Franklin has been included while Jeetan Patel is the only spinner.
The Teams:
India: M.S. Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav
New Zealand: Ross Taylor (c), Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Flynn, Kane Williamson, James Franklin, Kruger van Wyk, Doug Bracewell, Jeetan Patel, Chris Martin, Trent Boult.