India have left out an 'unfit' Virender Sehwag while spinner Harbhajan Singh, paceman Ashok Dinda and leg-spinner spinner Piyush Chawla will also miss out on the game.
Teams:
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C), Gautam Gambhir, Ravichandran Ashwin, Laxmipathi Balaji, Zaheer Khan, Virat Kohli, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Manoj Tiwary and Yuvraj Singh.
New Zealand: Ross Taylor (C), Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Kane Williamson, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori, James Franklin, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne and Ronnie Hira.