India Captain Shubman Gill (right) and New Zealand’s captain Michael Bracewell (left) during the toss before the second ODI cricket match of a series between India and New Zealand, at Niranjan Shah Stadium, in Rajkot, Gujarat, on January 14, 2026.
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New Zealand skipper Michael Bracewell opted to bowl in the second One-day International against India in Rajkot on Wednesday (January 14, 2026).
The visitors made one change to the side, which lost the opening game by four wickets at Vadodara, giving ODI debut to 31-year-old left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox in place of Adithya Ashok.
India skipper Shubman Gill also made one change, bringing in pacer Nitish Kumar Reddy in place of Washington Sundar, who got injured in Vadodara.
Teams:
New Zealand: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (wk), Michael Bracewell (capt.), Zak Foulkes, Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Jayden Lennox.
India: Shubman Gill (capt.), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, K.L. Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Published – January 14, 2026 01:35 pm IST
