New Delhi: India captain Rohit Sharma left the field just after the 10th over against New Zealand during their ODI World Cup 2023 match at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala, after he took a hit on his finger following a sliding attempt to stop a ball hit by Daryl Mitchell at mid-off. With vice-captain Hardik Pandya missing the game due to injury, KL Rahul is captaining the side in Rohit’s absence.
The Indian captain has been in brilliant form with the bat and a force to reckon with at the top of Men in Blue’s batting order. In four matches so far, Rohit has scored two fifties and a hundred and is the second-highest run-getter with 265 runs. However, the injury looked nothing major and he walked off to get some treatment.
Earlier, Rohit won the toss and elected to bowl in their World Cup match against New Zealand. India have made two changes, bringing in Suryakumar Yadav and Mohammed Shami in place of Hardik Pandya, who sustained an ankle injury against Bangladesh earlier this week, and Shardul Thakur.
New Zealand are unchanged.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.
New Zealand: Tom Latham (w/c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson and Trent Boult.
