Tim Southee received the toss on a inexperienced pitch below overcast circumstances in Christchurch and put Sri Lanka into bat. Southee famous that the inexperienced tinge to the wicket was the rationale for the choice.
New Zealand have made one change after their one-run win towards England, bringing in Blair Tickner instead of Will Young. A four-pronged tempo assault will embrace Southee, Tickner, Neil Wagner, and Blair Tickner, who recovered from again spasms in time to make the group.
Sri Lanka go in with three seamers and have picked Prabath Jayasuriya as their spinner. Dhananjaya de Silva is a possible fifth-bowling possibility.
New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham, 2 Devon Conway (wk), 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Henry Nicholls, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Tim Southee (capt), 9 Matt Henry, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Blair Tickner
Sri Lanka: 1 Oshada Fernando, 2 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 3 Kusal Mendis, 4 Niroshan Dickwella (wk), 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Dinesh Chandimal, 8 Kasun Rajitha, 9 Asitha Fernando, 10 Prabath Jayasuriya, 11 Lahiru Kumara
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