Sri Lanka bowl in first ODI; Chad Bowes, Rachin Ravindra debut for New Zealand

Toss Sri Lanka choose to bowl vs New Zealand

Sri Lanka received the toss and selected to bowl first within the first ODI in opposition to New Zealand. There was a bit grass on the drop-in floor at Eden Park, which suggests there could also be some early motion on provide for the seam bowlers.

New Zealand had two debutants of their facet. Opener Chad Bowes, 30, got here into his first worldwide in good type, having struck two centuries in his final 4 home innings. Also enjoying his first ODI is left arm-spinning allrounder Rachin Ravindra, 23, who has already performed three Tests and 6 T20Is for New Zealand.
Sri Lanka, in the meantime, had Angelo Mathews returning to the XI. He had final performed an ODI two years in the past. Nuwanidu Fernando, who has performed two ODIs, is about to open the batting alongside Pathum Nissanka. The assault consists of frontline seamers Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka, the spin of Wanindu Hasaranga, and Chanika Karunaratne because the fourth seamer.

However, there was no place for Dhananjaya de Silva.

The climate is predicted to stay good by the match.

New Zealand: 1 Finn Allen, 2 Chad Bowes, 3 Will Young, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (capt.)(wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Rachin Ravindra, 8 Henry Shipley, 9 Ish Sodhi, 10 Matt Henry, 11 Blair Tickner

Sri Lanka: 1 Nuwanidu Fernando, 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), 4 Charith Asalanka, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt.), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Chamika Karunaratne, 9 Kasun Rajitha, 10 Lahiru Kumara, 11 Dilshan Madushanka

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