Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss & opted to bowl first against New Zealand in the 2nd T20I. India won the first T20I match at Jaipur. This match is being played at JSCA International Stadium Complex, Ranchi.

India have made one change - Siraj Patel injured his left hand in the last match, and has made way for debutant Harshal Patel. New Zealand has made 3 changes - James Neesham, Adam Milne & Ish Sodhi are back in the team. Playing XI of both teams are:

• India - KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant(w), Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel
• New Zealand - Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert(w), James Neesham, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee(c), Adam Milne, Trent Boult

• Wicketkeeper - R. Pant
• Batters - R. Sharma (c), M. Guptill (vc), S. Yadav, M. Chapman
• All-rounders - M. Santner
• Bowlers  - R. Ashwin, B. Kumar, T. Boult, H. Patel, I. Sodhi