Dhoni wins toss, opts to bat against Kiwis

Chennai, Feb 16 (PTI) India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoniwon the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in theirsecond cricket World Cup warm-up match at M A ChidambaramStadium here today.

Sachin Tendulkar will play today''s game for India afterskipping the first game against Australia.

Ross Taylor will lead New Zealand instead of regularcaptain Daniel Vettori.

Squads:

India: MS Dhoni (C), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar,Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, YusufPathan, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, R Ashwin, AshishNehra, Munaf Patel, S Sreesanth and Zaheer Khan.

New Zealand: Ross Taylor (C), Martin Guptill, BrendonMcCullum, Jesse Ryder, James Franklin, Scott Styris, JacobOram, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Hamish Bennett, LukeWoodcock, Tim Southee, Jamie How, Kane Williamson and DanielVettori.