FIle photo of Yash Thakur. Yash Thakur will be making his ODI debut against New Zealand in the fifth ODI, in Mount Maunganui. FIle | Photo Credit: The Hindu New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bowl against India in the series-deciding fifth and final ODI in Mount Maunganui on Sunday (November 15, 2026).India lead the series 2-1 having won the first two ODIs of the series, while the third match was washed out. The visitors lost the fourth ODI by a huge margin of 244 runs.India handed debut to right-arm seamer Yash Thakur.But India’s Gurnoor Brar and New Zealand’s Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson will miss the final ODI as they move on to prepare for the two-Test series starting on November 19.Teams:India: Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur.New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Will Young, Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kristian Clarke, Blair Tickner, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher. Published - November 15, 2026 07:33 am IST
IND vs NZ fifth ODI: Yash Thakur to debut for India; New Zealand elects to bowl
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