- Scorecard: India vs NZ, 1st ODI

India [ Images ] captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand [ Images ] in the first One-Day International in Napier [ Images ] on Tuesday.

For India, pacer Ishant Sharma [ Images ] was rested after injuring his shoulder during the second Twenty20 [ Images ] International against New Zealand. He was replaced by Praveen Kumar [ Images ], while Munaf Patel [ Images ] took the place of Irfan Pathan [ Images ].

Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ], who missed out on the last two one-dayers against Sri Lanka [ Images ], also returns to the Indian team.

For the hosts, Tim Southee [ Images ] gave way to fellow pace bowler Kyle Mills [ Images ].

Teams:

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag [ Images ], Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Suresh Raina [ Images ], Yusuf Pathan [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan [ Images ], Munaf Patel.

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori [ Images ] (captain), Jesse Ryder [ Images ], Brendon McCullum [ Images ], Martin Guptill [ Images ], Ross Taylor [ Images ], Jacob Oram [ Images ], Neil Broom, Grant Elliott [ Images ], Kyle Mills, Ian Butler, Iain O'Brien.