India vs New Zealand LIVE Score, 4th T20I: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Axed As Ishan Kishan Returns; India Opt To Bowl vs NZ

IND vs NZ Live Score: Toss

India skipper Shreyas Iyer wins the toss and opts to bowl against New Zealand in the fourth T20I of the five-match series on Friday at Eden Park in Auckland.

India vs New Zealand Live: Pitch Report (Fleming)

"Well, it (captaining at this venue) is difficult. It's about dimensions, and back in that game the pitch was still going sort of up and down here, so you sort of swung it around about 30 degrees. But you still had short areas and the same here. They've just changed from being in the cow corners and the corners to straight up and down. So there's a real strategy that goes along with playing here these days. The players have talked about it, fast bowlers in particular get the ball going square, so that back of a length, trying to get some bounce out of this wicket," said Stephen Fleming.

India vs New Zealand Live: Pitch Report (Doull)

"What's the story from a weather point of view for the evening? A strong southwesterly (wind) coming across the ground, so it'll be a little bit miserable for the players. It'll get down to 12, 13, 14 degrees throughout the evening and hopefully that rain that has been sweeping across the ground stays away. Distances - 63m down the ground, 66m away to the eastern terraces, 63m away to the western terraces, and the wind is all blowing that way," said Simon Doull.

IND vs NZ Live Score: Return of Ishan Kishan

After missing the previous two games due to an injury, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan was seen training in the nets on the eve of the fourth T20I. If he is fit to return, most probably the management might axe Sanju Samson from the Playing XI. Ishan's departure paved way for the 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who scored 45 off 19 balls in the previous match.

IND vs NZ Live Score: Who will make make way for Varun-Kuldeep?

Kuldeep Yadav, who played two matches in the home series against West Indies, hasn’t played a game in Wellington. If India prefers to sit out either Axar Patel or Naman Dhir, with the latter being in sparkling form, then Kuldeep or Varun Chakaravarthy could get their chance to play.

IND vs NZ Live Score: Will Kuldeep-Varun play?

India, already 3-0 up in the five-match series, could hand game time to wrist-spinners Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy when they face New Zealand in the fourth T20I.Both Kuldeep and Varun have featured sporadically in recent months as the team management has stacked the side with batters down to number eight, an approach that has paid off in a series of high-scoring games.

India vs New Zealand Live: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the fourth T20I of the five-match series between India and New Zealand, straight from the Eden Park, Auckland. Stay tuned for all the live updates.