India drop Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Bhuvneshwar Kumar as Ishan Kishan returns for fourth T20I against New Zealand

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was left out of India’s playing eleven for the fourth T20I on Friday despite scoring 45 off just 19 balls in the previous match as a fit-again Ishan Kishan returned to the side.Sooryavanshi appeared in the second and third T20Is in place of Kishan, who was out with an injury. India also changed their bowling attack with Mayank Yadav coming in for veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar.India, who sealed the five-match series 3-0, made two changes to their playing XI.India will be looking to extend their dominance over New Zealand and take a 4-0 lead in the five-match T20I series. New Zealand, meanwhile, will be looking to avoid another defeat after losing their first three matches.“Kishan replaces Sooryavanshi and Mayank Yadav in place of Bhuvneshwar Kumar,” announced India captain Shreyas Iyer at the toss.Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl first in the fourth T20I at Eden Park, Auckland. After winning the first three matches, India took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.“We have won the series but the job is still not done. There is a decent amount of grass so we expect bounces and seam movement,” Shreyas Iyer added at the toss.For New Zealand, Kyle Jamieson dropped into the line-up in place of Nathan Smith.teams:New Zealand (Playing XI): Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (w), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Adam Milne, Jacob Duffy, Matthew FisherIndia (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson(w), Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Tilak Varma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Naman Dhir, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav

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