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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in as India wins the toss and bowls in the 2nd T20 against New Zealand

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has returned to the India cricket team for the second Twenty20 international Saturday, giving fans in the Southern Hemisphere their first chance to see the 15-year-old prodigy.

Vaibhav steps into the India lineup in place of Ishan Kishan who has a groin injury and will bat at first drop unless India chooses to match him in an all left hand opening partnership with Abhishek Sharma.

The only other change to the India lineup comes in the bowling attack where Prince Yadav replaces Mayank Yadav.

India won the toss Saturday and chose to bowl, as it did in the first match of the series which it won by four wickets with two balls remaining. The thrilling match saw 455 runs scored as India achieved its highest successful run chase in its T20 international history.

New Zealand has made one change, also among the bowlers, naming Jacob Duffy in place of Adam Milne.

The match is being played on the same pitch at Hagley Oval on which the first match was played.

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Lineups:

New Zealand: Finn Allen, Tim Seifert, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Bevon Jacobs, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson.

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Varma, Naman Dhir, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Prince Yadav.

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