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| - New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl on a green wicket and with breezy, overcast conditions in the first Test against India in Wellington on Friday. "It's a bit soft on top but it has that green tinge so hopefully we make an impact with the ball," captain Kane Williamson said. India skipper Virat Kohli said he would also have bowled had the toss gone his way. "It's a no-brainer on day one. It's going to be overcast all day. That said, the pitch looks better than it was two days ago with a lot of the grass taken off," Kohli said. Immediately after the toss the covers were briefly put on the wicket as a light shower passed over the Basin Reserve ground. Kyle Jamieson will make his Test debut for New Zealand in what will be the 100th Test for senior batsman Ross Taylor. Both sides are taking one spinner into the match with Ajaz Patel starting for New Zealand and Ravichandran Ashwin preferred over Ravindra Jadeja in the India line up. Although India are ranked the number one Test nation in the world, they regularly struggle in New Zealand conditions where they have won just one of 16 Tests in the past 30 years. They have only won once in Wellington and that was 52 years ago and their last appearance at the Basin Reserve, in 2014, ended in a draw. New Zealand: Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson (capt), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Ajaz Patel, Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson, Trent Boult India: Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (capt), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG), Aleem Dar (PAK) TV Umpire: Michael Gough (ENG) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI) cf/dj
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