India decides to bowl, keeping both teams the same.

After winning the toss in the second ODI in Raipur, Rohit Sharma took a dramatic pause of more than ten seconds before announcing his intention to bowl. The India captain claimed that there was “a lot of conversation in the team group about what we wanted to accomplish” and that he had almost forgotten what the squad’s decision was. India had put themselves to the test by choosing to bowl in the opening ODI under the lights. However, this time they decided differently due to the anticipated later dew.

Both teams entered the game with no changes.

The Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium made its international debut during the match, and New Zealand skipper Tom Latham admitted that he might have chosen to bowl as well.

Given the large square borders of the field, Grant Elliott stated during the pitch report that he anticipated considerable pace and bounce in the match.

India won the first ODI by 12 runs, taking a 1-0 series lead after scoring 349 runs in the innings.