After being embarrassed by New Zealand in the first place, this is the do-or-die situation for India as they face the hosts in the second Twenty20 match.
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Predictable Daniel Vettori won the toss and decided to bowl first, having seen how well his team has done in the first match. He has also reposed faith in his eleven.
The onus is clearly on India, and that the captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is taking no chances as far as the batting is concerned is evident by the fact that he has resisted the urge to field a fifth bowler and instead opted for an additional all rounder, Ravindra Jadeja, replacing the struggling for form Rohit Sharma, hoping partnerships will show up better in this the second match.
Vettori wanted his bowlers to bowl tighter and not allow the Indian batsmen the freedom to hit through. One will have to watch which captain's words pay off!
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