IND vs NZ, 5th ODI: Early wickets rattle India, are 18/3 after 9 overs

Opting to bat, India lost both its openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan early as the Men in Blue face New Zealand in the fifth and final ODI Westpac Stadium, Wellington on Sunday. The two departed for 2 and 6 runs respectively. 

Meanwhile, India's Test sensation Shubman Gill once again failed to score big for his side and got caught off Matt Henry after making just seven runs. 

Earlier, Martin Guptill was ruled out with a back injury and has been replaced by Colin Munro, who was dropped for the fourth ODI, which New Zealand won, after a string of failures. 

India lead the series overall 3-1. The inclusion of Munro is the only change in the New Zealand side with swing bowler Tim Southee again unwanted. 

India have MS Dhoni back behind the stumps after the master finisher missed the previous two matches because of a hamstring twinge, and they have also brought back quick bowler Mohammed Shami.

"The average score here is around 230-240, but if you bat well you can get 300," Rohit Sharma said. 

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he was happy with the toss outcome because he wanted to bowl first "to see if we can get a bit out of the pitch early on". 

New Zealand: Colin Munro, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson (captain), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme, Todd Astle, Matt Henry, Trent Boult 

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Ambati Rayudu, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal