# New Zealand finally wins a toss and opts to bowl in the 5th ODI against India

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2 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 14, 2026, 8:02 PM · Read it: <https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/zealand-finally-wins-toss-opts-020223689.html>

MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has finally won a toss and chosen to bowl Sunday in the fifth one-day cricket international against India at Bay Oval.India's captains Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer have won eight of nine tosses in previous matches in the Twenty20 and one-day international series.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 14, 2026, 7:53 PM: [NZ opt to bowl in 5th ODI; Siraj and Thakur in for India](<https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1562673.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS>) — ESPNcricinfo (Sports)
  Tickner and Duffy entered the NZ XI, with other seamers leaving the hosts' squad for Test prep
- Nov 14, 2026, 8:02 PM: [New Zealand finally wins a toss and opts to bowl in the 5th ODI against India](<https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/zealand-finally-wins-toss-opts-020223689.html>) — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States)
  MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has finally won a toss and chosen to bowl Sunday in the fifth one-day cricket international against India at Bay Oval.India's captains Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer have won eight of nine tosses in previous matches in the Twenty20 and one-day international series.
