India captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and opted to bowl against New Zealand in the fourth T20I, which is taking place at Eden Park in Auckland. Team India are featuring with two changes as Ishan Kishan came in place of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Mayank Yadav replaced Bhuvneshwar Kumar. On the other hand, New Zealand are featuring with one change as Nathan Smith is back in for Kyle Jamieson.

Team India already holds an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series and will now look for a series whitewash. Meanwhile, New Zealand, who have yet to win a T20I against India, will look for a win to stop the series whitewash. The BlackCaps are featuring without their star pacers Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry, as the duo are dealing with injuries.

Captains at toss

Shreyas Iyer (India captain): We're going to bowl. Just following the same pattern. The intent, the positivity was there from ball one. The execution was phenomenal. The wind is following us everywhere, it's getting chillier. It's important to be ruthless. The boys have been given the same message. Everyone is in high spirits. Expecting bounce and seam movement. Ishan Kishan comes in for Vaibhav and Mayank comes in for Bhuvi.

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand captain): Another fresh start today. It does bounce a bit more here. Looks like another good pitch. If you get a start, you can cash in. We've talked about plans. Batting group, we've done well. Today's going to be tough to catch with the wind. They come really hard at us in the powerplay. Nathan Smith is back in for Kyle Jamieson.

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