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Chennai: New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and chose to bat against India in the fifth and final ODI at the M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Friday.
Elliot in for Mckey in New Zealand squad while Munaf Patel replace Zaheer Khan in Indian team.
The young Indian side have done remarkably well in the series in the absence of senior players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh who have been rested ahead of the tough tour to South Africa.
A 5-0 series whitewash would be a sweet revenge for India for the 2-5 drubbing during their visit to New Zealand in 2003. It would also be a humiliating defeat for New Zealand since the two sides played each other since 1975-76.
Most of the top-order Indian batsmen have been among runs in the series, with the exception of Murali Vijay, and one or two have raised their hands in all the four previous matches to take the side to comfortable victories.
The only time India had hiccups in the series was in Bangalore on Tuesday with the home side in trouble at 188/5 at one stage while chasing a daunting target of 316 runs.
But from the way Yusuf Pathan butchered New Zealand bowlers to single-handedly take India to a five-wicket victory with seven balls remaining, it seemed that this young side would not lose any match in this series.
