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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on the bench again; Shreyas Iyer makes two changes

Mitchell Santner finally secured a toss victory in the final T20I of the series, opting to field first against India. The visitors, who hold a 3-1 series lead, made two adjustments to their lineup by bringing in Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Varun Chakravarthy for Mayank Yadav and Axar Patel, while Vaibhav Sooryavanshi remained sidelined.

New Zealand also shuffled their roster, inserting Blair Tickner for Matt Fisher. Captain Shreyas Iyer expressed a desire to test his side's batting performance after chasing in every previous encounter.

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