After 4 overs,India 39/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 23 , Ishan Kishan 15)

Another maximum for the skipper, as Rohit clears his front leg and heaves the ball towards long off off Lockie Ferguson, who replaces Adam Milne in the attack. Wasn’t as well connected as the one in the previous over, but manages to land beyond the boundary rope anyway. Superb piece of fielding by Glenn Phillips at deep midwicket next ball to save a run for the Black Caps as Rohit grabs a treble. Kishan keeps the strike with a single off the last delivery.

After 3 overs,India 29/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 14 , Ishan Kishan 14)

Boult continues to bleed runs in the powerplay. Rohit connects to a back-of-length ball in the second delivery, timing his short-arm pull beautifully to send the ball flying over the fine leg fence for the first maximum of the innings. Kishan then flicks the ball towards the midwicket fence two balls later to collect his third four. 11 from the over.

After 2 overs,India 18/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 8 , Ishan Kishan 10)

Adam Milne from the other end as the mini-battle between the Mumbai Indians teammates continues. Ishan Kishan too gets off the mark with a four, throwing his bat at a full, wide delivery and getting a thick edge that steers it towards the third man fence. The southpaw then grabs a brace four balls later with a slice over the cover region. Streaky boundary to end the over as Kishan edges the ball just wide of the diving second slip. 10 from the over.

After 1 over,India 8/0 ( Rohit Sharma (C) 8 , Ishan Kishan 0)

LBW shout against Rohit in the first delivery of the innings. Boult gets the ball to shape back in, hitting Rohit high on the pad with the umpire subsequently shaking his head. Looked high to the naked eye, and the Kiwis decide against going for the review. Meanwhile, plenty of dew here at the Eden and Boult’s already making ample use of the sawdust. It does get dark early in the eastern part of the country after all. Rohit, meanwhile, gets going with back-to-back boundaries off his MI teammate.

Trent Boult to start things for the Black Caps, with Rohit Sharma opening the innings alongside Ishan Kishan, who replaces KL Rahul in the lineup today. It's a Mumbai Indians trio that will kick off the proceedings today.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal

New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert (wk), James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Adam Milne, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult

Mitchell Santner, stand-in New Zealand captain: There’s been dew throughout, so we’ve got to do well regardless. We’ve lost a couple of phases, especially in the middle. The way the Indian openers came out and were pretty hard to stop. Tim not playing is the only change.

Rohit Sharma, India captain: The wicket is a bit sticky, but we want to challenge ourselves. We are going to try various things at various times, and this is one of them. I want to see if there’s a score in front of them, what sort of tactics they come up with. We’ve got two changes — KL and Ashwin rested, Ishan and Chahal in. Lot of new guys in the squad, they want to make their mark.

TOSS: Rohit Sharma wins the toss for a third consecutive time, only this time he opts to bat!

"Spectacular setting, but it’s the dimensions, that’s why so many sixes are hit. Very firm. There might be some grup for bowlers bowling cutters. Outfield’s lightning fast as well. Good pitch. Outfield is damp, and it is going to get progressively worse. Very difficult ground to defend," says Ajit Agarkar, speaking to Deep Dasgupta during the pitch report.