CHRISTCHURCH: India won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the opening T20 International of the five-match series. Captain Shreyas Iyer included fast bowler Mayank Yadav and all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy in the playing eleven. Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi missed selection again after sitting out the recent five-match T20I series against West Indies.