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  "id": 17554111,
  "title": "New Zealand finally wins a toss and decides to bowl in the 5th T20 against India",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/new-zealand-finally-wins-a-toss-and-decides-to-bowl-in-the-5th-t20",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-01T07:14:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/zealand-finally-wins-toss-decides-071441547.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hamilton, New Zealand (AP) — In a surprising turn of events, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner opted to field first in the fifth and decisive Twenty20 international against India. This marked Santner's first opportunity to make this decision in the series, as India had won the toss and secured victories in the preceding four matches. Those wins came by narrow margins of four, four, and six wickets respectively. The New Zealand team managed to snatch a fifth win in the fourth match, held in Auckland on Friday, by a margin of 87 runs, spearheaded by a century scored by Glenn Phillips. In response, India made two changes to their lineup from that encounter, bringing back fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar and introducing wrist spinner Varun Chakravarty to the team for the first time in the series. New Zealand made a similar adjustment by recalling pacer Blair Tickner in place of Matt Fisher.",
  "summary": "HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won his first toss of the series Sunday and decided to bowl in the fifth and final Twenty20 cricket international against India.India's Shreyas Iyer won the toss in each of the first four matches and his team clinched the series by winning the first three matches by four wickets, four wickets and six wickets.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Tilak Varma likely to play third India A match; Jasprit Bumrah leaves for New Zealand",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/tilak-varma-likely-to-play-third-india-a-match-jasprit-bumrah-leaves",
        "published": "2026-11-01T06:40:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ESPNcricinfo",
        "title": "New Zealand field in final T20I; Bhuvneshwar and Varun in for India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/new-zealand-field-in-final-t20i-bhuvneshwar-and-varun-in-for-india",
        "published": "2026-11-01T06:54:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "New Zealand finally wins a toss and decides to bowl in the 5th T20 against India",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/new-zealand-finally-wins-a-toss-and-decides-to-bowl-in-the-5th-t20-17554796",
        "published": "2026-11-01T07:19:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}