Toss West Indies chose to bowl vs New Zealand
Grey skies greeted both teams at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui — with showers in the earlier part of the morning delaying the start of play by 15 minutes, and the toss by 25 — as West Indies captain Kieron Pollard handed a T20I debut to allrounder Kyle Mayers, replacing Kesrick Williams from the team that played the first match on Friday.
New Zealand effected one change as well, with leg spinner Ish Sodhi replacing Hamish Bennett. Sodhi has taken 10 wickets in T20Is at the Bay Oval, more than any other bowler, and joins compatriot Trent Boult (9) and Rubel Hossain of Bangladesh (6) among the three bowlers with more than five wickets at this venue.
New Zealand had won the first T20I in Auckland by 5 wickets, chasing a DLS-adjusted target of 176 in 16 overs, after West Indies put up 180 for 7 off their 16 overs, shortened from the original 20 after three rain interruptions, the last of which took place after they had reached 96 for 5 off 10 overs.
New Zealand: 1 Tim Seifert (wk), 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Glenn Phillips, 4 Devon Conway, 5 Ross Taylor, 6 James Neesham, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Tim Southee (capt), 9 Kyle Jamieson, 10 Lockie Ferguson, 11 Ish Sodhi
West Indies: 1 Andre Fletcher, 2 Brandon King, 3 Shimron Hetmyer, 4 Nicholas Pooran (wk), 5 Kieron Pollard (capt), 6 Rovman Powell, 7 Fabian Allen, 8 Kyle Mayers, 9 Keemo Paul, 10 Oshane Thomas, 11 Sheldon Cottrell