Wellington - India won the toss and opted to bowl in the opening Twenty20 match against New Zealand in Wellington on Wednesday.
SCORECARD: New Zealand v India, 1st T20
"We like to chase as a team," captain Rohit Sharma said.
"We'll look to see what target is set for us and look to chase it down."
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said he would also have bowled first to capitalise on "some subtle unknowns" in the pitch.
The hosts have included debutant Daryl Mitchell in their line up to complete a rare family double.
Mitchell's father John is a former rugby player and All Blacks coach, and is now assistant coach of England.
India dominated the recent one-day international series against New
Zealand 4-1 but it has been nine years their only previous Twenty20
series in New Zealand, when they were beaten 2-0.
Teams:
New Zealand
Tim Seifert, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (captain), Daryl
Mitchell, Ross Taylor, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Scott
Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson
India
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Vijay
Shankar, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya,
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal
Umpires: Shaun Haig (NZL), Chris Brown (NZL)
TV Umpire: Wayne Knights (NZL)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)