MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (AP) — India has changed its captain but not its success with the toss as Shreyas Iyer called correctly and chose to bowl Friday in the fourth one-day cricket international against New Zealand at Bay Oval.
Iyer takes over the captaincy from Shubman Gill, who is one of several players who have joined India's test squad ahead of the first test again New Zealand starting next Thursday.
India has won eight out of nine tosses across the Twenty20 and one-day series, calling tails on each occasion.
Ruturaj Gaekwad will make his first appearance of the series, opening the batting with Rohit Sharma while Ishan Kishan will keep wicket in place of K.L. Rahul. Kuldeep Yadav joins the India bowling lineup.
New Zealand has made several changes to its lineup as a result of injuries and placements to its test squad. Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft and Finn Allen bolster the batting while Kristian Clark and Matt Henry join the pace attack.
India leads the five-match series 2-0 as is poised to become the first touring team in seven years to beat New Zealand in a one-day series at home.
For the first time in this series, Friday's match is unlikely to be interrupted by rain.
Rain affected the first match of the series in Auckland, which India won by five wickets, and the second in Wellington, which India won by four runs to take a 2-0 series lead. The third match in Wellington on Tuesday was washed out without a ball being bowled.
Lineups:
New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Will Young, Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Matthew Fisher.
India: Rohit Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ishan Kishan, Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Kuldeep Yadav, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh.
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India's players celebrate during Game 2 of the one day international cricket between New Zealand and India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, in Wellington, New Zealand. Chris Symes/Photosport via AP)
India's Shreyas Iyer bats during Game 2 of the one day international cricket between New Zealand and India, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, in Wellington, New Zealand. (Chris Symes/Photosport via AP)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A cargo ship struck a bridge across the Delaware River on Thursday, disrupting traffic between Palmyra, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, according to a Pennsylvania lawmaker.
The collision left the 3,659-foot-long (1,115-meter-long) Tacony-Palmyra Bridge unable to close, causing a major backup on the Philadelphia side, state Rep. Ed Neilson said in a news release. No injuries have been reported, he said.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the cargo vessel is currently moored at a Kinder Morgan facility in Bristol, Pennsylvania, where an inspection team is on site. The Coast Guard identified the vessel as the 591-foot (180-meter) Strategic Alliance, which was built in 2013 and sails under the flag of Singapore.
The drawbridge was open for ships to pass through at the time of the collision around 1:15 p.m., according to the Coast Guard. It remained open afterward because another vessel needed to pass through, and has since come back down. The bridge reopened to traffic with a lane closure Thursday evening, the Burlington County (New Jersey) Bridge Commission Police Department said.
The steel bridge carries vehicles along Route 73 between Palmyra and the Tacony neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia. It has three lanes of vehicular traffic, two into Philadelphia and one into New Jersey. Estimates from 2025 show the bridge can carry as many as 76,200 vehicles each day.
Opened in 1929, the Tacony-Palmyra toll bridge was found to be in “fair” condition, according to the Federal Highway Administration’s 2026 National Bridge Inventory data released this fall.
Inspectors rated the deck of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge as in good condition, the substructure as in fair condition and the superstructure — the component that absorbs the live traffic load — as fair.
Associated Press journalists Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City, Julie Carr Smyth in Columbus, Ohio, and Christopher L. Keller in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed.
A view of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge after a cargo ship struck the bridge, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
A view of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge after a cargo ship struck the bridge, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
A view of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge after a cargo ship struck the bridge, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
A view of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge after a cargo ship struck the bridge, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
A view of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge after a cargo ship struck the bridge, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
A view of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge after a cargo ship struck the bridge, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
A view of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge after a cargo ship struck the bridge, in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
