India vs New Zealand 1st Test Live Score, Teams at Hamilton

First test of the 3 match series India and New Zealandwill be started from Wednesday, 18th March to Sunday, 22nd March,2009 at Seddon Park, Hamilton starting from 11.00 local time, 22.00 GMT.

India last lost a test match against Sri Lanka in August 2008 and since then beat Australia by 2-0 and England by 1-0. India is searching for 1st test win in 40 years after a first ODI series win in New Zealand.

New Zealand won their last test in October 2008 against Bngladesh and they are badly looking for a win against top test team. New Zealand have relatively young side compare to experienced Indian batting lineup.

Indian Team, Squad for 1st Test at Hamilton:

Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, L Balaji/ Munaf Patel.

New Zealand Team, Squad for 1st Test at Hamilton:

Tim McIntosh, Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, James Franklin, Brendon McCullum (wk), Daniel Vettori (capt), Kyle Mills, Iain O'Brien, Chris Martin/Brent Arnell