IND vs NZL Micromax Tri Series 1st ODI Preview - India vs New Zealand Teams for 1st Match

India and New Zealand will meet in the opening match of Micromax tri nation series on Tuesday, 10th August, 2010 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in a day night game and timing will be 09:00 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:30 IST.

India will be high in confidance after levelling the test series coming from behind but this is all different ball game. Dinesh Karthik will open the inning with Sehwag and in the absance of Tendulkar, there will be extra responsibilty on Kohli, Raina, Yuvraj, Rohit and Jadeja. Ishant Sharma is ruled out due to ankle injury.

New Zealand will be without their key player Brandon McCullum and Daniel Vettori. Ross Taylor and Jessee Ryder will be key in their progress in this series. 20 year old Kane Williamson will likely make his debut.

Indian Playing 11 for 1st Match:

MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli/Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha, Asish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun

New Zealand Playing 11 for 1st Match:

Ross Taylor (Cap), Jesse Ryder, Grant Elliott, Kane Williamson, Gareth Hopkins (wk), Peter Ingram, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, Scott Styris.