India vs New Zealand 5th and Final ODI Live Score, Teams at Auckland

After the series has been decided as India already won the 5 match ODI series by 3-0 with one match to go and 1 match abandoned due to rain, the 5th and final ODI between India and New Zealand is a dead rubber will be played on Saturday, 14th March, 2009 at Eden Park, Auckland in a day-night game starting from 14:00 local, 01:00 GMT.

India will likely to use others player like Rohit Sharma, Dinesh karthik, Ojha and Yusuf Pathan in the absence of injured Sachin endulkar. India will likely to end the series with a win and looking for a clean sweep ahead of crucial test series.

New Zealand was outclassed by their opponent in the entire series instead of some good batting performance by Ryder, McCullum, McGlashan. Their all bowlers except captain Vettori was punished by Indian batsmen.

Indian Team, Squad for the 5th and Final ODI at Auckland:

Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt & wk), Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Zaheer Khan.

New Zealand Team, Squad for the 5th and Final ODI at Auckland:

Jesse Ryder, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Jacob Oram, Peter McGlashan (wk), Grant Elliott, Daniel Vettori (capt), Ewen Thompson/Scott Styris, Kyle Mills, Iain O'Brien.