Thursday, December 2, 2010

IND vs NZL 3rd One Day Preview at Vadodra - India v New Zealand Third ODI Teams


IND vs NZL 3rd One Day Preview at Vadodra - India v New Zealand Third ODI Teams

Third one day international between host India and New Zealand will be played on Saturday, 4th December, 2010 at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara in a day game and timing will be 3:30 GMT, 9:00 IST. India leading the 5 match series by 2-0.

India will try to wrap up the series after dominated in the first 2 ODI's and with the return of Zaheer Khan their bowling will be improved but they will miss Sreesanth who took 7 wickets in 2 games has been rested for the remaining series along with Raina. Keeper Saha will have last game as he is replaced by Parthive Patel for the last 2 games and rested for the South Africa series. Saurabh Tiwari may get a chance to play in the middle order.

New Zealand
desperately needing a win as they lost 7 matches in a row so far and hope hard hitter opener Brandon Mccullum will return for the remaining ODI's. Guptill and Stryris contributed in the last game but they have to perform as a team to win the matches.

India Playing 11 for 3rd ODI at Vadodra:

M Vijay, Gautam Gambhir (capt), Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Saurabh Tiwari, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel.

New Zealand Playing 11 for 3rd ODI at Vadodra:

Jamie How, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Kane Williamson, Daniel Vettori (capt), Gareth Hopkins (wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Andy McKay, Tim Southee