Friday, December 3, 2010

Gambhir elects to bowl against New Zealand in 3rd ODI

STAFF WRITER 8:54 HRS IST

Vadodara, Dec 4 (PTI) India skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bowl against New Zealand in the third One-day international at Reliance Stadium here today.

India have made two changes to their side with paceman Zaheer Khan coming in place of S Sreesanth and Ravindra Jadeja taking place of Suresh Raina.

New Zealand line-up has been bolstered by comeback man Brendon McCullum, who takes place of indisposed Jamie How.

Paceman James Franklin replaces Tim Southee.

India are 2-0 up in the five-match series.

Teams:

India: Gautam Gambhir (C), Murali Vijay, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel and Zaheer Khan

New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (C), Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Kane Williamson, Gareth Hopkins?, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Andy McKay and James Franklin.

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