India face-off against New Zealand again today at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore at 14:30 p.m. local time.
But for all intents and purposes the ODI series is dead as India has won 3 of the 5 matches that are supposed to happen.
But that is not the whole story as there will be a lot of pulsating action simply because the die-hard Kiwis, outplayed totally in the ODI series, have a reputation to protect and they will be looking to fightback.
On India's side, the new skipper Gautam Gambhir would be hungry for more wins to bolster his reputation for a MS Dhoni-less future. After all, Virender Sehwag is there too and Gambhir is very much down the order.
There are a lot of reputations to be made, and money to be earned, and that will require that all concerned really fuel a battle worth watching.
In this equation add the mouth-watering masala of Virat Kohli and other youngsters out to prove their worth, there is surely a lot of good cricket that is going to be played.
Do tune in.
Teams:
India (From): Gautam Gambhir(c), Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Saurabh Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ashish Nehra
New Zealand (From): Brendon McCullum(w), Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Scott Styris, Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Daniel Vettori(c), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Andy McKay, Tim Southee, Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How
But for all intents and purposes the ODI series is dead as India has won 3 of the 5 matches that are supposed to happen.
But that is not the whole story as there will be a lot of pulsating action simply because the die-hard Kiwis, outplayed totally in the ODI series, have a reputation to protect and they will be looking to fightback.
On India's side, the new skipper Gautam Gambhir would be hungry for more wins to bolster his reputation for a MS Dhoni-less future. After all, Virender Sehwag is there too and Gambhir is very much down the order.
There are a lot of reputations to be made, and money to be earned, and that will require that all concerned really fuel a battle worth watching.
In this equation add the mouth-watering masala of Virat Kohli and other youngsters out to prove their worth, there is surely a lot of good cricket that is going to be played.
Do tune in.
Teams:
India (From): Gautam Gambhir(c), Parthiv Patel(w), Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Saurabh Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Murali Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Ashish Nehra
New Zealand (From): Brendon McCullum(w), Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Scott Styris, Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Daniel Vettori(c), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Andy McKay, Tim Southee, Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How
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