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India ODI Squad announced for Series against New Zealand

Indian selector announced the 14 member squad for the first two ODI against New Zealand. Indian board after receiving the request from Indian Captain M.S.Dhoni decided to give him rest for the five match ODI series against New Zealand. So in his absence Gautam Gambhir will lead India in the ODI series.
As many as six regular ODI players has been rested including Sachin, Sehwag, M.S.Dhoni, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan Both Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag have a bit of shoulder problem and the Indian cricket board didn't find it wise to aggravate their injuries ahead of an important tour to South Africa.
Ashish Nehra sho is now regular member of the Indian ODI squad was also not included in the team according to the sources he is not fully fit to take part in the ODI series against New Zealand.
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan who were part of the ODI squad against Australia were left out and replaced by all-rounder Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja.
In the absence of Sehwag and Sachin, Gautam Gambhir & Murali Vijay will open the inning while Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina and W.Saha will hold the middle order.
Selectors have included Yusuf Pathan, R.Jadeja and R.Ashwin as regular spinners while Sreesanth will lead the pace bowling attack along with R.Vinay Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel.
1st ODI will be played on 28th of November in Guwahati which will be day game while 2nd ODI will be played in Jaipur on December 1st 2010.
India ODI Squad: Gautam Gambhir (Captain), M Vijay, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Saurabh Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, R Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel, Sreesanth, Yusuf Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja.
New Zealand ODI Squad: Daniel Vettori (Captain), Grant Elliot, Martin Guptill, Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Andy McKay, Kyle Mills, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Tim Southee, Daryl Tuffey, Kane Williamson.

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India v New Zealand 3rd Test Nagpur – India take firm control in series decider

India after bowling out New Zealand for just 193 runs were 292/2 at stumps on day2 to take firm control in the series decider third test match against New Zealand. With two great players Rahul Dravid (69 runs) and Sachin Tendulkar (57 runs) is still at the crease and V.V.S Laxman, Suresh Raina, M.S.Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh still to bat, its looking really dark for New Zealand to turn this game in their favor.
Only miracle can now save this game for New Zealand, with three days still left in the game now India will look forward to stretch the lead to 350 and put New Zealand under lot of pressure when they come out to bat in their second inning.
Earlier New Zealand resume their overnight score of 147/7 in hope that some how B.McCullum will help the team to post a good looking total but few overs later that dream got shattered as Ishant Sharma sent B.McCullum (40 runs) to the pavilion with the beauty of delivery.
However a cameo from T.Southee helped New Zealand to get closer to 200 run marks. Southee hit three sixes, two of those in an over by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Ishant Sharma in his comeback game was delighted with the figure of (4/43), P.Ojha also picked up three crucial wicket while Sreesanth picked two and Harbhajan was awarded with wicket of J.Ryder.
In reply, as usual Virendra Sehwag came out with all guns blazing smashing 74 runs off just 73 balls to put 113 runs for the first wicket in just 23.1 overs with Gautam Gambhir (78 runs off 127 balls). Sehwag who was looking in superb touch hit New Zealand skipper Vettori for one huge six over long-on to bring up his 26th half-century. He also hit Vettor for three consecutive fours in an over but later dismissed by New Zealnad skipper returning a tame catch to him.
Gautam Gambhir who started his inning cautiously, looked aggressive after Sehwag dismissal and gain his confidence shot after shot. He reached his fifty with a loft over mid-on, following it up by going back and cutting the same bowler, Vettori.
With India one short of New Zealand total, Gambhir chased a wide delivery from Southee which was caught brilliantly by Ross Taylor. However two experienced players join together and without any loss of wicket guided India to a very string position at the end of second days play from where India can push for victory in series decider.
Sachin Tendulkar who is now required just 43 more runs to become the first batsmen to score 50 century in history of test cricket.
Match Summary (Stumps Day2)
New Zealand 1st Inning– 193/10 in 66.3 Overs
J.Ryder- 59 B.McCullum– 40
I.Sharma– 18-4-43-4 P.Ojha- 19.3-2-57-3
India 1st Inning– 292/2 in 82 Overs
G.Gambhir- 78 V.Sewag– 74
T.Southee– 13-3-41-1 D.Vettori- 30-3-101-1

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Indian Test Squad announced for South Africa Tour

Indian selector on Saturday 20th of November announced 17 member test squad for the tour of South Africa which start from 16th December 2010. India have picked additional wicketkeeper Wriddiman Saha as well as two new seamers Umesh Yadav and Jaidev Unadkat as a backup bowler.
The first test match will start from December 16th at Centurion, so by considering it Indian board has decided to send some of their players early on the tour to get the look and feel of the conditions.
India have never won a test series in South Africa and it will great challenge for M.S.Dhoni and his men to prove why they are ranked number one in ICC Test ranking.
Zaheer Khan who is not playing the third test against New Zealand is expected to be fit before the first test against South Africa. Jaidev Unadkat has very impressive tour of England earlier this year and that’s why he has been given a chance for South Africa tour.
Yuvraj Singh who was left out of New Zealand test series is once again overlooked by the selectors. Chateswar Pujara who made fine debut against Australians is also retained in the squad along with regular opener M.Vijay.
Indian pace attack will be lead by Zaheer Khan, S.Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma while spin department will be handled by Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha.
India Squad : MS Dhoni (Captain and WK), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Suresh Raina, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Umesh Yadav, Jaidev Unadkat, Pragyan Ojha.

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New Zealand tour of India 2010 Schedule

New Zealand cricket team will toured India for three match test series and five match ODI series against the host team. The tour will take place later part of this year. New Zealand will arrive here in India and will start their tour with the two warm-up matches.
The real game will begin with the three match test series. The first test match will be played from 4th to 8th November at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, the second test is scheduled at Green Park, Kanpur from 12th to 16th November. The third and final test match will be played at Mumbai from 20th to 24th November 2010.
The dates for ODI’s are not finalized yet but the venue will be Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Guwahati and Hyderabad.
India v New Zealand complete Fixtures Series 2010 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

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