Friday 24 January 2014

New Zealand eye Hattrick

 New Zealand last time won a series against a high ranked team other than Zimbabwe and Bangladesh was way back in 2010 when they defeated Pakistan in the matches and 1 match against Australia. What is important to notice is that New Zealand team seems to be more balanced and ready for challenging any team now. They have core set of good aggressive and talented batsman along with a withy allrounder and good aggressive set of fast bowlers.

 For India things look more foggy and difficult. Raina seems to have got himself injured and might give an opening for the other players to cash in. But the main problem lies in Indian Bowling and opening combination. It seems that India might go with Varun Aaron ahead of Ishant Sharma and there are chances that either of Ravinder Jadeja and Ashwin will give place to Binny.

Pitch of Eden park is quicker than that of Seddon park and that means New Zealand team will look for going in with extra seamer. And so is the case with India.

Indian Team (Probables): Shikar Dhawan,Rohit Sharma,Virat Kohli,Raina/Rayudu,Rahane,Dhoni,Jadeja/Binny,Ashwin,Kumar,Ishant/Varun Aaron, Shami Ahmed

New Zealand Team (Probables): Guptill,Ryder,Williamson,Taylor,Mc Cullum B., Anderson,Mc Cullum N., Ronchi,Kyle Mills/Hemish Bennett, Tim Southee,McClenaghan

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