New Zealand in India - 2010

The kiwis have been humbled by Bangladesh and they come to India under tremendous pressure to perform, How on earth are they going to that remains to be seen given India's form, their solid batting line up, the home conditions and a relatively weak NZL attack.

NZL though is a team that can surprise you and some Indian players like Harbhajan have already said that underestimating them will be a big mistake.

Sachin can become the first player to score 50 centuries if he gets one this series.

List of Fixtures:

Thu Nov 4 - Mon Nov 8 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 09:30 IST	1st Test - India v New Zealand Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Fri Nov 12 - Tue Nov 16 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 09:30 IST	2nd Test - India v New Zealand Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Sat Nov 20 - Wed Nov 24 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 09:30 IST	3rd Test - India v New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Sun Nov 28 03:00 GMT | 08:30 local 08:30 IST	1st ODI - India v New Zealand Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Wed Dec 1           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:30 IST	2nd ODI - India v New Zealand Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sat Dec 4 03:30 GMT | 09:00 local 09:00 IST	3rd ODI - India v New Zealand Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Tue Dec 7           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:30 IST	4th ODI - India v New Zealand M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Fri Dec 10           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:30 IST	5th ODI - India v New Zealand MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

India did win the toss and , no surprise , are batting. Gambhir has gone and they're 73-1 in the 17th over.  Most disconcerting for NZ is Sehwag's still there on 46 at a run a ball - it could be a long hot day for the tourists....

Wasn't it 4-0? But yes, NZL is certainly no match to the Indians especially away from home.

Dravid's looked really good after scoring 17 of his first 105 balls! Looks set for a big score does India! That man Sehwag continues to dazzle. What an entertainer! Butter fingers have not helped the Kiwi cause and their bowling certainly lacks penetration!

india -new zeland

hello, i made technical mistake i bet that one of this team will win , but i have no idea about cricket .can somebody tell me when will finished the game and witch team has more chance to win the game

As predicted, Vettori was going to be the only one to cause Sehwag to worry a bit, he looked too much at ease against the rest and got really stuck into Patel.  Sehwag is just awesome to watch and is by far the most feared batsman on the planet!  Your best bet of not being smacked around is to aim short, although it has to be inline with the body, else the upper cut comes into play.  There's no other that I love watching at present more than Sehwag.

Which means if there's anyone who really trust a pitch trueness, it's Sehwag.  Oh well, I guess they all have a flaw!

I don't think it really has much to do with the deteriorated pitch - maybe it's a mental thing, knowing he has already done a lot for his country and first innings that he probably plays too casual instead of putting his head to it.  Why I say this is because in the first Champions League on that poor Delhi pitch where scores ranged from 110-120, I saw Sehwag blaze a 46 in about 27 balls. while all the other batsmen struggled, he was still picking balls off a length and battering them away, was even playing with the bat lower at times for the low bounce and hitting them away.

Was hoping for a better pitch but I guess with the NZ bowling attack it wouldn't have made a big difference. Sehwag was brilliant as usual although he really needs to work on his fitness. Last few times he's crossed 150, he's had a runner. Dravid was great considering the amount of pressure and scrutiny he was under. He might have started very slow and boring but he went to smash 83 of his last 111 balls so zuhair_abbasi you should watch the second half of his innings. Congrats to him on his 30th century!

Vettori was very good, as usual, but not good enough and I really feel for him as he doesn't really have many good backups. Also the NZ wicketkeeper needs to work on his skills. He was terrible! I couldn't see his face properly but I doubt it was McCullum.

Tendulkar looks like he's gonna get his 50th as well but I wouldn't advise India to bat more than 1.5-1.75 sessions. A result is needed but the NZ batting isn't too good either. But I've never seen most of them bat so I can't really comment on them.

I really will have to stop these predictions !  Tendulkar gifts his wicket without adding to his score and it's 384-4   

Patel takes another , trapping Laxman LBW for 40 - New Zealand are back in it !

boy NZL right back in it! India 6 down all of a sudden and they still haven't gone past 400. Dhoni the key but now the tail is exposed, good stuff by the slow bowlers.

Jesse, Taylor and McCullum are high quality players Sledge, I wouldn't count NZL out of this at the moment.


Edited by sam_ahmed - 05 November 2010 at 6:21am

 487 all out after some fireworks (apt - it's Guy Fawkes Day!)  from Harbhajan (69).

   A good comeback by NZ , but I agree with zuhair , the Indian spinners will cause havoc on this pitch.

How can Sachin and VVS score so slow?  Quite bizarre aye, good thing I didn't stay up last night.  Anyhow, surely, India can't lose this from here?  If Harbhajan doesn't bag any good hauls in this series, he might as well just admit that he no longer have off spinning powers.  Might as well he turn into a batting all-rounder!

Yup.A draw seems likely especially with Vettori still to bat but I would say India still have the edge. The first session is going to be crucial