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New Delhi. Tired of bad weather, the Indian cricket team will pray for no rain in the last ODI against New Zealand on Wednesday (November 30) so that it can get a chance to equalize.
There is a forecast of rain in Christchurch on Wednesday and if this happens then there will be nothing disappointing for the young cricketers of the Indian team. Of the five limited overs matches, one ODI and one T20 ended in a draw and one T20 match was tied on the basis of the Duckworth-Lewis method due to rain.
Shikhar Dhawan’s team would like to equalize in the series by winning the last ODI. The Hagley Oval ground has traditionally been seam bowlers friendly and the average score here has been 230 over the years. Indian batting has been the subject of discussion in the first powerplay. Dhawan, a brilliant opener in ODI cricket, himself understands that he will have to make a lot of changes in his game to ensure a place in the team for the ODI World Cup to be held in India next year.
Young opener Shubman Gill has scored 50 and 45 not out in two matches. Suryakumar Yadav, the current superstar of Indian cricket, hit three sixes in 12.5 overs at Seddon Park. If India wants to score big, then batsmen like Surya and Rishabh Pant will have to play good innings. Pant’s ODI record is quite impressive but he could not score runs after the tour of England. To give stability to the middle order in front of New Zealand bowlers, it is necessary to get runs from their bat.
Pant’s playing and lack of bowling options among specialist batsmen means that Sanju Samson will have to sit out once again. Being an all-rounder in the last match, Deepak Hooda was preferred over him. Due to the rain washing out the previous match, it has to be seen whether interim head coach VVS Laxman makes any changes in the playing XI or not. Spinner Kuldeep Yadav has also not got a chance yet. By the way, it would be excessive with them to exclude Yuzvendra Chahal or Washington Sundar.
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Shardul Thakur could not do anything amazing in the first ODI, so only Arshdeep Singh, Deepak Chahar and Umran Malik will lead the pace attack. In front of Matt Henry, Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson, this is a golden opportunity for New Zealand to take advantage of the weakness of the Indian batting.
Both the teams are as follows:
India: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper), Deepak Hooda, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Deepak Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Shardul Thakur and Umran Malik.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (Captain), Finn Allen, Devin Conway, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 29, 2022, 13:23 IST
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