All are asked india is powerful team .shewag is a powerful player.India would rather have him 100 per cent fit for the rest of the series. "We will take a decision on him before the match. We did not let him bowl too much at the nets as it is part of our rehabilitation programme. But he is certainly improving," said team doctor Nitin Patel.Yuvraj Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan have also been striking the ball well. Even if two of these celebrated batsmen last out the innings, the Kiwis would find the going extremely tough, despite playing in home conditions.
The visitors are also dealing with fitness concerns to paceman Ishant, who is nursing a shoulder injury, but the team management chose to play the cards close to its chest, saying a final decision on the bowler's availability would be taken only before the toss.India's batting, which had come a cropper in the T20s, revved up into top gear with Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni serving notice with half centuries in the first ODI at Napier.
