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watch New Zealand vs India 3rd ODI live.
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India has four batsmen in the top 20 - Gautam Gambhir in 12th place and Virender Sehwag in 15th - not to mention Sachin Tendulkar in 21st position, compared to New Zealand's single representation in Ross Taylor, who is placed 16th.
But it is the Black Caps bowling that has most impressed of late with captain Daniel Vettori currently leading the rankings and Kyle Mills now in third spot, with a third bowler, Jacob Oram, in 19th place.
In contrast, India has just one bowler in the top 20 with Zaheer Khan occupying the 12th position.Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team is currently third, four ratings points behind second-placed Australia and five points behind the top team South Africa.
Squads
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel, Rohit Sharma, Pargyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma..
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori (Captain), Ian Butler, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Peter McGlashan, Iain O'Brien, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Grant Ellio, Kyle Mills, Neil Broom, Jeetan Patel.
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen, Gary Baxter. Third umpire: Evan Watkin. Fourth umpire: D Quested. Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle.
Match starts at 6.30 am
Raina attributed his success in the series to condition-specific practice sessions.
"We had a quality practice session before the tour. I think it is really important to prepare yourself before the game. The ball does a bit initially when you go in to bat. So you have to hang in there for a while"."Also, you have to select your bowler, read the circumstances, your areas, sort out your game plan before stepping on the pedal," said Raina.
The left-hander was confident that India could win the third ODI against New Zealand, rain-permitting."This is my opportunity. I feel I can do better. Though the focus is now on one-dayers, I am looking forward to Test cricket. I will give 100 per cent to the side when I get the chance," signed off the youngster, who has caught the imagination of the antipodean cricket buffs, inspiring a "Raina, Raina Go Away" headline in a local daily.
Sehwag disdainfully pulls, hooks and cuts. If the ball is pitched up, he effortlessly heaves it over the in-field or bisects the fielders with crunchy drives. Their game plans have all been put in awry. The Kiwi's biggest challenge, and admittedly their foremost goal, is to get rid of Sehwag early from the square, which they have not been successful in the last two ODIs.
Virender Sehwag was in form and wanted to impose himself on the hosts. Yet that innings of 26 off 10 balls was perhaps his worst of the tour, for Sehwag has improved with every match, throwing New Zealand completely off their tracks. The bowler who suffered the attack, Tim Southee, is unlikely to play the third one-day international in Christchurch, but Sehwag is playing on every New Zealand bowler's mind.
But he does set it up. Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan and Dhoni who have contributed when it matters most.
