This match also serves as a big come back match for the World Cup Man of the Series winner Yuvraj Singh, Dhoorsa specialist Harbajan Sing and IPL Super Star Lakshmipathi Balaji. While Yuvraj's return appears certain, there are no guarantees yet on Harbhajan Singh's comeback, given the number of part-The probable Indian line up include: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Laxmipathy Balaji, Ashok Dinda, Piyush Chawla and Manoj Tiwary.
After New Zealand’s poor performance in their recent tour to the West Indies and in the two test series against India, they need to focus on winning this one. The Kiwis under Ross Taylor are a much stronger unit in this form of the game and they should represent a tougher challenge as they try to find form for this month’s T20 World Cup.
In addition, the squad has been strengthened by the return of One Day specialists such as Nathan McCullum while Daniel Vettori should also be back in the side to bolster both the batting and bowling departments. The New Zealand team likely to play include: Ross Taylor (Captain), Brendon McCullum (wk), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, James Franklin, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Doug Bracewell, Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Nathan McCullum, Ronnie Hira, Kyle Mills and BJ Watling.
