2nd T20: India take on NZ before the big test in Sri Lanka-Cricket, Sports, Twenty-Twenty

India all set to take on New Zealand in MA Chidambaram Stadium, on Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:00 PM IST. New Zealand have won all the three games they have played against India so far over the last six years. For both the teams, this is their last competitive match before the World T20 in Sri Lanka.

Once again the focus will be on Yuvraj Singh, his much-awaited comeback at the international arena after a gap of nine months. The two other comeback men in this squad are Harbhajan Singh and L Balaji.

Balaji, who was excellent in the IPL over the last two years, has the edge over inexperienced Ashok Dinda for the third pacer’s slot.

On the other hand Daniel Vettori has joined the team while former CSK all-rounder Jacob Oram and Nathan McCullum, too, is back.

Head 2 Head :

INDIA		NEW ZEALAND
3	Played	3
0	Won	3
3	Lost	0
0	Tied	0
0	No Results	0
0	Home Wins	2
0	Away Wins	0
N/A	Highest Total chased	New Zealand won by 7 wickets on Feb 24 2009 Target Chased: 162
Virender Sehwag (90 Runs)	Most Prolific Batsman	Brendon McCullum (170 Runs)
Suresh Raina (61 Runs)	Highest Individual Score	Brendon McCullum (69 Runs)
2/24 by Harbhajan Singh on Sep 15 2007	Best Bowling Analysis	4/20 by Daniel Vettori on Sep 15 2007
Harbhajan Singh (4 Wickets)	Most Prolific Bowler	Daniel Vettori (6 Wickets)

Probable XIs:

India: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 7 Irfan Pathan, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Zaheer Khan, 11 Ashok Dinda

New Zealand: 1 Rob Nicol, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Brendon McCullum, (wk) 4 Ross Taylor (capt), 5 Kane Williamson, 6 James Franklin, 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Nathan McCullum/Ronnie Hira, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Kyle Mills.