India are set to recall record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar as they head into a one-day series against New Zealand today looking to bounce back from two Twenty20 defeats.
India have won the toss and elected to bat first.
The Indian team
SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag, G Gambhir, SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh, captainwicketkeeperMS Dhoni, YK Pathan, P Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel
The New Zealand Team
JD Ryder, wicketkeeperBB McCullum, MJ Guptill, LRPL Taylor, GD Elliott, NT Broom, JDP Oram, captainDL Vettori, IG Butler, IE O'Brien, KD Mills
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is confident that master blaster Sachin will boost the tourists."When you're playing against him, it plays on your mind," he said of Tendulkar, who has amassed a record 16,440 runs in 422 ODIs."It's not just his batting and bowling, you see the amount of contributions he makes with his experience," he added.But the home side will be be hoping they can repeat their successes against the master batsman during India's 2002-03 tour of New Zealand, when Tendulkar had a dismal run with innings of a duck, one and one.Skipper Daniel Vettori said New Zealand had strategies in place to deal with Tendulkar but they would have to be precise."You can have plans for him but it has to be inch-perfect," he said.
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