INDIA’S TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND-2009 SCHEDULE AND VENUES

INDIA’S TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND-2009 SCHEDULE AND VENUES


Dhoni's men begin New Zealand tour after the sparkling victories in the recent home Test series against Australia and England, and a 4-1 rout of hosts Sri Lanka in a one-day series. Winning a game in New Zealand is a nightmare. India last won a Test series in New Zealand under the captaincy of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, 41 years ago. On the previous tour of New Zealand, in December 2002, India lost both Tests inside three days with totals of 161, 121, 99 and 154 in the four innings on bowler-friendly seaming wickets. The Kiwis also went on to win the one-day series 5-2.


But expectations are high under the captaincy of Dhoni. Under him, India have won 28 of 46 one-day matches and six of 10 Twenty20 internationals. Only six players in the touring squad have played a Test in New Zealand before. They are Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Dravid, V.V.S Laxman, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh.


India will open the tour with the two Twenty20 matches in Christchurch (Feb 25) and Wellington (Feb 27). The five one-dayers will be played between March 3-14 before the first Test starts in Hamilton on March 18. The remaining two Tests will be played in Napier (March 26-30) and Wellington (April 3-7).



All matches of New Zealand Tour will be live on SET MAX Channel.

Detailed Schedule Here:


20-20 SCHEDULE

First 20-20

25-02-2009, Wednesday on 11.30 IST at Christchurch (D/N)


Second 20-20

27-02-2008, Friday on 11.30 IST at Wellington (D/N)



ONE DAY SCHEDULE:




1st ODI

03-03-09. Tuesday on 6.30 IST at Napier(D/N)

2nd ODI

06-03-09. Friday on 6.30 IST at Wellington(D/N)


3rd ODI

08-03-09. Sunday on 6.30 IST at Christchurch(D/N)


4th ODI

11-03-09. Wednesday on 6.30 IST at Hamilton (D/N)


5th ODI

14-03-09. Saturday on 6.30 IST at Auckland (D/N)

TEST SCHEDULE


1st Test

18-03-09. Sunday on 3.30 IST at Hamilton

2nd Test

26-03-09. Thursday on 3.30 IST at Napier


3rd Test

03-04-09. Friday on 3.30 IST at Wellington.



INDIAN TEAM FOR NEW ZEALAND TOUR

Test squad: MS Dhoni (c), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Lakshmipathy Balaji, Munaf Patel, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Dhawal Kulkarni

ODI squad: MS Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Pragyan Ojha

T20 squad: MS Dhoni (c), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar, Dinesh Karthik, Pragyan Ojha, Ravindra Jadeja