With the weather conditions being rather fuzzy with clouds casting over Bangalore India chose to field first today when it plays New Zealand in the 4th ODI at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Gambhir was forced to make some changes in the squad as Wriddhiman Saha has gone to South Africa and Munaf couldn’t play. So the Parthiv Patel and Praveen Kumar got their chance at the game. With the toss Gambhir elected to bowl first.
The current score card reads as New Zealand 251/7 in 45overs. Ross Taylor is batting at 43 and James Frnaklin has 22 runs to his credit as Rohit Sharma is bowling with Yusuf Pathan having bowled 6 overs till now and claiming a wicket too.
There were more changes made in the team as Ravindra Jadeja and M Vijay were replaced by Saurabh Tiwary and Rohit Sharma. New Zealand has dropped Gareth Hopkins this time as Brendon McCullum was declared fit for wicket-keeping. Tim Southee has been brought into the team as an extra bowler.
India Vs South Africa| Ind vs NZ 4th ODI: India chose to field in cloudy Bangalore, NZ 251/7
At the toss, Daniel Vettori said, “It’s an incredibly difficult time. We are not playing well; we are not winning anything. The guys have worked hard, though, and hopefully results will be better”. Its clear from what he said that the team has realized their shortcomings to some extent and also aware that it’s the only chance when they can win the match.
So the members of the team currently on the field are—Gautam Gambhir(skipper), Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Saurabh Tiwary, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra on the Indian side. While the New Zealand team has Brendon McCullum (wk), Jamie How, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, James Franklin, Daniel Vettori (capt), Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Andy McKay playing in that order.
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