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New Zealand rest Bond against India
September 02, 2005 13:30 IST
New Zealand [Images] captain Stephen Fleming [Images] won the toss and elected to bat against India in the fifth one-day international of the Videocon [Get Quote] Cup tri-series at the Harare Sports Club in Harare, on Friday.
For India, Virender Sehwag [Images] made a comeback after missing the previous match against Zimbabwe due to fever. Sehwag replaced Venugopal Rao, who failed to score in the two matches that he has played in the tournament.
Left-arm spinner Murali Kartik [Images] was named as the super sub.
India got some reprieve as New Zealand opted to rest Shane Bond [Images], who tormented the Indian batsman in the first game of the series between the two teams.
He was replaced by all-rounder Andre Adams.
Spinner Daniel Vettori [Images] was also given a break, while off-spinner Jeetan Patel was named as the supersub.
Teams:
India: Sourav Ganguly [Images] (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid [Images], Yuvraj Singh [Images], Mohammad Kaif, M S Dhoni [Images], J P Yadav, Irfan Pathan [Images], Ajit Agarkar [Images], Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh [Images], Murali Kartik (supersub)
New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle, Lou Vincent, Hamish Marshall, Craig McMillan [Images], Scott Styris, Jacob Oram [Images], Brendon McCullum, Chris Cairns [Images], Kyle Mills, Andre Adams, Jeetan Patel (supersub)