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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > Indian Cricket Team's New Zealand Tour > India looking to end Kiwi tour on a winning note 14.59 IST 13th Jan 2003 By IndiaExpress Bureau Keen to round off the New Zealand tour on a positive note, India will be eyeing their third successive victory against the hosts in the seventh and final one-day international in Hamilton on Tuesday before going into a much-needed rest ahead of the World Cup. After the humiliating defeats in the two Tests and first four one-dayers, the victories in the last two matches have come as a whiff of fresh air for the team and skipper Sourav Ganguly said the third win in a row would put the side in a better frame of mind for the World Cup. "We need to win this game. It is important. It would be good to have three wins in a row and wind up the tour," Ganguly said today. "It has not been a good tour for us but it happens when you play day in and day out," he said referring to the team's hectic schedule over the last one year. "We would have two weeks off before heading for South Africa and it would be useful. We have been on the road for 10 months and we need to spend some time with our families." India came to New Zealand riding on a crest of successes but were totally exposed on the fast and bouncy tracks tailor- made for the home bowlers. Their first victory, in the fifth one-dayer, came only after losing both the Test as well as the one-day series. The Teams (from): India: Sourav Ganguly (Capt.), Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Anil Kumble, V V S Laxman, Sanjay Bangar, Parthiv Patel, Rakesh Patel. New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (Capt.), Nathan Astle, Mathew Sinclair, Scott Styris, Chris Harris, Brendon McCullum, Chris Cairns, Andre Adams, Kyle Mills, Daniel Vettori, Shane Bond, Daryl Tuffey. in-depth coverage > Indian Cricket Team's New Zealand Tour > |
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