Team India Lost the Toss but will Bat First in Small Ground of Christchurch!
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At the beginning of the third ODI at Christchurch, we first wishes very best of Luck to the sizzling couple Daniel Vettori and his wife Mary, who are expecting the birth of their first child later today. Thus Vettori is there at Auckland with his wife Mary.
In the absence of Daniel Vettori, Brandon McCullum will lead the team, and thus he joined Indian skipper MS Dhoni at the middle for toss. Once again at Christchurch Dhoni lost the toss, but the news was McCullum decided to bowl first.
Dhoni mentioned that it was a good toss to lose since the ground is a bit smaller than other grounds. So with the absence of the most accurate bowler Vettori from the bowling attack, Kiwis are a bit more weaker than previous matches.
This is a test for Brandon McCullum too. Kiwis made two changes in the team, Jeetan Patel in for Vettori and Tim Southee replaces Iain O’Brien.
The team for the Third ODI is as follows:
Team India: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Zaheer Khan, and 11 Munaf Patel.
New Zealand: 1 Jesse Ryder, 2 Brendon McCullum, 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Jacob Oram, 6 Peter McGlashan, 7 Grant Elliott, 8 Jeetan Patel, 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Ian Butler, and 11 Tim Southee.
Mean while forget all the worries and see what Sehwag, Sachin, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Raina, Dhoni and Yusuf Pathan is going to do on this small ground. Watch the live score of the 3rd ODI by clicking here.