New Zealand vs India 1st Test 2009

[Akash00]

You can register here. Deadline is on 17th March 2009 at 22:00 GMT.

New Zealand Squad

Daniel Vettori (c; Bowling All-rounder)
Daniel Flynn
Brent Arnel
James Franklin (Bowling All-rounder)
Martin Guptil
Brendon McCullum (wk)
Tim McIntosh
Chris Martin
Kyle Mills
Ian O'Brien
Jeetan Patel
Jesse Ryder (Batting All-rounder)
Ross Taylor

India Squad

Mahendra Dhoni (c; wk)
Laxmipathy Balaji
Rahul Dravid
Gautam Gambhir
Harbhajan Singh
Dinesh Karthik (wk)
Zaheer Khan
Dhawal Kulkarni
VVS Laxman
Amit Mishra
Munaf Patel
Virender Sehwag (Batting All-rounder)
Ishant Sharma
Sachin Tendulkar
Murali Vijay
Yuvraj Singh (Batting All-rounder)

Cricinfo - India tour of New Zealand, 2008/09 - Squads

 

[McLOVIN]

so difficult, all those big names are back. not sure if they gona perform. then again they have more experience playing in NZ then those new bunch. so its better to stick with NZ players. then again, the big names...

 

[ZexyZahid]

The deadline has been set back with 24 hours. If it says 'previous day 22:00 GMT', it means the match will start on 17 March, although in New Zealand it's then 18 March.

James Franklin has been added as a bowling allrounder. I see Tim McIntosh made a century in his last Test match. And Chris Martin is back.

 

[Akash00]

Thanks for adjusting the deadline.

But I saw cricinfo and it mentioned James Franklin as a bowler.

 

[Abhas]

Don't know much about the new-zealand batters. I'll go by the current form shown in the ODI's.

 

[ZexyZahid]

The good thing about this Fantasy Game is that you at least know which players will feature in the match. I think the only question on New Zealand side will be to bring an extra spinner or a fast bowler.

 

[Amiya]

Just registered for it. I have kept the players who are in good form. Hope none of them get injured.

 

[ZexyZahid]

Currently New Zealand are at 105-6. And it seems it's a bowler's pitch although Vettori and Ryder are now building up a partnership. I don't mind runs coming from Ryder, but I do from Vettori, because some people have Vettori as captain.

 

[aussie1st]

Not too bad for me, just need my captain to get a biggie.

 

[ZexyZahid]

So far I've got the performers in Ryder, Vettori, Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma. I don't have Patel though. But now that Vettori made a century my captain must do the same. Also not many seem to have Dravid and Yuvraj Singh in their teams, so hopefully they will do well.

 

[Akash00]

I am missing Ryder and Patel, Gambhir should get a double ton and compensate that.

 

[Amiya]

I don't have any new zealand player except Franklin and Guptill and i don't have Sharma and Munaf. I am quite dependent on Indian batting.

 

[ZexyZahid]

Sehwag getting out early wasn't really what I needed. Tendulkar needs to get out now, because some have him as captain.

 

[McLOVIN]

i am missing Vittori and Ishant. other then that had a great 2nd day

 

[aussie1st]

Tendulkar is starting to make too many runs, a few have him as captain.