Wednesday 22 August 2012

India Vs New Zealand: A Build up



India will look to start fresh when they take on New Zealand in first Test in Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International stadium on Thursday.
India haven't lost a home Test series since November 2004 and and have won 9 of their 13 matches. New Zealand on the other hand haven't won an away series against oppositions other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe Since 2002. These stats clearly suggest that India will go into the Test series as the overwhelming favourites. Even Indians have had a poor run in the last few Tests which include a whitewash against England an Australia. But the fact that the lions are playing their Den gives them the total control over their opponents.

In the face of such staggeringly one-sided stats, New Zealand's only hope seems to be the high number of draws that are played out in India and in the matches between these two teams. The draw percentage in India since November 2004 is 38%, only marginally lower than West Indies' 40% - these are the two countries with the highest draw percentage during this period. Also, the draw percentage in India-New Zealand Tests is 50% (25 draws in 50 Tests), which is second only to the number of stalemates in India-Pakistan Tests. In 11 Tests between India and New Zealand in India since 1990, eight have been drawn.


A reality check awaits the Indian team as it gears up to begin life without the famed batting duo of Dravid and Laxman. The challenge now for the Indian team is to overcome the transition in the coming home season in which they will play 10 Tests, 13 ODI's and 3 T20's and also a T20 World Cup in September.It is no secret that the mighty Australians are still struggling after the fading away of their cricketing greats. Thus, India`s young brigade would be keen to overcome this tough phase with the help of Tendulkar`s experience before their real test starts in 2013 when they take on the current No. 1 Test side, South Africa on their home turf.


Teams (from):


India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Capt), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Cheteshwar Pujara, Suresh Raina, Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane, Subramaniam Badrinath and Piyush Chawla.

New Zealand: Ross Taylor (Capt), Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Daniel Flynn, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Chris Martin, Brendon McCullum, Tarun Nethula, Jeetan Patel, Tim Southee, Kruger van Wyk, Neil Wagner, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson.

Tests between India and New Zealand
 TestsInd wonNZ wonDraw
Overall5016925
In India2911216
In India since 199011308

Highest draw percentage in Tests between two teams (Qual: 10 Tests)
TeamsTestsWins (T1/ T2)DrawsDraw %
India v Pakistan599/ 123864.41
India v New Zealand5016/ 92550.00
India v West Indies8814/ 304450.00
England v Pakistan7422/ 163648.65
New Zealand v West Indies399/ 121846.15
Indian batsmen in Tests v New Zealand
BatsmanOverall-TestsAverage100s/ 50sIn India-TestsAverage100s/ 50s
Sachin Tendulkar2249.414/ 81149.282/ 3
Virender Sehwag1044.412/ 3571.872/ 3
Gautam Gambhir668.002/ 3341.750/ 2
MS Dhoni549.830/ 3336.000/ 1
Suresh Raina36.500/ 036.500/ 0

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