The 3rd ODI between India and New Zealand will begin at ChristChurch from Sunday, March 8, 2009 Start time 14.00 local (01.00 GMT) India have a poor record in Chrishtchurch , they have lost all the 5 ODI played.

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India opened their tour with a Twenty20 match at this venue, and their batsmen perished as they tried to take advantage of the short square boundaries. However, their approach in the one-day games has been more methodical , Before the second ODI was ruined by rain New Zealand have played 43 ODIs in Christchurch, winning 25 and losing 18. But Since 2000, they’ve won 12 and lost three.

Team news Brendon McCullum has not recovered completely from a thumb injury and so New Zealand are likely to field the same XI as in Wellington, with Peter McGlashan as wicketkeeper.

Pitch & conditions 24 sixes were hit in the 1st T20 match at the AMI Stadium. There may not be as many on Sunday but if the weather stays clear the runs should flow because of the small boundaries. The trick, however, will be trying to steal ones, twos and threes on a small field. The weather on the eve of the match was warm and sunny but there is a 20% chance of rain predicted on Sunday.

New Zealand: 1 Jesse Ryder, 2 Brendon McCullum (wk), 3 Martin Guptill, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Jacob Oram, 6 Neil Broom, 7 Grant Elliott, 8 Daniel Vettori (capt), 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Ian Bulter/Tim Southee, 11 Iain O’Brien, 12 Peter McGlashan

India: 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Sachin Tendulkar, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 7 Yusuf Pathan, 8 Praveen Kumar, 9 Harbhajan Singh, 10 Munaf Patel, 11 Zaheer Khan.

Quotes

“You have to hang in there for a while, not just go out and play your shots. You have to select your bowler, read the circumstances, your areas, sort out your game plan and what you are doing on the field. It is really important to do proper preparation before the game.” Suresh Raina knows what it takes. “After the rained-out game we’ve got to win, Dan’s told us it’s a must-win game. We’ve been in the situation before with West Indies, and we’ve come out winning the must-win games, so hopefully the pressure we can put ourselves under will work in our favour.” Ross Taylor is confident New Zealand can bounce back.

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