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This is an archive article published on December 29, 2002

Indians hoping to turn it around

Haunted by injuries and bruised by hostile pitches, the struggling Indian side is hoping that the McLean Park here would finally mark the tu...

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Haunted by injuries and bruised by hostile pitches, the struggling Indian side is hoping that the McLean Park here would finally mark the turnaround in their fortunes when they take on New Zealand in the second one-day international here tomorrow.

There has been partial good news on both the injuries and the pitch front for the Indians who are desperately seeking their first win on this tour.

TEAMS

India: Saurav Ganguly (c), Virender Sehwag, Sanjay Bangar, Rahul Dravid, V V S Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohd Kaif, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Ajit Agarkar, Parthiv Patel, Rakesh Patel, Tinu Yohannan.

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New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle, Mathew Sinclair, Craig McMillan, Lou Vincent, Brendon Mccullum, Jacob Oram, Kyle Mills, Daniel Vettori, Daryl Tuffey, Shane Bond, Paul Hitchcock.

Two of the three injured players – off-spinner Harbhajan Singh and all-rounder Sanjay Bangar – are fit and available for the match while the pitch here is reputed to be one of the better ones for the batsmen in New Zealand.

However, with indications that Sachin Tendulkar once again would be missing out due to his ankle injury, the problems of the Indians are far from over. Tendulkar arrived with the team at the practice session this morning with a crepe bandage on his troublesome right ankle and limited his participation to offering advice to the younger players.

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