ODI - still cricket, yet whole different ball game...

3rd March 2009 - India meets New Zealand for the first ODI of the series. Why is this important? For a number of reasons -

1. India has never won a series in New Zealand
   
2. India lost the first 2 T20 games against New Zealand - A slight aberration, India being the world T20 champions. However, not enough to cause mass panic since the shortest format of the game is also the most reliant on luck and both matches were pretty close.
   
3. Sachin is playing again
4. The Indian bowlers are doing pretty well
5. Indian batsmen not so hot
6. Daniel Vettori is pretty darn brilliant when it comes to cricket strategy
7. India are vying for numero uno bragging rights

Should be an interesting match...

p.s. forgot to add a number 8 - India are debuting the new darker blue look... 'men in dark blue' doesn't have quite the same ring to itummm....Yuvi, what exactly is going on with your mouth?