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VISAKHAPATNAM: A battered and bruised New Zealand will seek to revive their fortunes inthe first T20 International against India on Saturday evening.
The match itself, however, looks likely to be overshadowed by the overwhelming focus on comeback man Yuvraj Singh, who will play his first game for India after a successful battle with cancer. The southpaw will be keen on getting his career back on track.
Yuvraj has not played competitive cricket since the two home Tests against the West Indies last November, and it has been an emotional choice to recall him as soon as he was declared fit by doctors at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, where he began light training in July."It is hard to believe that I willbe playing for India again," Yuvraj said. "A few months back I had trouble climbing four steps, now I can't wait to take the field. It is like startinga new life."
Yuvraj, however, isn't the onlyone making a comeback. The other player to look out for is Harbhajan Singh, who has been out of the Indian team for some time now and will have a point or two to prove. With Tamil Nadu's R Ashwin successfully filling in the place left by Harbhajan, the Punjab player will be eager to show his detractors that he is far from finished.
With the T20 World Cup round the corner, the two-match series gives the teams an opportunity to score some brownie points and get into shape.
After their pathetic show in the Caribbean, the beleaguered Kiwis landed in India with the hope of giving the hosts a run for their money. But the Indian team, which had subdued the Sri Lankans in the ODI series earlier, was in no mood to give the Kiwis any leeway. In the two-Test series, the Indians stamped their authority in no uncertain terms as they won both the matches with relative ease.
However, it is going to be a different game altogether on Saturday as the teams face off in the shortest version of the game. The visitors can take heart from the fact that they have an unenviable record in T20 against India - they have won all three overseas games.
However, India are yet to lose a game on this ground.
All eyes on Yuvraj Singh as India take on Kiwis in first T20I - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
The match itself, however, looks likely to be overshadowed by the overwhelming focus on comeback man Yuvraj Singh, who will play his first game for India after a successful battle with cancer. The southpaw will be keen on getting his career back on track.
Yuvraj has not played competitive cricket since the two home Tests against the West Indies last November, and it has been an emotional choice to recall him as soon as he was declared fit by doctors at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, where he began light training in July."It is hard to believe that I willbe playing for India again," Yuvraj said. "A few months back I had trouble climbing four steps, now I can't wait to take the field. It is like startinga new life."
Yuvraj, however, isn't the onlyone making a comeback. The other player to look out for is Harbhajan Singh, who has been out of the Indian team for some time now and will have a point or two to prove. With Tamil Nadu's R Ashwin successfully filling in the place left by Harbhajan, the Punjab player will be eager to show his detractors that he is far from finished.
With the T20 World Cup round the corner, the two-match series gives the teams an opportunity to score some brownie points and get into shape.
After their pathetic show in the Caribbean, the beleaguered Kiwis landed in India with the hope of giving the hosts a run for their money. But the Indian team, which had subdued the Sri Lankans in the ODI series earlier, was in no mood to give the Kiwis any leeway. In the two-Test series, the Indians stamped their authority in no uncertain terms as they won both the matches with relative ease.
However, it is going to be a different game altogether on Saturday as the teams face off in the shortest version of the game. The visitors can take heart from the fact that they have an unenviable record in T20 against India - they have won all three overseas games.
However, India are yet to lose a game on this ground.
All eyes on Yuvraj Singh as India take on Kiwis in first T20I - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
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