Indian Squad announced for tour of New Zealand

Indian selection panel headed by former Indian Captain K.Srikanth announced three different squad for the New Zeland tour, one for twenty20, one for one day international and last one for Test series.

Young seam bowler Dhawal Kulkarni,after an outstanding performance in the Ranji Trophy season 2008-09 got a maiden call-up in the Test Squad announced for the tour of New Zealand, while L.Balaji is also included in the 16 member squad. L.Balaji is making comeback after almost 4 years.

Apart from D.Kulkarni rest of the players included is same which played against England in the home series last year.

D.Karthik the Indian wicketkeeper batsman named in all three squad as reserved wicketkeeper to provide M.S.Dhoni some assistant and help whenever required on the tour. '

Harbhajan Singh and Munaf Patel,who were injured before,are now fit and are included for all three formats of the game. H.Singh missed the tour of Sri Lanka recently while M.Patel had to return back home after first ODI.

Ravindra Jadeja who scored brilliant half-century in his debut match is left out of one day squad; however he is included for twenty20 International. P.Ojha is also left out from test squad announced while he is included in ODI and twenty20 squads.

India will start their tour with two twenty20 International to be played on 25th and 27th of February. Then India will play five one day internationals against the home team on 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th and 14th of March. The two teams will then square off for three-match Test series.

Indian team has a tough job on their hand since they never won test series on New Zealand soil since 40 Years. Last time also they loss test series by 0-2 and seven match ODI Series by 2-5.

India Twenty20 Squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & WK), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Munaf Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha.

India ODI Squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & WK), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Kaarthick, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha.

India TEST Squad:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain & WK), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, V.V.S Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Kaarthick, Murali Vijay, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel, L Balaji, Dhawal Kulkarni, Harbhajan Singh, Amit Mishra.

RELIANCE CRICKET RATINGS

Reliance ICC Ranking for Top 10 Cricket Team in ODI
Rank Team Rating
1 South Africa 125
2 Australia 124
3 India 120
4 New Zealand 114
5 Pakistan 111
6 England 108
7 Sri Lanka 105
8 West Indies 91
9 Bangladesh 46
10 Zimbabwe 23
11 Ireland 19
12 Kenya 0

Reliance ICC Ranking for Top 10 Batsman in ODI
Rank Name Country Rating
1 M.S.Dhoni India 809
2 M.Hussey Australia 798
3 Y.Singh India 790
4 C.Gayle West Indies 783
5 S.Chanderpaul West Indies 769
6 G.Smith South Africa 741
7 K.Pietersen England 730
8 Md.Yusuf Pakistan 716
9 A.B.Deviliers South Africa 715
10 R.Ponting Australia 705

Reliance ICC Ranking for Top 10 Bowler in ODI
Rank Name Country Rating
1 D.Vettori New Zealand 727
2 N.Kulaskara Sri Lanka 724
3 K.Mills New Zealnd 719
4 N.Bracken Australia 700
5 M.Muralidaran Sri Lanka 696
6 Shakib Al Hasan Bangladesh 687
7 S.Broad England 673
8 M.Mortaza Bangladesh 671
9 A.Flintoff England 662
10 M.Johnson Australia 660

Reliance ICC Ranking for Top 10 Cricket Team in Test Cricket
Rank Team Rating
1 Australia 126
2 South Africa 121
3 India 118
4 Sri Lanka 109
5 England 103
6 Pakistan 98
7 West Indies 81
8 New Zealand 81
9 Bangladesh 0

Reliance ICC Ranking for Top 10 Batsman in Test Cricket
Rank Name Country Rating
1 S.Chanderpaul West Indies 892
2 Md. Yusuf Pakistan 880
3 K.Sangakara Sri Lanka 859
4 K.Pietersen England 828
5 M.Clark Australia 825
6 D.Jayawardne Sri Lanka 819
7 R.Ponting Australia 810
8 Younis Khan Pakistan 799
9 G.Smith South Africa 797
10 G.Gambhir India 771

Reliance ICC Ranking for Top 10 Bowler in Test Cricket
Rank Name Country Rating
1 M. Muralidaran Sri Lanka 887
2 D.Styen South Africa 844
3 S.Clark Australia 782
4 M.Johnson Australia 756
5 M.Nitini South Africa 754
6 J.Taylor West Indies 717
7 R.Sidebottom England 703
8 C.Vaas Sri Lanka 688
9 H.Singh India 686
10 S.Akhtar Pakistan 684