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Ahmedabad, Oct 6:
The Indian cricket team sans their new ball bowlers Avishkar Salvi
and Laxmipathi Balaji, arrived here yesterday for the first Test
match against New Zealand from October 8 to 12. The Kiwis too
arrived from Rajkot after playing the three-day match against India
'A', which ended in a tame draw. Both the teams had nets and
fielding practice for three hours each before retiring to their
hotel rooms.
Meanwhile,
according to the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) sources, both
Salvi and Balaji, who are playing in the Emerging Talent Series in
Sri Lanka, are expected to arrive here today. The Indian team will
be going into this match with a new pair of opening batsmen Virendra
Sehwag and his Delhi teammate Akash Chopra, while middle order
batsman Yuvraj Singh and leg spinner Sairaj Bahutule are the other
new entrants in the 14 member team, which was announced at Rajkot by
BCCI secretary S K Nair.
The visitors, whose
main batsmen including their skipper Stephen Fleming, middle order
batsmen Nathan Astle and Scot Styris are yet to strike form with the
bat, will be looking forward to the nets for the next two-days to
get some much needed batting practice for main players. (Agencies)
Published: Monday,
October 06, 2003
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