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New Zealand rest Bond against India

September 02, 2005 13:30 IST

New Zealand [ Images ] captain Stephen Fleming [ Images ] won the toss and elected to bat against India [ Images ] in the fifth one-day international of the Videocon [ Get Quote ] Cup tri-series at the Harare Sports Club in Harare, on Friday.

For India, Virender Sehwag [ Images ] made a comeback after missing the previous match against Zimbabwe due to fever. Sehwag replaced Venugopal Rao [ Images ], who failed to score in the two matches that he has played in the tournament.

Left-arm spinner Murali Kartik [ Images ] was named as the super sub.

India got some reprieve as New Zealand opted to rest Shane Bond [ Images ], who tormented the Indian batsman in the first game of the series between the two teams.

He was replaced by all-rounder Andre Adams.

Spinner Daniel Vettori [ Images ] was also given a break, while off-spinner Jeetan Patel [ Images ] was named as the supersub.

Teams:

India: Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid [ Images ], Yuvraj Singh [ Images ], Mohammad Kaif, M S Dhoni [ Images ], J P Yadav, Irfan Pathan [ Images ], Ajit Agarkar [ Images ], Ashish Nehra [ Images ], Harbhajan Singh [ Images ], Murali Kartik (supersub)

New Zealand: Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle, Lou Vincent, Hamish Marshall, Craig McMillan [ Images ], Scott Styris [ Images ], Jacob Oram [ Images ], Brendon McCullum [ Images ], Chris Cairns [ Images ], Kyle Mills [ Images ], Andre Adams, Jeetan Patel (supersub)