Tendulkar boosts India for ODI series
Posted on Mar 02, 2009 at 14:57 | Updated Mar 02, 2009 at 19:27
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Napier: India are set to recall record-breaking batsman Sachin Tendulkar as they head into a one-day series against New Zealand this week looking to bounce back from two Twenty20 defeats.
Tendulkar, who sat out the Twenty20 games, was brought on the tour specifically for the one-day internationals and Tests and Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is confident he will boost the tourists.
"When you're playing against him, it plays on your mind," he said of Tendulkar, who has amassed a record 16,440 runs in 422 ODIs."It's not just his batting and bowling, you see the amount of contributions he makes with his experience," he added.
But the home side will be be hoping they can repeat their successes against the master batsman during India's 2002-03 tour of New Zealand, when Tendulkar had a dismal run with innings of a duck, one and one.
Skipper Daniel Vettori said New Zealand had strategies in place to deal with Tendulkar but they would have to be precise.
"You can have plans for him but it has to be inch-perfect," he said.Dhoni played down the opening losses, saying the games had given his side valuable time in the middle.
"We know everyone is in good nick and each and every one is playing his shots that he normally plays," Dhoni said."I feel we are batting in the right areas and hopefully the mistakes are quite easy to avoid."
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