ICC World Cup Warm-up Matches, India v New Zealand at Chennai, Feb 16, 2011: ICC World Cup Warm-up Matches match between India vs New Zealand of 2010/11 season will be Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on 16 February 2011 - day/night (50-over match).
In the previous World Cup tune-up at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, South Africa had crushed Zimbabwe by eight wickets after bundling them out for 152. Their captain, Graeme Smith, had been critical of the pitch, terming it "slow and dead" and "under-prepared", and called for better surfaces in the actual tournament. Dhoni wasn't sure how the Chennai track would play but urged the Indian side to lift their performance. "We need to pick up a bit of intensity on the field," he said. "This being the last warm-up game, the intensity should be a bit up on the field [compared to the game against Australia]."
India team
R Ashwin, PP Chawla, MS Dhoni*†, G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, V Kohli, A Nehra, MM Patel, YK Pathan, SK Raina, V Sehwag, S Sreesanth, SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh
New Zealand team
HK Bennett, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, JM How, BB McCullum†, NL McCullum, KD Mills, JDP Oram, JD Ryder, TG Southee, SB Styris, LRPL Taylor, DL Vettori*, KS Williamson, LJ Woodcock
Match details
Players per side 15 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Umpires EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire SJA Taufel (Australia)
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire S Asnani
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