India vs New Zealand 1st Test Live Score Update

India and New and lands into a fresh battle on the field as bothe the teams resumes the test with first test at Ahmedabad. After nine losses in a row in tosses, Dhoni has finally managed to win today and has already elected to bat first. New Zealand had a recent terrible time in Banladesh where they lost a ODI series without winning a single game where India is on Top of their game and have come out after beating Australia in ODI & Test Series at home.

M Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara, heroes of India's last Test, are not included in the playing eleven as VVS Laxman and Gautam Gambhir make come back. Sreesanth also keeps his place ahead of Ishant Sharma. Kane Williamson and Hamish Bennett from New Zealand are making their debut today.

Teams:

New Zealand: Tim McIntosh, Brendon McCullum, BJ Watling, Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Kane Williamson, Daniel Vettori(c), Gareth Hopkins(w), Jeetan Patel, Hamish Bennett, Chris Martin

India: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, S Sreesanth

Prediction:

It is not a very difficult decision to declare India as the winner looking at the forms of both the teams, however New Zealand have some key players which can dismantle India during the five days of a match. Key Player for India is Tendulkar as he has been in red- hot form from the beginning of this year when India toured Bangladesh.

The 37- year- old champion has accumulated a staggering 1,270 runs from his last nine Tests (15 innings), with six three- figure knocks that includes two double hundreds, at a Bradmanesque average of 97.69. also watch out for Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum from New Zealand.