India would aim to play with the same pebbles and common sense they displayed in the second match in Pune when they square off against New Zealand in the ODI series-decider on Sunday. Faced with marvelous pressure after a long time following their loss in the first ODI of the three-match series, the Indian players showed a lot of character as they put up a near unblemished performance in the second game to level the series 1-1. Captain Virat Kohli and his team succeed on challenges and they will back themselves to win their seventh ODI series in a row, when they take the field at the Green Park Stadium, which will be hosting its first ever 50-over game under lights. "We look forward to challenges. We spoke about bouncing back, and we have bounced back in Pune. We would look to play a similar sort of game in Kanpur as well," said Kohli after the six-wicket win over the Kiwis in the second ODI.
Both teams arrived here on Thursday, giving them enough time to get used to the cooler conditions in the northern part of India. The Indian team executed its plans perfectly in Pune, especially on the bowling front with in-form pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah doing the job early on as well as in the death overs.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, George Worker and Ish Sodhi.
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