Blogs Ind vs NZ: What should India do in the warm-up game?
May 31st, 2009 by kapoorIndia’s campaign in the T20 World Cup 2009 begins with their warm-up match against the Kiwis. I would have to say that though it is good to get acclimatized with the conditions before the start of any major tournament, the Indians could have done with some rest rather than playing warm-up games and they are carrying a few players with suspect conditioning. Further, they do not even have a second keeper so Dhoni with his uncertain back situation should not be very pleased with this.
On the other hand, the New Zealand team must be happy to get familiar with the format, since not a lot of their players have regularly played international T20 or for that matter the IPL 2009. I guess the best thing would be for India to try and play as many players they think would not be needed immediately at the start of the tournament to keep them warmed-up for the remainder of the World Cup.
