India VS New Zealand 1st Triangular Match Live Score, Ind VS NZ 1st Triangular Match Teams

After the huge success of one-day cricket will face its first trial during the Triangular Cup in Srilanka. In the 1st match of the tournament, India will meet New Zealand in the 50 over, Day-Night format of the game, at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, on Tuesday, 10th August, 2010, in the game and timing will be 09:00 GMT 14:30 local 14:30 IST.

India have had so little time to prepare that they decided to take an army chopper to Dambulla to save time on the five-hour road journey from Colombo.

New Zealand advantage side is that unlike most subcontinental pitches, Dambulla will favour their pace-heavy attack.

An ankle injury has ruled Ishant Sharma out of the first game which means Abhimanyu Mithun is in line to add to his solitary one-day cap.

Kane Williamson, the Northern Districts batsman who turned 20 on Sunday, gets the belated gift of a one-day debut on Tuesday.

India 1st Tri Match Team, Playing Eleven at Dambulla:

Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik/Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (c & w), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pragyan Ojha, Ashish Nehra.

New Zealand 1st Tri Match Team, Playing Eleven at Dambulla:

Martin Guptill, Peter Ingram, Ross Taylor (capt), Kane Williamson, Scott Styris, Grant Elliott, Gareth Hopkins (wk), Nathan McCullum, Daryl Tuffey, Kyle Mills, Tim Southee/Andy McKay.