Ind vs NZ 1st Twenty20 Live Score, Teams from Christchurch

A rare houseful is expected at the new AMI Stadium, Christchurch for the first Twenty20 - T20 on Wednesday, 25th February, 2009 between host New Zealand and India in a day-night match rom 19:00 local, 06:00 GMT.

Both India and New Zealand has decided to announce the team on the match day itself. India willlikely retain the same team which won their last T20 against Sri Lanka as they have 9 batsman upto Jadejaa nd Pathan brothers.

New Zealand is feeling strong because of their two key player Ross Taylor and Jacob Oram making come back. Jacob Oram is coming as only a batsman not as an allrounder.

Indian Team, Squad for 1st Twenty20 at Christchurch:

Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt and wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma

New Zealand Team, Squad for 1st Twenty20 at Christchurch:

Brendon McCullum (wk), Martin Guptill, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor/Neil Broom, Grant Elliott, Jacob Oram, Nathan McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Ian Butler, Tim Southee, Iain O'Brien.