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Taming Sehwag, Gambhir crucial to our success: Vettori
Taming India's swashbuckling opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will be crucial to New Zealand's success in the Twenty20 International on Wednesday.
Updated : Sep 26, 2017, 08:04 PM IST
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Taming India's swashbuckling opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will be crucial to New Zealand's success in the Twenty20 International on Wednesday, home team captain Daniel Vettori said here on Tuesday.
Hinting that the Kiwis would target the Delhi duo on Wednesday, Vettori said, "Sehwag creates a momentum at the top of the order and is such an aggressive player that he can take the game away quite quickly. A lot of our emphasis is on him and probably Gambhir. If we can put some pressure on India early and contain Sehwag and Gambhir, it would be handy.
"It is probably going to be crucial to our success. When these guys get away, it is always hard to get back in the game," said Vettori.
Interestingly, the Kiwis aren't equally worried about Yuvraj Singh who has a formidable reputation in this format.
"We are not underestimating him as a player and how destructive he can be. We are just hoping that we get to him early by our plans for Gambhir and Sehwag.
"If we can do that he will hopefully be more vulnerable than when he comes in with a bit of platform. But he still is a very good player and is in some very good form as well," said Vettori.
The Kiwi captain reckoned former India coach John Wright's knowledge of the visiting cricketers would be an advantage for New Zealand.
"He has been around the team a lot and we enjoy his experience. We are lucky enough to have someone who has knowledge about the Indian side. We have been picking his brain for a while, not just with individual aspects of the players but taking on the Indian team and what things he thought worked in the past when they were successful," Vettori said.
"If we can replicate that it would be good for us," he added.
Talking about his own team, Vettori said Jacob Oram was the most important player in the side.
"Jacob's a huge help. In my opinion he's the most important player of the team because of his all-round ability, though he is not bringing the bowling aspect at this stage. He is a world class player and his record speaks for it self," said the bespectacled left-arm spinner.
