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Both India and New Zealand have entertainers in their batting line-ups but the rainy weather in Napier and Wellington ensured that their performances were curtailed. The first ODI was a one-sided 28-over game, which India won by 53 runs, and the second got no further than 28.4 overs. Sunday's forecast says there's a 20% chance of precipitation in Christchurch. Hopefully it will leave enough time to squeeze in a 50-over contest.

India opened their tour with a Twenty20 international at the AMI Stadium, and their batsmen perished as they tried to take advantage of the short square boundaries. However, their approach in the one-day games has been more methodical and it is their intent which will worry New Zealand. Before the second ODI was ruined by rain, Sachin Tendulkar merely rotated strike while Virender Sehwag attacked viciously. However, Tendulkar seamlessly shifted to a higher gear and bore the responsibility of scoring quickly after Sehwag's dismissal. India have also kept New Zealand guessing about the No. 3 position: they sent in Gautam Gambhir in Wellington after Mahendra Singh Dhoni had been promoted in Napier.

New Zealand's best bowler has been their captain Daniel Vettori but he's had to perform damage control because the fast bowlers have bowled without consistency and conceded too many. Ian Butler was the best of the fast bowlers in Wellington, bowling short of a length on middle and off stump. Kyle Mills, however, was yet to find his direction while Jacob Oram was steady. Their bowling unit needs to perform collectively to restrict a powerful Indian line-up. The plan is to adopt a fuller line but whether it will work remains to be seen.

A total of 24 sixes were hit in the first Twenty20 international at the AMI Stadium. There may not be as many on Sunday but if the weather stays clear the runs should flow because of the small boundaries. The trick, however, will be trying to steal ones, twos and threes on a small field. The weather on the eve of the match was warm and sunny but there is a 20% chance of rain on Sunday.

New Zealand have played 43 ODIs in Christchurch, winning 25 and losing 18. Since 2000, they've won 12 and lost three.

India have a poor record at the venue, losing all their five games here. New Zealand average 30.40 runs per wicket at the AMI Stadium, while India average 19.19.

"You have to hang in there for a while, not just go out and play your shots. You have to select your bowler, read the circumstances, your areas, sort out your game plan and what you are doing on the field. It is really important to do proper preparation before the game."

Suresh Raina knows what it takes.

"After the rained-out game we've got to win, Dan's told us it's a must-win game. We've been in the situation before with West Indies, and we've come out winning the must-win games, so hopefully the pressure we can put ourselves under will work in our favour."

Ross Taylor is confident New Zealand can bounce back.

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In the first two ODIs, however, Sehwag has destroyed the confidence of the bowlers and stayed long enough to score fifties at strike-rates of 137.5 and 150. The short-pitched bowling has backfired on New Zealand: Sehwag has scored 109 of his 131 runs in the two ODIs square of the wicket, cover and midwicket - 63 of them on the leg side.

"We have to pitch it up a little bit more," Ross Taylor said. "We've been punished square, and the New Zealand grounds are very short square, so we have to get them to hit down the ground more. If we bowl a heavy ball and force them to hit down the ground more, it'll give us a chance and help us set fields as well."

The bowlers seem to be bowling to a plan, the fields are in place, but something goes wrong against Sehwag. "That's what destructive batsmen do," Daniel Vettori said after the second ODI. "They put people off their game plans. I wouldn't say intimidated, but you are fearful of what's going to come next. You are never sure what he is going to do, he is that good a player that he can hit all around the park."

One over from the second ODI summed up the bowlers' helplessness. After Sehwag had top-edged Kyle Mills just over the fielder on the long-leg boundary, he was tested with more short stuff. He fetched two deliveries from outside off and pulled them. The next was bowled short outside off stump with a strong off-side field. Sehwag cleared his front foot a bit to make room and cut it, generating power with his wrists to find the gap between two fielders stationed close to each other. Even the man at sweeper-cover didn't move. Such shots shred game plans, psyches and sprits.

New Zealand are almost desperate to win the toss and bat in order to avoid the pressure Sehwag puts them under right away. It is Sehwag's unpredictability and unconventional batting that they fear most. Vettori made an interesting comparison between tackling Sehwag and Chris Gayle. "I suppose with Gayle we have got a feel of where he is going to hit and have more opportunities to block him out," Vettori said. "With Sehwag, he has got so many quality players around him, so that gives him a sort of licence. It's not in just one area we can block with Sehwag, we have seen him hit in a lot of areas. He is a great player, and with great players the best-laid plans can go awry.

"I suppose the guys run in and maybe second-guess what's going to happen. We have got to tell ourselves that we have got to bowl in our area, and if we get hit from there we can live with that."

To spice things up the third ODI will be played at the AMI Stadium with its odd shape and extremely short square boundaries. Sehwag's fitness wasn't a source of concern for India on the eve of the match - Mahendra Singh Dhoni played it down - and in all likelihood he will be there to impose himself on the game again. New Zealand will just have to find a way past him.