'There is a lot a fast bowler can achieve even on unresponsive pitches in India,' says Javagal Srinath.
Chris Cairns, whose wife is expecting their second child, will not play in the Test matches but is on the limited-overs team.
Chris Cairns has taken three wickets in his final Test to leave England wavering on 225 for five in reply to the Kiwis total of 384 on day two of the third Test.
The New Zealand captain was dismissed three runs short of a century as England fought their way back into the second Test at Headingley.
Cairns, who has said he will retire from Test cricket after the England tour, added the New Zealand squad was one of the strongest he had experienced.
All rounder Chris Cairns will end his Test career at Trent Bridge where the third and final Test starts on June 10.
At the close, New Zealand had amassed 584 for eight wickets, a lead of 288, thanks largely to a record seventh wicket partnership between Cairns and Oram.
The New Zealand all rounder is out after breaking a little finger at practice in Wellington.
Also missing from the 12-man party for the games in Auckland and Napier is the evergreen one-day stalwart Chris Harris, who is not fully fit following a shoulder injury.
The all-rounder smashed 47 from 22 balls to inspire Pakistan to an exciting three-wicket win in the first ODI.
India have won six ODI series on the trot. New Zealand have never won an ODI series in India.
The Kiwis beat Pakistan by seven wickets in the second tri-series match.
New Zealand Cricket medical co-ordinator Warren Frost believes he needs to prove his fitness in domestic cricket before returning to the international game.
Cairns will play a four-day game in NZ to prove his fitness for the home Test series against Pakistan.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said on Monday he had engaged lawyers after being linked to a match-fixing probe, even though investigators had still not contacted him, according to reports.
Australia coach Darren Lehmann has been rewarded for his integral role in turning around the fortunes of the team with a one-year contract extension until June, 2017, Cricket Australia said on Friday.
The head of International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption Unit has categorically rejected suggestions it struck a deal to protect New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum from punishment for not reporting an alleged match-fixing approach in 2008.
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has revealed before the London court that he was with New Zealand batsman Brendan McCullum when the latter received a phone call from Chris Cairns regarding business proposal linked to match-fixing.
While winning four major finals, India have finished on the losing side in the finals on four occasions.
Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has used the Marylebone Cricket Club Spirit of Cricket lecture to criticise the sport's governing body for its handling of match-fixing evidence. Speaking at an annual function at Lord's on Monday, McCullum said he felt let down that his report of alleged match-fixing approaches from former New Zealand teammate Chris Cairns were leaked. Cairns was acquitted of match fixing-linked perjury charges following a two-month trial in London at last year, at which McCullum gave evidence. The 34-year-old said the leaking of his initial testimony had a huge personal effect on him and his family because of the intense media scrutiny and fears his experience will put off others who may want to provide evidence to authorities. "No witness should ever have to go through such a scenario again," he said. "The leak has never been explained to me. To my knowledge no one has been held accountable and, in those circumstances, it is difficult to have confidence in the ICC. "It goes without saying that, if players do not have confidence in the organisation, they will be reluctant to report approaches and the game is worse off."
Tom Latham and Colin de Grandhomme guided New Zealand to a series-sweeping nine-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second Test in Christchurch on Monday after the visitors suffered another second-innings collapse on the fourth day.
Former New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent has provided officials from the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit "with a treasure trove of information about matches which were targeted for spot-fixing and the names of players who were involved", the London Telegraph reported.
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India continued to enjoy the upperhand in the second and final Test against New Zealand despite a fighting unbeaten century from home team captain Brendon McCullum, who led a spirited fightback on an absorbing third day in Wellington on Sunday.
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