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India-New Zealand test series: Kiwis name unchanged team for 1st test

Auckland: New Zealand has retained the lineup that beat the West Indies in consecutive tests in December for the first of two cricket tests against India starting Thursday at Eden Park.   Captain Brendon McCullum said

   
New Zealand will go into the tests with its confidence high after beating India 4-0 in the five match one-day series.
   
India was yet to name its team but reported all 17 members of the squad were fit and available.

   
New Zealand: Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Brendon McCullum (captain), Corey Anderson, BJ Watling, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult.