Jeetan Patel eagerly awaits India challenge – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JS-Patel-c1747 has vowed to make the best out of the national recall and help the Kiwis get back on winning track after the disastrous tour of West Indies
"I'm just excited to have another opportunity and hopefully be able to get over there and play for one, and also contribute to a result New Zealand needs," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 during a media encounter on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old Wellington-born offie, who has not donned whites for New Zealand since November last year, was on Tuesday recalled into the national set up as replacement for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 itinerary due
a groin injury, which he had sustained during the 2-0 Test series whitewash at the hands of Windies last month.
Patel earned the national recall at the back on an impressive county stint with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862. With 38 Championship wickets from 11 matches, the New Zealanders is county’s second highest wicket-taker in Division one, and is leading the wicket chart in CB40,
with nine wickets from seven matches, at an impressive economy rate of 3.75.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792, on August 23.
The Black Caps go to India at the back of a disastrous tour of West Indies, where they lost all of their nine matches, but one. Patel reckoned the long break prior to the Caribbean tour as one realistic reason behind his side’s struggles against Sammy and
Co. and expected the team to turn things around during the forthcoming India itinerary.
"Yes it's fair that the Black Caps struggled in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, but it was a tough tour and they probably wore the brunt of that after not playing cricket for a while,” said the right-hander. “They'll be hardened after that and I think they'll go to India
with some confidence behind them."
The two-Test series in India will be followed by a trip to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 Championship.
New Zealand Squad for India tour: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-Wagner-c79182, Jeetan Patel, Chris
Martin, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tarun-Nethula-c2647.
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