Indian team will play against New Zealand in the second match of one day tri-series at Colombo tomorrow. Indian team will qualify for the final if they win this match as New Zealand had lost first match against Sri Lanka.

Indian team faced a major blow just one day before the start of their campaign in the tri-series as aggressive opener Gautam Gambhir has been ruled out due to injury. Virat Kohli will replace him in the Indian squad.

Indian team will heavily rely on cricket legend Sachin Tendulkat to give them a good opening stand. Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and skipper M Dhoni will strengthen the middle order. Rahul Dravid, popularly named as "The Wall", will also make comeback in the ODI matches.

In the absence of Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra will contribute to the Indian balling attack. Harbhajan Singh will be also useful in the tri-series due to slow tracks in Sri Lanka.