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Canada name schoolboy Kumar to face Zimbabwe

Updated on: 28 February,2011 09:26 AM IST  | 
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Sixteen-year-old schoolboy Nitish Kumar, the youngest player at the World Cup, was named on Monday in the Canada team to face Zimbabwe in a Group A game.

Canada name schoolboy Kumar to face Zimbabwe

Sixteen-year-old schoolboy Nitish Kumar, the youngest player at the World Cup, was named on Monday in the Canada team to face Zimbabwe in a Group A game.


The Ontario teenager, who opens the batting, has played five ODIs for Canada having made his debut against Afghanistan in Sharjah in February 2010.


Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura won the toss and decided to bat.


Both sides lost their opening matches, Zimbabwe going down by seven wickets to Australia here while Canada suffered a 210-run mauling in Sri Lanka.


Zimbabwe

Elton Chigumbura (capt), Brendan Taylor, Charles Coventry, Tatenda Taibu (wkt), Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, Greg Lamb, Prosper Utseya, Graeme Cremer, Raymond Price, Christopher Mpofu.


Canada

Nitish Kumar, John Davison, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Ashish Bagai (capt/wkt), Jimmy Hansra, Zubin Surkari, Tyson Gordon, Rizwan Cheema, Khurram Chohan, Harvir Baidwan, Balaji Rao


Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)

TV umpire: Steve Davis (ENG)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

Match start: 0400 GMT


Pitch conditions: The track is likely to favour batsmen, as was seen during the England-Netherlands match when nearly 600 runs were scored in the day-night game. Spinners need to be disciplined if they aim to leave a mark.

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