India - New Zealand Series

Our credibility is at stake: Vettori

Admitting that India were a far better side than the Kiwis, New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori today said his team’s credibility was at stake in fifth and final One-Dayer.

Although India started the New Zealand tour on a bad note, losing both the Twenty20 games, the visitors have come back hard on the Kiwis and have already wrapped up the five-match ODI series 3-0, with the second game being washed out at Wellington.

“This one is a momentum game for us. We don’t want to go down 4-0. We want to win a game and we want to give our one-day team the credibility it deserves because we have played well for a while now. But in this series we haven’t shown that,” Vettori told reporters on the eve of the final ODI.

“We have always backed ourselves, and rightly so, because we have played some good cricket. We have come up against a team that is a lot better than us in most disciplines. We have got to show our public and our fans that we are a better side than that turned out in the last three games,” he added.

Vettori said the Black Caps misery had been accentuated by a combination of factors, starting from poor bowling to some majestic batting display by the Indians.

“Their top order has played exceptionally well. At times we have bowled all right, at times we have bowled poorly, Therefore it has increased our problems against such good players. We have been telling the bowlers to hit certain areas where the batsmen find it tough and put pressure but we have not been consistent,” Vettori said.

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