New Zealand: Luke versus Guptil

Warm Up : Luke made a Ton, Martin made DUCK

dillinger , looks like you are correct 

www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-new-zealand...t/story/1057697.html

Guptill averages 29.59 in Tests, which drops to 20.68 in Asia.

He may be sensational in limited-overs cricket, but Tests and spin

have not been his best friends....

Who should NZ open with in Kanpur?

Latham and Guptill   31.66%    1227

Latham and Ronchi   63.16%  2448

Some other pair   5.19%  201

Total votes: 3876

www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-new-zealand...t/story/1057820.html

The Kanpur pitch, for the first Test between India and New Zealand,

is cracked and somewhat dry, but is expected to hold up well...

Win toss, Bat : Pitch will be a rank turner after 2 days !

At this point in time, I feel sorry for the Kiwi fans. It seems both farcical and cruel to keep trotting Guptill out in Test matches. A brilliant limited over cricketer. Not a Test player.

It has to be pretty demoralizing for Jeet Raval to be left back at home, and watch Guptill continue to fail over and over.

that was a brilliant DUCK a la martini to a spinner !

Jeet should tRraval to India !  :-[

At the very minimum, I would bump Ronchi up to partner Latham at the top and have Nicholls replace Guptill. Nicholls is by all accounts a good player of spin.

Of course, it's still not too late for one of the touring squad to come down with a bad case of Delhi belly and fly Raval out as a replacement.

I read a few articles prior to the tour suggesting that NZ stuck with Guptill by default as they felt it would be unfair to put so much pressure on Raval to make his debut in the subcontinent. Rather interestingly, England have determined otherwise and have two uncapped openers in the touring squad for Bangladesh (and most likely India too).

Kiwis entire to order failed : both Innings !