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India vs New Zealand 5th ODI Live Streaming

Clearly, the plans are not working. There has been so much talk of plans for each Indian batsman - from the captain, the coach, the bowlers themselves, and even the batsmen - that one wonders if the bowlers think instinctively at all. It has to be very difficult to plan for somebody like Sehwag, who has cut out a major weakness - that on the leg side.

New Zealand won't tell, but the plan seems to be to tie Sehwag down by giving him no room. If that is so, they need to ask themselves if they created enough chances to get him out. And Sehwag has so far scored 150 runs on the on-side as opposed to 109 on the off. His scoring area outside off - also the most likely to get him out - has not been tested enough. And this holds true for most of the Indian batsmen.

Dion Nash, the former New Zealand fast bowler, has faced an onslaught or two from Tendulkar in his day. He is a national selector now, but as a bowler he thinks one has to keep searching for the wickets. "I think you have to try and get him [Sehwag] out," Nash said when asked what's the best way to deal with such batsmen. "Like a lot of Indian batsmen he doesn't quite move his feet. To me the ball has to be moving away from the bat down the channel of off stump. The odd ball is going to whistle out of the park, but you must bowl hard and heavy balls, all hitting the top of his bat and get some swing in the air."

It could be easier said than done, though. It's a scary thought to be bowling to this line-up, full of stroke-makers, batsmen who are capable of consistently hitting good balls for fours. "The batsman can put that type of pressure on you, and you end up coming and worrying about where you might get hit, rather than thinking about how you can get him out," Nash said.