Both India and Australia will have to do some quick adjustments shifting from day matches to playing under lights and with white balls against the Kiwis.

India have time and again left Sharjah on a bitter note. But victories in recent matches holds much hope for them.

Coach Anshuman Gaekwad expressed confidence. ``The boys are waiting to do better than last time here,'' he said on the team's arrival at the Dubai International Airport late last night.

``One defeat does not determine the overall fate of a side. They have been together as a team for some time now and that has been working,'' Gaekwad said.

In fact, India does have reasons to relish as they have been blending well as a team during the last few games. They did very well in winning all the tiesin the preliminary rounds of the triangular tournament in India.

Skipper Azharuddin was also in an upbeat mood about the side. ``We have been playing good cricket and we hope to continue that way,'' he said.

The team preferred to have just a light work-out in the evening to get a feel of the conditions.

New Zealand, under skipper Stephen Fleming, have become a performing unit after former Australian wicket-keeper Steve Rixon took over as the team's coach. What they lack is consistency in batting which has seen them fritter away matches from winning positions.

Former Indian stars Pankaj Roy, Brijesh Patel and Shivlal Yadav are the beneficiaries this year.

Teams
India (from): Mohd Azharuddin (capt), Ajay Jadeja (vice-capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly, Navjot Sidhu, Hrishikesh Kanitkar, VVS Laxman, Nayan Mongia (wk), Anil Kumble, Rahul Sanghvi, Ajit Agarkar, Venkatesh Prasad, Harvinder Singh and Harbhajan Singh.
New Zealand (from): Stephen Fleming (capt), Nathan Astle,Chris Cairns, Simon Doull, Chris Harris, Mathew Horne, Lorne Howell, Craig McMillan, Dion Nash, Shayne O'Connor, Adam Parore, Mark Priest, Paul Wiseman.