Cricket and glamour go hand in hand and Max is cashing in on the glamour quotient of sexy siren Bipasha Basu and hunk Neil Nitin Mukesh. The channel would be telecasting the New Zealand-India series to be held in New Zealand this month. This series will include five One Day Internationals, two Twenty20 and three Test matches on their first tour of New Zealand in the last six years.

In line with the anticipation of a great fight and a hope where India emerges victorious, Max has also tied up with the forthcoming Hindi flick Aa Dekhe Zara starring Neil Nitin Mukesh and Bipasha Basu. This guarantees an exciting tête-à-tête with two actors with Charu Sharma during the mid-innings in the ODIs.

Along with Charu Sharma as the presenter for the series, viewers can look forward to a panel of experts consisting of Murali Kartik, Javagal Srinath and Arun Lal amongst others who will present their analysis on the match happenings as part of the wrap around programming for this series. Simultaneously, Ravi Shastri based in New Zealand during the series will be commentating on the match live.

Sneha Rajani, EVP and Business Head, Max said, "Given that India last toured the Kiwis in 2002-03 and the fact that we have not won a series there in 40 years, the New Zealand-India series promises to be totally action-packed with nail biting encounters between the two nations."

Avid cricket fans can watch this series of thrilling matches Live on Max from 25th February to 7th April 2009.