IND vs NZ: The Kiwi opener looked to play on a paradise of a pitch as he turned the excitement and shifted his gears on the same Chinnaswamy track where India suffered a huge blow with the bat.
Conway declared himself with a stride as the left-hander scored quick runs. He also brought his fifty with a huge six, as he swept off Indian spinner Ravi Ashwin for a huge six over mid-wicket.
India’s current highest and second-highest wicket-taker for India in the history of red-ball cricket, Ravi Ashwin, though, didn’t go well in his first spell but backed himself when he bowled Devon Conway for 91 runs when the latter looked to reverse sweep the former.
Rohit Sharma made some bold claims in the press conference when he declared how his wrong decision to bat first on the track cost India big time. Though the captain took the blame over himself the most unfair pitches cannot justify a score of 46 for a team of India’s esteem. He said owing to the pitch’s lack of grass he could not asses that the track would be of any help to the seamers in the first session. He later opened up on the Virat Kohli coming in at no.3.
Rohit said that they do not want to swap KL Rahul as well as Sarfaraz Khan’s roles in the Indian test team, as Rahul has now found a spot at the no.6 position. Hence, Virat himself was the one who volunteered to come in at no.3.
Lastly, he shared an update on Rishabh Pant. He confirmed that Pant who suffered a blow to his knee, the same knee that underwent surgery, could be rested for the rest of the match while he might be back before the next game.
46 ALL OUT!! India registers itself among humiliating records
The Indian National Men’s Side are currently playing their first game in the final home series against New Zealand. The first day of the match was washed out owing to the overcast conditions at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The iconic stadium is mostly known for its flat tracks and healthy pitches to score large amounts of runs. However, as play commenced on Day 2, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who won the toss, elected to bat first.
Skipper Sharma along with young sensation Jaiswal opened the innings for India, as Rohit was the first wicket to fall when New Zealand’s former skipper and their all-time highest wicket-taker Tim Southee cleaned up the Indian skipper.
This created a stir in the stands, as Virat Kohli followed in at no. 3, though he was dismissed for a duck. After the veteran batter, Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul, and Ravindra Jadeja were all dismissed for successive ducks.
Rishabh Pant emerged as the pick of the batters with 20 runs, while India were bowled out for just 46 runs. This is the lowest score ever by any team under home conditions, while also India made a record to be the only full-member test-playing nation in the WTC to have registered below-50 totals in the history of the competition.
New Zealand batted in a far better manner as they scored 180/3 after playing 50 overs since Lunch on Day 2, with Devon Conway being their best batter with 91 runs in the innings. New Zealand at the end of day 2 was led by 134 runs with Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell on the pitch.
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