India vs New Zealand, Pune Test: India has suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the Pune Test. New Zealand defeated India by 113 runs. In this way the Indian team has lost the 3-match series. At the same time, New Zealand has achieved an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Test series. In the first Test match played in Bengaluru, New Zealand had defeated India by 8 wickets and now created a new history by defeating India by 113 runs in the second Test. In this match, 5 players of the Indian team proved to be a complete flop, due to which the Indian team had to face defeat. Let us know in detail who are those 5 players.
Captain Rohit Sharma
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma played an inning of 52 runs in the second innings of the first match of the series. After this, Indian fans expected an even better performance from him in the second test, but Captain Rohit Sharma’s performance in the second test match was very disappointing. In the first innings where he was bowled by Tim Southee without opening the account. In the second innings, the pavilion was destroyed after scoring only 8 runs.
Virat Kohli
The bat of Virat Kohli, who is considered the strong link of the middle order of the Indian team’s batting, also remained completely silent in both the innings of the Pune Test. After the initial setbacks, when it came to improving the innings in the middle order, Virat Kohli completely failed here. Kohli, who was out after scoring 1 run in the first innings, went to the pavilion after scoring 17 runs in the second innings. After which the condition of the middle order also remained bad.
Sarfaraz Khan
Indian team’s plan to include Sarfaraz Khan in the playing 11 in place of experienced batsman KL Rahul was a complete flop. He appeared to be a complete failure against the spin bowlers. Sarfaraz, who had scored 11 runs in the first innings, was expected to play well in the second innings, but here too he could not do anything special and was out after scoring 9 runs.
Pacers remained empty handed
There was no edge from the Indian pacers in the Pune Test. Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep remained empty handed. Both did not get any success. In such a situation, all the pressure came on the spinners. Jasprit Bumrah bowled 6 overs in New Zealand’s second innings. On the other hand, Akash Deep was not even handed the ball.
Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant also proved to be a flop in the Pune Test, he scored 18 runs in the first innings of the match. Whereas Pant could not even open the account. After Virat in the middle order and Jaiswal, who were continuously scoring runs from one side, returned to the pavilion, Pant also lost his wicket, due to which the entire team came on the backfoot.
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