After their eight-wicket loss to New Zealand within the first Take a look at in Bengaluru, Rohit Sharma-led India have made a change of their workforce. They’ve added one other member within the earlier 15-man squad. Because of this, the Indian workforce now consists of 16 gamers for the remaining two Take a look at matches in opposition to New Zealand. The identify that has been included within the record is all-rounder Washington Sundar. The participant, who bowls right-arm off-spin and bats left-handed, was not there even within the reserves of the squad that was introduced earlier for the Take a look at sequence in opposition to New Zealand. The win was New Zealand’s first Take a look at success in India since 1988.
India did really feel the absence of one in every of their greatest younger skills, as effective batting performances from Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway and fiery bowling spells from Matt Henry and William O’Rourke helped New Zealand safe their first Take a look at win in India after 36 years as they defeated the hosts by eight wickets regardless of a effective fightback from the ICC World Take a look at Championship 2023-25 table-toppers.
Regardless of effective knocks from Sarfaraz Khan and Pant, India confronted a collapse after the introduction of the brand new ball and will set solely 107 runs for the Kiwis, which they chased down efficiently.
Talking concerning the match within the post-match presser, Rohit mentioned about Gill, “Shubman Gill appears okay at this time limit.”
Throughout the match, Gill was usually witnessed practising within the nets, seeming to have overcome his health points.
The second Take a look at begins on Thursday in Pune, whereas Mumbai will host the sequence decider from November 1.
India’s up to date squad for the second and third Take a look at in opposition to New Zealand: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Washington Sundar.
(With ANI Inputs)
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