The Indian crew hit all-time low in Bengaluru’s overcast circumstances on Day 2 of the opening Check in opposition to New Zealand on Thursday. For the primary time within the illustrious historical past of cricket, India misplaced 4 batters for a duck out of the highest seven in a house Check. Virat Kohli (0 off 9), KL Rahul (0 off 6), Sarfaraz Khan (0 off 3) and Ravindra Jadeja (0 off 6) returned to the pavilion with out troubling the scorers. Total, India had 5 geese of their listing of batters after Ravichandran Ashwin was despatched again for a golden duck on the primary ball of the second session. After India captain Rohit Sharma departed cheaply, the scorching deliveries from New Zealand pacers continued to unsettle Indian, resulting in a mouth-watering contest between the bat and the ball.
I blame Rohit Sharma for India’s Collapse, he selected to bat first in overcast circumstances in opposition to New Zealand. It was an entire captaincy blunder.#INDvNZ
have some disgrace and take retirement asap @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/aBW66GApMi
— sridha (@sweetsridha) October 17, 2024
O’Rourke silenced the group at M Chinnaswamy Stadium by extracting additional bounce from the floor together with his bounce, taking Kohli without warning.
Rohit Sharma checking the pitch yesterday and nonetheless selecting to bat is blunder…..#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/zpUBF1jTZL
— Helioseid (@helioseidmail) October 17, 2024
The Indian stalwart tried to defend the ball off his toes however ended up gloving it to Glenn Phillips, who got here flying from leg gully to take a surprising catch. This was Kohli’s first duck in 32 innings, together with his final coming in opposition to the identical opposition in 2021 at Wankhede.
After successful the toss, Rohit informed his crew, ‘We’re going to bat first in these juicy bowling circumstances. Bumrah and Siraj, you additionally pad up.’
— Ramki (@ramkid) October 17, 2024
Sarfaraz, who received his much-awaited alternative, slapped the ball with the underside fringe of the bat. Devon Conway sprang to his proper at additional cowl to finish a screamer of a catch.
KL Rahul got here in and was welcomed by O’Rourke by smashing the ball straight into the Indian’s glove. With Rahul rattled, O’Rourke got here again in his subsequent over to take the rewards for his efforts.
With India itching to attain runs, O’Rourke lured Rahul into making a blunder and tickled the ball all the way down to Blundell’s left. With Rahul changing into the third batter to register a duck for India, Ravindra Jadeja turned the fourth to enter the listing following a miscued shot.
With 5 geese of their bucket, India’s tail-end tried to place up a struggle, which was to no avail. India finally folded on 46.
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