The second day of the Mumbai Test was named after the Indian team. (Photo-PTI)
Team India has reached a strong position in the Mumbai test match against New Zealand. The second day of the match was entirely in the name of the Indian players. Team India batted brilliantly at the start of the day and then the bowler did the job of breaking New Zealand’s back. Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant showed wonders with the bat, while the spin magic of Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin was seen once again. So far in this series, the collapse had only been seen by the Indian batsmen, but this time the New Zealand team was their victim.
Shubman Gill-Rishabh Pant’s strong batting
Team India started the second day leading by 86 runs with the loss of 4 wickets. Incredible batting was seen from Shubhman Gill and Rishabh Pant. Both batsmen scored half-centuries. Shubman Gill managed to score 90 runs but missed a century and Rishabh Pant played a stormy innings of 60 runs. After this, Washington Sundar played an important role in giving India the lead by scoring an unbeaten 38 runs in the lower order. In such a situation, in response to New Zealand’s 235 runs, India scored 263 runs in their first innings and took a lead of 28 runs.
New Zealand caught in Ashwin-Jadeja spin
By the end of the second day’s play, New Zealand had scored 171 runs for nine wickets in their second innings and had taken a lead of 143 runs. During this, Jadeja took four wickets for 52 runs and progressed towards taking five wickets in the second innings. At the same time, Ashwin took three wickets for 63 runs, while Sundar and Akashdeep took one wicket each.
Let us tell you that during this innings, New Zealand’s batting seemed to collapse like a deck of cards. In fact, at one point New Zealand had scored 94 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. But to reach 171 runs, he lost 6 more wickets. So far, this was only seen with the Indian team in this series. But this time the Indian bowlers managed to dismiss the New Zealand batsmen in groups.
The result of the match will be known on the third day
Team India will now focus on taking down New Zealand’s remaining wicket at the earliest on the third day of the game. The Wankhede Stadium pitch is helping the spinners and in such a situation, it will be a challenge for India to reach the target of around 150 runs. If India wants to avoid a clean sweep, their batsmen will have to chase the target at all costs.
