Analysis of the second test of India vs New Zealand 2024: pune test When the Rohit Brigade scored 359 runs in the fourth innings against New Zealand, it was a big target, but not impossible. Team India had been able to chase the target of 300+ runs only once in their home Test history so far. This happened in the Chennai Test against England in 2008. In such a situation, the 16-year-old story of Chennai seemed possible in Pune. But after Jaiswal was out in the second innings, Team India's batsmen turned to cards.
India lost by 113 runs in the Pune Test. Thus, the Indian team lost a series at home after 12 years. Vijayarath stopped after winning 18 Test series. At the same time, New Zealand defeated Team India for the first time in a series on their soil. In this match, the way the Indian team's batsmen surrendered to Mitchell Santner in the second innings after the first innings, it seemed that perhaps now the Indian team needs to train to play with spin. Because Indian batsmen surrendered to the spin they are considered experts in playing.
In the Pune Test, New Zealand scored 259 runs in their first innings, in response to which the Indian team could only score 156 runs. After this, the New Zealand team scored 255 runs in the second innings. In this way, India was targeting 359 runs. The hero of this match for New Zealand was Mitchell Santner who took a total of 13 wickets in the match.
After Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed in the second innings, the Indian team's wickets fell. After that, all the batsmen were on the lines of 'Tu chal main aaya'. After Rishabh Pant was run out for 0, the Indian team's hopes ended, after which Kohli was also dismissed cheaply. Apart from Yashasvi, the Indian team equation was ruined due to the dismissal of five players – Shubhman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan.
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The thing to note here is that Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan were caught in Santner's spin. Santner had a big role in the way Rishabh Pant came out because he was the one who took the shot at goalkeeper Tom Blundell.
As India set out to chase 359 runs in the second innings, they got off to a solid start but Rohit Sharma once again got cheap off Santner's ball after scoring just 8 runs. At that time the Indian team's score was 34 runs. After this, Gill (23) started having relations with Jaiswal. But on the third day, immediately after lunch, he got caught in Santner's spin and was out.
Jaiswal seemed to be in good touch throughout the innings, but he too was caught in Santner's spin for 77 runs and was out. After this, Pant (0) was run out with the same score i.e. 127. Which was not a run at all in terms of Test cricket. There was no coordination between Kohli and Pant as they ran.
After Pant ran out, a big innings was expected from Kohli (17) but he too was out LBW off Santner's ball. When Kohli was out, the Indian team's score became 147/5. After this, Santner's magic worked again and he clean bowled Sarfaraz Khan (9). The way Sarfaraz and Kohli were bowling Santner, it seemed as if perhaps they had forgotten to bowl.
India's seventh wicket fell in the form of Washington Sundar (21), who was caught by Will Young at short leg off the ball from Glenn Phillips. After this, Jadeja and Ashwin tried to manage the Indian innings but they stood still and from the other end Ashwin (18) continued with a score of 206. Then supporters Akash Deep and Ravindra Jadeja also gave up. In this way, India lost for the first time to New Zealand on its own soil.
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This is how India's wickets fell in the second innings
34-1 (Rohit Sharma, 5.4)
96-2 (Shubman Gill, 15.3)
127-3 (Yashaswi Jaiswal, 21.3)
127-4 (Rishabh pants, 22.2)
147-5 (Virat Kohli, 29.6)
165-6 (Sarfaraz Khan, 35.2)
167-7 (Washington's Sundar, 36.6)
206-8 (Ravichandran Ashwin, 49.3)
229-9 (Deep of Akash, 58.5)
156-10 (Bumra, 45.3)
This is how India's dream of 2008 was broken
India has had the opportunity to chase more than 300 targets at home 26 times. But he only completed it successfully once. This match was against England in 2008. Then the Indian team scored 387 runs against England in Chennai. The Indian team lost the test series at home after 12 years. Previously, the Indian team had lost 1-2 in the four-match test series against England in December 2012. Before the series against New Zealand, the Indian team had won 18 consecutive test series at home.
New Zealand team record in test series in India
Total Series: 13
India won: 10
New Zealand won: 01
Tie: 2
Overall record for the series between India and New Zealand
Total test series: 24
India won: 12
New Zealand won: 8
Tie: 4
New Zealand team record in test matches in India
Total Test matches: 38
India won: 17
New Zealand won: 4
Tie: 17
Overall Test record between India and New Zealand
Total Test matches: 64
India won: 22
New Zealand won: 15
Tie: 27
New Zealand plays 11 in Pune Test: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (goalkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, William O'Rourke
India plays 11 in Pune Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (goalkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah.
