A video of the first Test match between India and New Zealand in Bengaluru is going viral. In which Team India captain Rohit Sharma is heard telling spinner R Ashwin that man, I have to get the left-hander out. Wo zyada hero bun raha hai. This statement of Rohit was recorded in stump mic.
The official broadcaster of the match posted this video on social media.
New Zealand won a Test match in India after 36 years The Kiwi team defeated India by 8 wickets in the first Test played in Bengaluru. Thus, New Zealand is leading 1-0 in the three-Test series.
New Zealand has won a Test match after 36 years on Indian pitch. Earlier in 1988, New Zealand registered a win against India at the Wankhede Stadium.
India scored 46 runs in the first innings The Indian team gave the Kiwi team a target of 107 runs to win which the visiting team chased down by losing 2 wickets. Will Young returned unbeaten with 45 and Rachin Ravindra scored 39 runs. Team India was all out for 462 runs in the second innings. New Zealand scored 402 runs and India scored 46 runs in the first innings.
The second Test will be played in Pune
This will be the third Test to be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium (MCA), Pune. The first Test of 2016-17 was played here in which Australia beat India by a huge margin of 333 runs before the T-break on the third day. There were small cracks in the pitch of this match and the pitch started to turn from the first day itself. The spinners took 31 out of 40 wickets in the match, after which match referee Chris Broad called the pitch weak.
The second Test in Pune was played between India and South Africa in 2019, in which Virat Kohli scored a double century and scored 254 runs. India won this match by an innings and 137 runs. In this match too, the spinners started getting turns from the first day.
According to the report, the movement of the seam from the pitch will end around an hour after the toss. Due to dry surface, reverse swing can be found here. In such a situation the toss can once again become important. The team winning the toss may choose to bat first.
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