New Zealand’s strong performance
The New Zealand team has strengthened its grip on the Pune Test match. New Zealand dominated all 3 sessions on the second day of the second Test. At the end of the second day, the New Zealand team has taken a lead of 301 runs. Therefore, the Indian team now faces a big challenge to save the series. On the other hand, the New Zealand team seems to be moving towards winning the first Test series on the Indian ground with a historic performance.
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India’s first innings failure
The Indian team started the second day’s play with 1 for 16 runs. But in front of Mitchell Santner’s spin, the Indian team’s batting order crumbled. Except for Jadeja’s 38 runs, no one else could make a big innings. As a result, the first innings of the Indian team ended in just 156 runs. Santner took 7 wickets, Glenn Phillips took 2 wickets and Saudi took 1 wicket for New Zealand
Latham’s important contribution
First innings half-centuries Devon Conway 17 (19) and Rachin Ravindra 9 (13) were both chased cheaply by Washington Sundar. R Ashwin also showed Will Young the way to the tent in just 23 runs. Darrell Mitchell was also dismissed after adding 18 runs. But on the other side, the New Zealand captain stood strong. Tom Latham, who failed in the first innings of the match in Pune with the Bengaluru Test match, scored an important knock of 86 runs off 133 balls with the help of 10 fours in the second innings. Although he missed out on a century, his innings have kept the team in a strong position.
India’s challenge
At the end of the second day’s play, the New Zealand team scored 198 for 5 and took a solid lead of 301 runs. On one side, Tom Bundel was unbeaten on 30 off 70 balls. On the other hand, Glenn Phillips scored 9 runs off 29 balls. Will the Indian team take the remaining 5 wickets as soon as possible to save the match that is slipping away from them on the third day? It will be worth watching.
Playing XI for the Second Test
Team India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Aijaz Patel, William O’Rourke
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