IND vs NZ : Captain Tom Latham’s bat falters; New Zealand has taken a lead of 301 runs

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.