Mitchell Santner Dominates, Bowls Out Team India for 156; New Zealand Takes 103-Run Lead

Santner’s Spin Dominates as India Struggles in Second Test

Team India’s batsmen were disappointed on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand. Indian bowlers kneel before the spin of Mitchell Santern. Team India’s innings was bowled out for 159 in reply to 259, giving New Zealand a valuable lead of 103 runs.

This is the first time Mitchell Santner has taken 5 wickets in India and his Test career. Mitchell Santner took the most wickets with 7 wickets. The Indian team started the game at 16 for 1 on the second day. But in the second session, Santner made a correct program and wrapped up the innings. As the batsmen failed, now once again a big responsibility will be on the Indian bowlers.

Meanwhile, the Indian team could score only 140 runs after losing 9 wickets on the second day. With the help of Washington Sundar’s 7 wickets and R Ashwin’s 3 wickets, Team India bowled out New Zealand for 259 runs on the first day.

Then Rohit Sharma was out for 0. The pair of Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jayaswalav started the second day’s play at 16 for 1. But the Indian team could only add 140 runs for 9 wickets. Not a single batsman of Team India could recover the innings by making a big innings.

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India’s Top Order Falters

Yashasvi and Shubman shared a 49-run partnership for the second wicket. But Mitchell Santner broke this pair. Shubman Gill was out lbw when India was 50. Shubman returned after scoring 30 runs. Team India’s downfall started from here. After Shubman, Virat Kohli scored 1, Yashasvi Jaiswal 30, Rishabh Pant 18, Sarfaraz Khan 11, R Ashwin 4 and Akash Deep 6. As soon as Jasprit Bumrah was out for zero, India’s innings ended. Apart from Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips dismissed two from New Zealand. So Team Southee took 1 wicket.

Besides Santner’s 7-wicket performance, Glenn Phillips took 2 wickets and Tim Southee added 1 for New Zealand.