New Delhi: The Indian cricket experts were taken aback by the fact that Virat Kohli was moved up the order in the batting order. The unusual fact was that Kohli who was supposed to bat at no. 4. was, however, promoted up the order and batted at the important no.3.
Speaking about Kohli’s promotion up the order, skipper Rohit Sharma revealed:
We wanted to give Sarfraz the position that he usually bats four, five, six maybe. But we didn’t want to change Rishabh and KL (Rahul). Hence, Sarfraz went at four and Virat batted at three…
Furthermore, the Indian skipper revealed that New Zealand bowlers got the better of the Indian batsman and especially praised Henry and O’Rourke for troubling the Indian batters throughout the first innings.
Top 5 lowest Test totals for India at home
- 46- India vs New Zealand in Bengaluru (2024)
- 75- India vs West Indies in Delhi (1987)
- 76- India vs South Africa in Ahmedabad (2008)
- 83- India vs England in Chennai (1977)
- 83- India vs New Zealand in Mohali (1999)
India’s “Bengaluru Debacle”
The Indian cricket team was rocked by the New Zealand pacers which led to the disaster at Bangalore. It was an extraordinary turn of events for Team India within a week. The men in blue dished out a thumping 2-0 series to the Bangladeshi team. Now, the team is bowled out for 46 on Day 2 of the first Test of a three-match series. India in the process also registered the lowest score at home against any opposition. It was also the lowest team total in the subcontinent overtaking the previous score of 53 set by West Indies against Pakistan at Faisalabad in 1986.
Batting wise it was a total disaster out there in the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium. There were as many as five ducks in the Indian innings. Virat Kohli, who was surprisingly asked to bat at No. 3, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul and R Ashwin were the batters who did not trouble the scorers at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday.