*Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

[Arachnodouche]

Needed something of the usual Houdini act from the lower order. Can't always have it all I suppose. Well played, NZ. On balance have deserved it more though they tried hard to muck it up today.

 

[King Kane]

Pistol finally doing us a favour with an umpire's call lbw, that looked out.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Vaguely unfortunate that we're faced with a three-digit figure to chase, but as long as the target is kept to under 150 we should be good.

I'm scared of Bumrah tbh

 

[Spark]

That's honestly a really quite dreadful collapse. I really did think India were in a promising position but that lower-middle order just put up no resistance at all.

 

[Daemon]

46 ao and then 54/7 as soon as the ball moved off the straight

Just beyond pathetic

 

[capt_Luffy]

That's honestly a really quite dreadful collapse. I really did think India were in a promising position but that lower-middle order just put up no resistance at all.

Honestly, I think most of us Indian fans very much expected something similar to happen. Nothing new here really.

 

[greg]

Presumably this is where the similarities end, but this scorecard is somewhat reminiscent of the first Ashes test back in 1997.

 

[mackembhoy]

Pant gonna score the century now.

Superbly well played sir.

 

[Darwin Award]

Interesting enough all 5 Indian batsman who got out for a duck in the 1st innings all avoided the pair.

However,with the wickets of Bumrah & Siraj for 0 & 0 it means that 7 out of the 11 Indian batsman in this test match scored a duck.

 

[Spark]

46 ao and then 54/7 as soon as the ball moved off the straight

Just beyond pathetic

Lack of Pujara really starting to bite IMO. Not that that would have been responsible for today, but it's not a coincidence that the lack of a real stable anchor in that middle order is causing it to become more brittle

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Stead right now: play it like a T20 guys, we can knock this target off

 

[King Kane]

On your bike Bumrah.

 

[Silver Silva]

Burgey is somewhere cloud seeding in Australia as we speak!

 

[Days of Grace]

This chase will be nervy as ****.

 

[Moss]

Excellent from NZ to make it an 80-20 situation but pretty nervous with no Williamson in the lineup. 2021 WTC final chase vibes from this.

You'd have to be really disappointed with Rahul and Jadeja, both folded a bit to easily I thought.

 

[King Kane]

Henry closing it out, great catch from Southee too.

Now don't blow it with the bat.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Burgey is somewhere cloud seeding in Australia as we speak!

Cool euphemism

 

[Burgey]

I expected the Indian lower order to wag harder than that. Awesome to see Ashwin and Jadeja miss out with the bat

 

[Spark]

Not sure that moved back enough, think it pitched outside leg

 

[Daemon]

Lack of Pujara really starting to bite IMO. Not that that would have been responsible for today, but it's not a coincidence that the lack of a real stable anchor in that middle order is causing it to become more brittle

Meh he was part of the problem for some time

Specifically the period where all 3 clowns were averaging in the 20s