*Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

[trundler]

You ****s always ensure such players come through only when we play you. Whats the bet now that WoR gets injured for the next two years when you hardly play us? FFS.

O'Rourke was their best bowler in SL as well

 

[SteveNZ]

Rachin is MOM incidentally, I don't think that's a hard decision at all. That first innings knock was all class and authority

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

nzfan come back

 

[_Ed_]

Amazing win! There haven't been many better in my 30 years watching this team.

EDIT: Forgot how to do maths in all my excitement. 30 years, not 20.

 

[Xix2565]

They were 408-3, surely thats magically getting better in the same conditions?

Those weren't the same conditions????? Come on, NZ just won and you're confused about conditions changing?????

 

[Days of Grace]

Well done, guys, sorry I doubted you! I’ve just been too Steadified recently.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Congrats NZ. Rachin and O’Rouke are world class.

 

[_Ed_]

And you know what, this could be the start of quite a special 12 hours for NZ cricket. Over to you, White Ferns.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Yes boi! Great match with top performances from both teams.

A bit like the WTC final last day with Bumrah instead of Ashwin and Young-Ravindra instead of Williamson-Taylor.

 

[ankitj]

**** I am so sad at this outcome

Congrats to NZ fans though.

 

[trundler]

Great win. Closed that out without any hassle. Hope this is Rachin's breakout knock in tests. O'Rourke is gun too. Also, here's a reminder that Matt Henry used to average 50 in tests.

 

[Gob]

That is a good win

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Well done, guys, sorry I doubted you! I’ve just been too Steadified recently.

I forgive you mate

 

[SteveNZ]

What makes you think it was the same conditions.

It wasn't, it was easier. Then they fluffed their lines, when again getting through the new ball - as it was in the first innings - would have put them in a much better position.

My post days earlier about Indian sides not wanting to battle when the ball was doing a lot and the going gets tough was met with 'no team in Tests does'...but we did, twice.

 

[Gob]

Get the feeling rachin is one of those guys who goes crazy in the sack

 

[straw man]

That is a damn good victory.... and one that is incredibly surprising after the Sri Lanka tour.

Unique/bizarre set of events in the first innings but the match still took some winning. O'Rourke and Rachin are stars.

 

[SteveNZ]

Great win. Closed that out without any hassle. Hope this is Rachin's breakout knock in tests. O'Rourke is gun too. Also, here's a reminder that Matt Henry used to average 50 in tests.

Here's a reminder the dunderhead in the photo above didn't play him in either Test in Sri Lanka last month

 

[ankitj]

And yes, it will start raining in 90 minutes. All India needed was to bat for an additional hour which would have added 2 hours to the match length and rain would have saved us. You can't win a test if you collapse twice to swing in a single match. Hope Rohit faces up to our weakness rather than get carried away by whatever-ball he is playing.

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Hopefully that is a point where Young starts to turn a corner, he did really well out there today.

 

[honestbharani]

It wasn't, it was easier. Then they fluffed their lines, when again getting through the new ball - as it was in the first innings - would have put them in a much better position.

My post days earlier about Indian sides not wanting to battle when the ball was doing a lot and the going gets tough was met with 'no team in Tests does'...but we did, twice.

If you think playing in the hot sun at Bangalore is the same as toughing out the conditions India faced during either collapse.

The only time you faced such conditions was this morning for half an hour. And it settled down brilliantly after that even today. Seriously, did you even watch the game?