*Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

[OverratedSanity]

It's just another reason why the night-watchman decision was so insane. You shouldn't be sending your #11 in at 4 when it means your #10 will then be someone with six Test centuries. If they wanted to have a night-watchman last night to protect Kohli they should have just made it one of the allrounders.

Shouldve just been Ashwin. He's not likely to get more than a 20 odd these days anyway.

 

[Meridio]

That's such a nice delivery

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sundar going to get stranded yet again when he looks better than most of the batsmen above him. Just astonishingly poor tactics .

 

[Prince EWS]

Shouldve just been Ashwin. He's not likely to get more than a 20 odd these days anyway.

Yeah if Kohli insisted on the night watchman that's what I would have done too. But if he wasn't keen and Sundar or Jadeja were then meh. The specialist bowlers shouldn't get that gig when the normal lineup has an allrounder at 9.

 

[Meridio]

Went a bit wider on the crease, got it to drift, turn and bounce...Ashwin played a horrible stabby attempt at a forward defence but there's not a lot you can do there other than hope you miss it

 

[King Kane]

Ajaz strikes again to take a 5'fer, if only he could bowl on pitches like this in NZ.

 

[honestbharani]

Batting order being shuffled around this much all series is ridiculous. I don't care what happens, there is no scenario where sarfaraz batting 8 makes any sense.

Him batting 7 is fine AFAIC. Jaddu is more than capable of batting 6 and if they feel the tactical advantage of having a leftie there is important, and this entire innings, it seems to have been, its fine.

The Bengaluru test was definitely stupid though. He should never be batting top 4, Sarfraz. Ideally 6 is his spot. maybe 5 or 7 when we move the order around tactically to have the left-right combo going, but that is it.

 

[Daemon]

It's just another reason why the night-watchman decision was so insane. You shouldn't be sending your #11 in at 4 when it means your #10 will then be someone with six Test centuries. If they wanted to have a night-watchman last night to protect Kohli they should have just made it one of the allrounders.

Yeah it’s probably the dumbest night watchman decision of all time. Siraj burning a review was just the cherry on top.

 

[King Kane]

This Washington kid is a talent, he is the heir apparent to Jadeja.

 

[ashley bach]

DC Sundar 33*(33) @SillyCowCorner1

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

I think someone really hates Sodhi. Give him 6 overs the whole innings then bring him on against the set left hander with 9 down who is always going to attack.

 

[SteveNZ]

Yeah it’s probably the dumbest night watchman decision of all time. Siraj burning a review was just the cherry on top.

NZ posters will tell you it's Kyle Mills at 3 in 2006 chasing 249 to win in SA, with peak speed Ntini and Steyn taking the new ball...although he wasn't even a nightwatchman, we were 80-7 at stumps.

 

[Spark]

I don't like this at all from NZ. The pitch is doing shitloads, try to get the bloke out.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Reminder that he made a 150 batting 3 in ranji a few weeks ago.

 

[Himannv]

Why has Ajaz not played more? He's very good.

 

[Spark]

bruh

 

[King Kane]

That's a run out.

Thank god for that.

 

[Spark]

That could have gotten seriously unpleasant for NZ. Such a #11 piece of cricket

 

[trundler]

NZ can't catch but they sure can throw. Third linings of doom looms now

 

[honestbharani]

2 run-outs on this track is absolutely criminal.

The strange thing about this pitch is it never really keeps low in Mumbai. Wonder the heavy monsoon made it difficult for them to get much sun on it. I have never seen a red soil track keep low and by this much, esp. of the short of good length area.