IND vs NZ 1st Test Day 2: Highlights, India All Out At Out At 46 Runs,Lowest Total At Home: India struggled on Day 2 of the first Test match against New Zealand at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. A day that marked the historic lows of Indian cricket. The home team managed only to get bowled out for a mere 46 runs.
The lowest ever in the history of Test matches in India, was recorded during Day 2 of the first Test between India vs New Zealand. The previous lowest total at home stands at 75 runs, which was scored against the West Indies in 1987.
The batting order of India was completely taken apart by New Zealand’s seam attack led by Matt Henry (5/15) and a young bowler named William O’Rourke (4/22). Almost the entire top order collapsed as Rohit scored only 2 runs while Jaiswal could only manage 13 runs.
In fact, five of the Indian batsmen were out in zero, namely, Virat, Sarfaraz, Rahul, Ashwin, and Jadeja, leaving the team on the rocks. The highest scorer was Rishabh Pant with a paltry 20 runs. With India’s 46 runs total, this total now ranks 5th in the list of lowest innings scores in test match history overall.
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New Zealand Response
Under Devon Conway’s fluent innings of 91 runs in 105 balls, the Kiwis were unfazed and reached 180/3 at the end of the innings. Conway’s swashbuckling innings came with some steadiness back up from Tom Latham (15) and Will Young (33). They put New Zealand in a threatening position despite a few hiccups.
This was even though every spinner took each wicket. Kuldeep Yadav took the key wicket of Conway, but New Zealand had already secured a healthy lead of 134 runs at the end. The last-minute resistance of Daryl Mitchell (14*) and Rachin Ravindra (22*), added 26 runs to the total.
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India now has a mountain to climb if they are to stage a comeback. The Kiwis look to have secured a firm grip going into Day 3 of the Test match.
