India will be disappointed with their outing in the ongoing test match against the Kiwis. This was India’s first definitive test in the world test championship cycle. India have won each of their 7 games so far and are sitting pretty at the top with 360 points.
This might well be India’s first loss in their WTC campaign and will raise lots of questions on their inability to play swing and seam which is expected to play a major role in Lords where WTC final is scheduled to take place.
The former Indian legendary batsman VVS Laxman who is fondly called as very very special Laxman was an impressive batsman in his playing days. He has played numerous innings under pressure and also termed as a crisis man for India.
The Sun Risers Hyderabad mentor has said that India missed the trick at the crucial point in time to concede Kiwis a huge lead which might well define the outcome of the match.
After getting Tim Southee’s wicket, India let off New Zealand, at one stage it seemed they would not get even 100 runs lead but the partnership between Jamieson and Colin de Grandhomme got them to 183 runs lead. India will be ruing the fact – they were very defensive, tactics used by Virat Kohli were not right, especially when the second new ball was in operation.
Indian bowlers in the recent past have done all the hard work to send the top batsmen from the opposition camp to the dressing room as soon as possible but are always struggling to clean the tail enders quickly.
Their tail ender woes started with Sam Curran in their tour to England and continued almost in every series thereafter. The likes of Pat Cummins, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Kyle Jamieson have all had gala time against the Indian bowlers.
It will be interesting to see how Indians tackle this problem in the coming matches.