IND vs NZ 1st Test: In the Bengaluru Test, New Zealand has made a huge score of 402 runs in the first innings. India’s first innings was reduced to just 46 runs, hence New Zealand’s total lead in the first innings became 356 runs. The biggest hero of any team was Rachin Ravindra, who scored the second century of his Test career by scoring 134 runs. Apart from him, Tim Saudi and Devon Conway also made important contributions for the visiting team by scoring half-centuries.
The first day of the Bengaluru Test was washed away by rain, due to which the toss could not even take place. After winning the toss on the second day, India decided to bat first, which was very heavy on the Indian team. The entire Indian team was reduced to 46 runs and by the end of the second day’s play, New Zealand had scored 180 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. .
Rachin Ravindra dominates on the third day
The Kiwi team increased its score to 180/3 on the third day. A few overs after the start of the day’s play, Mohammad Siraj dismissed Daryl Mitchell. After that, wickets fell at regular intervals, due to which New Zealand’s score became 233 runs for 7 wickets. Rachin Ravindra completed his century in 124 balls and had an excellent partnership of 137 runs with Tim Saudi. Ravindra and Saudi together took the team’s score beyond 350 runs.
Indian bowling proved to be ineffective
On the third day, Team India’s bowlers quickly took the wickets of Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Matt Henry and Glenn Phillips. But after that 169 runs were scored between the last three wickets. Kuldeep Yadav definitely took three wickets, but he was also beaten badly. He gave away runs at an economy rate of more than 5. Ravindra Jadeja also took 3 wickets and Mohammad Siraj succeeded in taking 2 wickets. Apart from him, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin took one wicket each.
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