IND vs. NZ match highlights, Sundar Washington: The second match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand will be played in Pune on Thursday (October 24). After losing the first game of the series, India coach Gautam Gambhir made a strange move that proved effective in the second Test.
The big move was the inclusion of star spinner Washington Sundar in the squad. Captain Rohit Sharma replaced Kuldeep Yadav in the last 11, replacing Sundar when the second Test began in Pune . What happened next was that Sundar made New Zealand the star of the day by taking a wicket at the first opportunity.
New Zealand took 7 wickets in 62 runs.
During the match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. The team also got off to a good start, scoring 197 runs after losing 3 wickets in 59 overs. After that, Sundar’s storm came and he started chasing New Zealand batsmen one by one.
New Zealand fell into Sundar’s spin trap and collapsed after reaching 259 runs. Just like that, within 62 runs, Sundar took the last seven wickets and showed New Zealand the star of the day. In this way, it has to be said that Gambhir and Rohit’s move to attract Sundar was successful.
The first day of competition was held in the name of Sundar
Let us tell you that on the first day of the Pune Test match, New Zealand were restricted to 259 runs in the first innings. Thereafter, the Indian team started batting and by the end of the day, they scored 16 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. Captain Rohit Sharma cannot even open an account. Yashasvi Jaiswal remained unbeaten after scoring 6 points and Shubhman Gill remained unbeaten after scoring 10 points. The two will compete the next day.
Spinners dominated the Indian bowlers on day one. All 10 wickets were taken by spinners Washington Sundar and Ravichandran Ashwin. Off-spinner Sundar took the maximum 7 wickets in 59 runs. Ashwin took 3 wickets and scored 64 runs.
Sundar struck out 5 batsmen in this innings
Washington Sundar took 5 wickets in an innings for the first time in his Test career. In the first innings, Sundar bowled cleanly to 5 batsmen. This is also a record when 1 batsman was out LBW and 1 batsman was caught out at the same time. With this, Sundar became the first Indian bowler to take 7 wickets in Pune.
India-New Zealand batting at 11 in Pune Test:
Team New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devin Conway, Will Young, Lachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Brundle (goalkeeper), Glenn Phillips , Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel and William O’Rourke.
Team India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah.
