New Delhi. New Zealand's batsmen, who were proud of winning the Bengaluru Test, were trounced by the Indian spinners in Pune. The result was that the team which had taken a lead of 356 runs over India in the first test, was able to cross 256 runs with great difficulty in the second test. India bowled out New Zealand for 259 runs. The interesting thing was that at one time New Zealand had scored 197 runs for 3 wickets. Then it seemed that he would take advantage of winning the toss. But first Ravichandran Ashwin and then Washington Sundar dashed the wishes of the Kiwis. Both of them took all 10 wickets of New Zealand. This is the sixth time when Indian spinners have taken 10 wickets of the opposing team even before the match.
New Zealand won the toss and batted first on the turning pitch of Pune. His top order batsmen batted well. Devon Conway played an inning of 76 runs while Rachin Ravindra scored 65 runs. Captain Tom Latham scored 15 runs and Will Young and Daryl Mitchell scored 18 runs each. Thanks to all this, New Zealand had at one time scored 197 runs for 3 wickets.
Washington bowled the off spinner's dream ball.
Washington Sundar has been given a chance in the playing eleven in place of Kuldeep Yadav in this match. Sundar also lived up to his captain's trust 100 percent. He clean bowled Rachin Ravindra on the team score of 197. It was like any off-spinner's dream ball, which bowled out Rachin Ravindra, who was playing very well.
Fourth best performance against New Zealand
After this, Washington made the Kiwis perform such a beautiful dance that they lost all the wickets in scoring the next 62 runs. New Zealand lost its last 7 wickets by scoring only 62 runs. Washington Sundar took all these wickets. With this, he became the fourth Indian bowler to take 7 or more wickets in an innings against New Zealand.
Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets
Ravichandran Ashwin gave the first three blows to New Zealand. He dismissed Tom Latham, Will Young and Devon Conway. With this, Ashwin increased his number of wickets to 531. He has overtaken Nathan Lyon (530) in terms of taking most Test wickets.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 24, 2024, 3:55 PM IST
