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India’s performance in the second day of the Bengaluru Test was shameful. During this time, there is a lot of debate going on about the batting order of Virat Kohli. Usually, Virat Kohli comes to bat at number four in Test cricket, but in the Bengaluru Test against New Zealand, Virat came to bat at number 3 and returned to the pavilion without opening his account. The first Test of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played in Bengaluru. While the first day was interrupted by rain, on the second day the Indian team won the toss and came to bat first and was all out for 46 runs.
There has been a debate about who sent Virat to number 3 and why this decision was taken. Team India’s former cricketer and head coach Anil Kumble has also questioned this decision. After the end of the first day’s play, Rohit Sharma was also asked about this.
Responding to this question, Rohit Sharma said that, we do not want to tamper too much with the batting position of KL Rahul, he has got the place at number-6 in the team and we want to give him a long run at this number. Something similar happened with Sarfaraz Khan and in such a situation Virat Kohli wanted to take this responsibility, and it is a good sign that the players of the team want to take the responsibility.
Talking about the match, the Indian team was all out for 46 runs. By the end of the second day’s play, New Zealand had scored 180 runs at the loss of three wickets in the first innings. Rachin Ravindra is not out after scoring 22 runs and Darrell Mitchell is not out after scoring 14 runs. Whereas Devon Conway was out after playing an excellent inning of 91 runs. Kiwi team has taken a lead of 134 runs on the basis of first innings. Captain Tom Lath was out after scoring 15 runs while Will Young was out after scoring 33 runs. Whereas for India, all three wickets have gone to the account of spinners, Ashwin, Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav have taken one wicket each respectively.