India vs New Zealand: What has happened to the Indian cricket team? Earlier they were preparing to win the series in Australia, but now they are struggling to win Tests at home. If this had happened in one match, it would have been fine, but now we are witnessing shameful days in two back-to-back matches. Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, what happened in 2001, i.e. about 23 years ago, has happened. How will Rohit Sharma avoid taking responsibility from here onwards?
New Zealand had taken a lead of 356 runs in the Bengaluru Test and got a lead of 103 runs in Pune.
The Test series against New Zealand started in Bengaluru. In this match, Team India was out after scoring only 46 runs in the first innings. In that match, New Zealand took a lead of 356 runs over Team India and this lead proved to be decisive in the end, India had to lose the match. If it was just one match, it would have been fine, as if the same story is being repeated. Now almost the same fate happened in Pune. While New Zealand took a lead of 356 runs in the first match, the lead in the second match was 103 runs. But teams from all over the world have had to struggle a lot to take a lead of more than 100 runs in two consecutive matches at home against Team India. This is the reason why this has not happened in the last 23 years.
For the first time since 2001, we had to witness such a shameful day.
Before this, the last time Australia took a lead over Team India in two consecutive matches was in the year 2001. Then Australia took a lead of 173 runs at Wankhede in Mumbai and after this, the Australian team succeeded in taking a lead of 274 runs at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Since then, such a thing has never happened with India at home. But now under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, we have finally seen this day. Now it is not easy for India to save the match from here. Anything can happen, but for this, something has to be done that no one has thought of.
The final of the World Test Championship may also be in jeopardy.
The big thing is that if the Indian team loses the Pune Test match, not only the series will be lost, but the World Test Championship final will also be in trouble. The Indian team is currently at the top of the WTC points table, but if this match is lost, it will be a huge loss. After that, they will have to go to Australia and win all the matches of the five-Test series. It is unthinkable that the team that is yearning for victory at home will go to Australia and win all the matches. Therefore, the second match is still going on, it is important to win this match by any means, so that the series is saved and the dream of reaching the World Test Championship final remains intact.