New Delhi. The captain who made India the world champion four months ago is in danger of being tainted with the worst stain of 91 years. Whether Rohit Sharma will be able to save himself from this stain or not will be known in the morning session on the second day of the Mumbai Test. New Zealand has taken 4 wickets of India for 86 runs on the first day of the match. If the Indian team does not bat well in the first two hours on the second day on Saturday, then the match may slip out of hand.
New Zealand has won the first two matches of the three-Test series. Now India and New Zealand are playing the third test match of the series in Mumbai. India bowled out New Zealand for 235 runs in the first innings. Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets and Washington Sundar took 4 wickets to prevent New Zealand from making a big score. In this way the bowlers did their job. Now it’s the turn of the batters.
Rohit-Virat are out
India made a good start in batting. At one time, thanks to Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, he had scored 78 runs for one wicket. But on this score, Ejaz Patel dismissed Yashasvi Jaiswal (30) and Mohammad Siraj (0). With this, India’s score became 78 runs for 3 wickets. Within a short time, Virat Kohli (4) was also run out. At the end of the play on the first day of the match i.e. Friday, India’s score was 86 runs for 4 wickets.
Batting will become difficult from the third day onwards
There is both turn and bounce on the Mumbai pitch. In such a situation, batting will still be easy on this pitch on the second day but from the third day the ball may wave like a serpent. If India has to win this match, then it will have to take a decent lead over New Zealand in the first innings. This lead will be given only if India bats well in the first session on Saturday i.e. before the lunch break. If the Indian batsmen do not bat well in the first session on Saturday, then New Zealand can take control of the match.
New Zealand can do a clean sweep…
If New Zealand wins the Mumbai Test, it will win the 3-match series 3-0. This means that Kiwi team can also clean sweep the series by winning the Mumbai Test match. If this happens, it will be the first time in the history of Indian cricket that a visiting team will clean sweep a 3-Test series. India has been playing test matches since 1932. He played his first home series in 1933. From then till today, no team in the world has been able to defeat India in all the matches in a Test series of 3 or more matches on its soil. New Zealand can break this record of India. If this happens, Rohit Sharma will become the first captain of India to suffer a clean sweep in a home Test series.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 2, 2024, 06:16 IST