IND test against New Zealand: Indian cricket’s next-generation stars Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill will look to maintain their excellent form in the first Test of the three-Test series against New Zealand starting on Wednesday.
Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma are in the latter stages of their careers and Gill and Jaiswal have a huge responsibility to take their legacies forward. Gill scored three centuries and two half-centuries in the last ten innings, while Jaiswal scored a double century and five half-centuries in the last eight innings. It is now important for them to maintain this momentum against New Zealand and prepare the foundation to face the difficult challenges ahead.
Gill has overcome the problem of facing incoming balls from fast bowlers, but will have to avoid losing wickets on those balls. In Chennai, Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmood bothered him a lot and even sent him to the pavilion. At the same time, Jaiswal has also been out three times while trying to play aggressive shots against the fast bowlers. So far, he has given up his wicket to fast bowlers 12 times in 20 innings. Ahead of the Test series in Australia, he will have to improve his record against fast bowlers.
New Zealand also has aggressive fast bowlers in Matt Henry, William O’Rourke and Tim Southee. In such a situation, the responsibility of Gill and Jaiswal will increase further because Virat and Rohit are not in the best shape. Rohit scored two and a half centuries in 15 Test innings this year but could only score 497 runs in the remaining 13 innings. Kohli, who is 53 runs away from 9000 Test runs, has not scored a half-century in six innings this year. He played innings of 46 runs against South Africa and 47 runs against Bangladesh.
They will have to play cautiously against New Zealanders Aijaz Patel and Rachin Ravindra, who have also caused them problems in the past. The problems faced by India are not big, but New Zealand faces a lot of problems in both bowling and batting. Due to the poor performance of the batsmen against the spinners, the New Zealand team was defeated by Sri Lanka for 2. Defeated for 0. Now it will be a tough challenge for him to face dangerous spinners like Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja of India.
The M Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch is favorable for spinners and in such a situation, Indian spinners can wreak havoc. Apart from these, Jasprit Bumrah is also in form and took 11 wickets in two Tests against Bangladesh. The Indian team management will have to think long and hard before taking a decision on the fifth bowler. If the combination remains like the previous series, Akash Deep can support Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj as the third fast bowler.
India can also field left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav or left-arm spinner Akshar Patel, who are also useful batsmen in the lower order. The weather here is also forecast to be unclear as the start of the game could be delayed. New Zealand’s star batsman Kane Williamson is already out due to injury. Now the New Zealand team suffered another blow when fast bowler Ben Sears was ruled out of the series due to a knee injury. In his place, Jacob Duffy, who has not yet competed in a single test, has been included in the team.
Both teams are the following:
India : Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep.
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Mark Chapman, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell, Ajaz Patel, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, William O .
Match time: 9:00 am. From 30.
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