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It rarely happens that Team India loses the first match of a Test series at home and is not able to perform well in the second match as well. Despite losing the first Test in the last few years, the Indian team made a great comeback in the next match. The situation looks different in the current Test series against New Zealand. After the crushing defeat in the first Test in Bengaluru, Team India faces the challenge of saving the series and the way the Pune Test has started is not a good sign. This reminded me of that 7 years old test match which was played on this very ground and Team India had lost.
What happened on the first day in Pune Test?
First of all, the first day of India New Zealand test match. On the first day of the match which started on Thursday, 24 October, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. The Kiwi team had a good start and Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young together took the team close to 200 runs. Here, after the fall of Rachin Ravindra's wicket, the Kiwi team was out for just 259 runs. After this, Team India came out to bat but captain Rohit Sharma was out without opening the account and by the end of the game, Team India had scored 16 runs after losing one wicket.
Signs of 7 year old accident
Now let's talk about the danger coming to Team India. The first match was played 7 years ago in 2017 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. This match was between India and Australia. In which Australia won the toss and batted and scored 259 runs for 9 wickets. Ultimately the Australian innings was reduced to only 260 runs, which was only 1 run more than New Zealand's score. After this, Team India was out for just 105 runs in the first innings. Coincidentally, in that innings also, Team India captain Virat Kohli failed to open the account. That is, the first innings score of Australia and New Zealand is almost equal, whereas in both the matches, the captain of Team India was out for 0 runs in the first innings. Till now everything was the same, now it will be interesting to see how many runs Team India scores in the first innings.
If we talk about India-Australia match, Australia won that match by a huge margin of 333 runs. Left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe emerged as the biggest hero in Australia's victory. He took 6-6 wickets in both the innings. Now if we talk about New Zealand, this team also has 2 left arm spinners in the form of Mitchell Santner and Ajaz Patel. Both of them troubled Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal at the end of the first day.
Will the dominance be broken after 12 years?
It has become clear that the signs of the first day are not good for Team India. Now, if Team India's batsmen perform like the 7 years old Test, then New Zealand will win this match too and then something will happen which has not happened in the last 12 years. After about 12 years, a team will come to India and be successful in winning the Test series. Which was last done by England in 2012. This means that now the batsmen of Team India have a big responsibility to score big in the first innings itself because the pitch is taking turns from the first day and India has to bat in the last innings.
