The Indian team wanted to continue bowling after the New Zealand side was asked to chase 107 as the overhead conditions were overcast. However, the umpires stopped play due to bad light. The Indian captain Rohit Sharma and batter Virat Kohli argued with the umpires to not stop the play.
India might have registered some unwanted milestones after being bundled out for just 46 in the first innings, but they have created a world record during the second innings of the 1st Test against New Zealand. The hosts are fighting to stay in the match.
Five players, including Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, registered ducks as India achieved a new low at home in the first innings of the opening Test match against New Zealand on Thursday. Shubman Gill's unavailability further exposed India's batting struggles in red-ball cricket.
After being bowled out to a record-low of 46, the Indian cricket team also lost their star wicketkeeper batter Rishabh Pant to an injury while fielding on Day 2 of the first Test match against New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
"We don't want to touch KL's batting position much, he has found a place at 6 so let's give him a rope there, same with Sarfaraz, So Virat was the one who wanted to take the responsibility and that's a good sign of players taking responsibility," Rohit said after Day 2's play.
IND vs NZ: India registered their lowest-ever Test innings total of 46 on Day 2 of the opening match against New Zealand in Bengaluru and then the visiting side scored a total of 180 for 3 to take a match-defining lead at stumps.
India have been challenged massively at home by New Zealand as they have been bundled out for just 46 runs in the ongoing Test match in Bengaluru. The disappointment aside, social media is buzzing with hilarious memes as RCB's 49 all-out record has been broken in Test cricket.
India have been bowled out for their third-lowest total in Test history in the ongoing first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru. The hosts were skittled for just 46 runs in 31.2 overs bringing back the horror memories of 36 all-out in Adelaide four years ago.
India have found themselves in trouble in the first Test against New Zealand at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. After opting to bat first, the hosts collapsed to lose seven wickets for just 34 runs registering an embarrassing record for the first time in Indian cricket history.
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"It is understood that Rohit Sharma has intimated to the BCCI that there is a possibility that due to a pressing personal matter, he might have to skip one of the two Tests at the beginning of the series," a BCCI source told PTI on Thursday.
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