Indian cricket team saw this ill-fated day for the first time, the game was played under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
India vs New Zealand: This has never happened in the history of Indian Test cricket, which happened today i.e. on 17 October 2024 in Bengaluru. Especially if we talk about the test matches played in India. India played its first test match in the year 1933. During this period many players came and went. There have been many captains, but the fateful day witnessed under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma had never happened before. Did the captain fail to read the pitch? This question has also started arising now, because it was Rohit who had taken the decision to bat first. In the meantime, let us tell you what has happened, which has never happened before on Indian soil.
Team India’s batting proved helpless in front of New Zealand
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma won the toss against New Zealand today and without any reason decided to bat first. Although he is a captain and has immense experience, it seemed that maybe this decision would be right. But the first victim of this decision was the captain himself. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring only 2 runs when the seventh over was going on. The sequence that started after this showed no sign of stopping. Seven wickets were lost one by one and the surprising thing is that out of the top 7 batsmen, there were 4 batsmen who could not even open their account. What could be a more shameful day than this? This has happened for the first time on Indian soil. Before this, this day has been seen abroad, but it has happened for the first time in India among Indian fans.
For the first time on Indian soil, four out of the top 7 batsmen of Team India were out on zero.
Such an accident happened with the Indian team for the first time in the year 1952. You may be a little surprised to hear the word accident, but in the game of cricket it cannot be called anything less than an accident. In the year 1952, the Indian team had lost its top 7 batsmen for zero against England at Headingley. Although this was the third innings of the match. After this, this day came again in the year 2014. That year, this match was being played against England in Manchester. Then 4 batsmen in the top 7 of the Indian team were out on duck. This was the first innings of the match. But since then, i.e. after about a year, this has happened again.
No batsman could survive
The last time this was seen, it happened in England. Indian soil was untouched by this, but now this is being seen in Bengaluru under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. First Virat Kohli was out on zero. He faced 9 balls. Sarfaraz Khan, playing only his fourth match, played 3 balls and returned to the pavilion without scoring any runs. After this, KL Rahul, who came to bat at number 6, played 6 balls and was out on zero.
Team India was out on a very small score
It would have been a relief if this sequence had stopped here too, but it could not happen. Ravindra Jadeja played 6 balls, but he also did not succeed in scoring any runs. That means four batsmen in the top 7 got out on ducks. However, this trend continued further. Ravichandran Ashwin was out on the very first ball, his account also did not open. The Indian team looked completely helpless and was out on a very small total.
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