New Zealand took a lead of 356 runs over Team India in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test. The New Zealand team managed to take a lead of 402 runs in the first innings. Meanwhile, former cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar raised questions on the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Sanjay Manjrekar said that Rohit Sharma needs to bring Dhoni-like quality in his leadership. Sanjay Manjrekar said this on the issue of placing and removing bowlers in the attack.
Rohit Sharma's captaincy was nothing special in the Bengaluru Test and Sanjay Manjrekar mentioned this in his tweet. Sanjay Manjrekar wrote, 'Dhoni had this special ability that he used to change the bowling even before causing much damage. Rohit Sharma will have to bring that quality in his leadership.
Bengaluru Test was not good at all for Rohit Sharma. Especially as a captain, he made such mistakes which no one had expected. The biggest mistake happened during the toss when he chose to bat first on a wet pitch. This decision of Rohit Sharma proved to be so bad that the Indian team collapsed for just 46 runs in the first innings. After this the Bengaluru pitch dried up and New Zealand got the advantage.
Dhoni had this very unique ability to preempt & make a bowling change before the damage went out of control. Rohit needs to bring that quality into his leadership. #IndvNz
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) October 18, 2024
New Zealand batsman Conway scored a brilliant 91 runs and Rachin Ravindra scored 134 runs, scoring the second century of his career. After this Tim Southee also scored 65 runs. These runs of Saudi proved very costly for Team India. New Zealand took a lead of 356 runs in the first innings and now it is very difficult for Team India to save this match.
Talking about Indian bowlers, Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav gave away around 6 runs per over. Mohammad Siraj's economy rate was also around 5. However, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja got maximum 3-3 wickets. Siraj got 2 successes, Bumrah-Ashwin got 1-1 success.
