Test India v New Zealand (3 Tests)

[akkaps]

1st Test: 16 - 20 October, Bengaluru
2nd Test: 24 - 28 October, Pune
3rd Test: 01 - 05 October, Mumbai


India: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep
Travelling Reserves: Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna
New Zealand: Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Mark Chapman, Will Young

Will Young

Age

34

Ht

194cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.0

1star

K

2.5

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.5

4star

, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell, Ajaz Patel, Ben Sears, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, William O'Rourke


New Zealand named Michael Bracewell for only the first match whereas Ish Sodhi for the second and third matches only. On 15 October 2024, Ben Sears was ruled out of the Test series due to knee injury, with Jacob Duffy named as his replacement.

 

[RookiePick]

Kiwi's going to fire a shot?

 

[NYRB]

Weather doesn’t look too good for play. Draw a factor in 1st test.

 

[Plugger35]

I'm looking forward to watching this blockbuster series but unfortunately the weather forecast doesn't look good for the first test.

Heavy rain forecast for the first two days and more rain scheduled for the other days, at least the drainage at that ground is good.

 

[Plugger35]

Still drizzling in Bangalore according to cricinfo but the forecast is better for the afternoon so hopefully they get some play today.

 

[Cleavy]

so they seeded the clouds to avoid a devastating loss to NZ? got it.

 

[Plugger35]

The rain returning and play has been called off for the day.

A good first day for NZ we're still on level terms with India.

 

[yabsy]

I'm looking forward to watching this blockbuster series but unfortunately the weather forecast doesn't look good for the first test.

Heavy rain forecast for the first two days and more rain scheduled for the other days, at least the drainage at that ground is good.

Not a problem for India...They just beat Bangladesh with basically the first 3 days washed out.

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[Plugger35]

Not a problem for India...They just beat Bangladesh with basically the first 3 days washed out.

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That maybe so but it's still pretty stupid of the BCCI to schedule a test in Bangalore at this time of year when it rains a lot there.

It's as stupid as CA scheduling tests in Sydney when it rains a lot in early January there instead of scheduling it in Perth instead.

 

[akkaps]

The rain returning and play has been called off for the day.

A good first day for NZ we're still on level terms with India.

After the one off Test v Afg, you’d be used to it

 

[Plugger35]

The weather forecast for Bangalore looks better than it did yesterday so hopefully we get some play today.

 

[Plugger35]

India winning the toss and choosing to bat.

The two teams;

India: 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 3 KL Rahul, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Sarfaraz Khan, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj

NZ: 1 Tom Latham (capt), 2 Devon Conway, 3 Will Young

Will Young

Age

34

Ht

194cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

6.0

1star

K

2.5

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

6.0

2star

K

2.5

1star

HB

3.5

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.5

4star

, 4 Rachin Ravindra, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Glenn Phillips, 8 Matt Henry, 9 Tim Southee 10, Ajaz Patel, 11 Will O'Rourke

Gill is out with a stiff neck but it's still a strong Indian batting line up and stronger than NZ's batting line up without Williamson.

 

[Plugger35]

Rohit very lucky there, he looked like he was lbw against Henry but he escaped with an umpire's call.

 

[Plugger35]

Some justice there with Southee bowling Rohit, no need to review that one.

 

[RookiePick]

King Kohli with a globe.

 

[Plugger35]

O'Rourke getting Kohli for a duck, huge wicket..

India might be regretting choosing to bat as the ball is doing a fair bit in the air and off the pitch.

 

[Marshland]

Rocking them early!

Go Blackcaps!

 

[Plugger35]

Conway taking a screamer and India are 3 down, wowee oh boy.

 

[10Dulkar]

Shades of Haddin v RSA there with Sarfaraz.
Looked a clear plan to target him outside off.

 

[Plugger35]

Shades of Haddin v RSA there with Sarfaraz.
Looked a clear plan to target him outside off.

Some good bowling from the NZ bowlers but some reckless batting from India, Rohit and Sarfaraz in particular.

 

[10Dulkar]

Rohit looked like he wanted to be put out of his misery.
Can't see him lasting much longer after Sydney.

 

[Plugger35]

The rain coming to India's rescue.

 

[Plugger35]

The players are back out there, this will be a tricky half hour for India before lunch.

 

[Plugger35]

A bad blunder from Blundell, India should have been 4 down.

 

[Plugger35]

O'Rourke strikes again to have India reeling at 31/4.