India were bundled out for their third lowest total in Tests and lowest total in Tests at home. (PTI Photo)
NEW DELHI: It was an overcast morning, the pitch had been under covers for a couple of days due to rain but India captain Rohit Sharma chose to bat first in what was a brave call against
New Zealand
.
The move clearly backfired as the hosts were bundled out for only 46, their third lowest total in Tests and lowest total in Tests at home.
For the visitors, Matt Henry starred with 5/15 and William ORourke took 4/22 as the Kiwis made most of the conditions in the morning session.
India’s batting show was very embarrassing as six batters didn’t even disturb the scorers and only two reached double digits.
By lunch, India were crumbling with only 34 runs on the board and six batters were back in the hut.
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Rohit (2), Virat Kohli (0), Sarfaraz Khan (0), KL Rahul (0), Ravindra Jadeja (0) and Ravichandran Ashwin (0) failed to get going in conditions which offered lot of assistance to the seamers early on.
This is the first time that four of the top seven Indian batters have got out for a duck in a home Test match, and 34 runs is the lowest at the fall of the sixth wicket for India
