NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma endured one other failure in Check cricket, getting dismissed for a duck on the primary day of the second Check in opposition to New Zealand in Pune on Thursday.
Kiwi pacer Tim Southee silenced the Pune crowd with a shocking supply that despatched Rohit packing. Rohit was utterly squared up in protection because the ball moved away off the seam.
Delivered on a superb size round center and off, he tried to defend from the crease however was caught off guard because it nipped away barely.The ball slipped previous the sting and clipped the highest of off stump after a slight deflection off his again pad.
That marked the 14th occasion of Southee dismissing Rohit throughout all codecs of worldwide cricket, making him the bowler to dismiss Rohit essentially the most instances. This additionally ties with Kagiso Rabada because the bowler Rohit has been dismissed by most continuously.
Within the match, Washington Sundar made a spectacular return to India’s Check facet, taking seven wickets to assist bundle New Zealand out for 259.
Off-spinner Sundar took 7-59 whereas fellow off-break bowler Ravichandran Ashwin had 3-64 as New Zealand have been all out in 79.1 overs.
On the shut of play in Pune, India was 16 for 1, with Yashasvi Jaiswal on six and Shubman Gill on ten, leaving the hosts trailing by 243 runs.
