IND vs NZ 2nd Test Playing 11: Rohit Sharma-led India is scheduled to play in the second test of the New Zealand tour of India 2024 against Tom Latham-led New Zealand on October 24 at MCA Stadium.
India lost the first test at Bengaluru where the visitors secured 8 wicket victory. Despite the century from Sarafaraz Khan and a 99 from Rishabh Pant in the second innings, India failed to keep wickets, resulting in their defeat.
Coming to the match, New Zealand won the toss and opted to bat. While speaking at the toss, Tom Latham said, “We’re going to have a bat. Surface slightly different to what it was last week. Not a lot of grass.”
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New Zealand win the toss and elect to bat in the 2nd Test in Pune.
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“Might produce a bit of spin as we expect when we come to these parts of the world. Obviously a really proud moment for this group. We celebrated that but our focus has quickly turned to Pune here.”
“It’s just about adapting to this surface. Trying to take the confidence we built up from last week. Matt Henry misses out with a glute niggle. Santner comes in,” said Latham.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma said, “Would’ve batted as well. When you play a Test match like that, the first session didn’t go our way. But we batted well in the second innings. We take a lot of positives from that and see how we can turn things around here.”
“Always want to find ways to get back into the Test match when you’re behind. That’s what we did. Pitch is a little drier, yes. We do understand how important the first 10 overs are. Three changes – Siraj, KL and Kuldeep miss out. Akash Deep, Washington and Gill come in,” said Rohit Sharma.
IND vs NZ 2nd Test Playing 11
India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand: Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke
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