NZ vs Ind | 2nd Test | Christchurch | Feb 2020

[ganeshran]

Finally Bumrah gets his wicket

[Stutter]

Yeah Baby!!!!!!

 

[LordPrabhzy]

Booooooom Booooom

[ganeshran]

Darzi bhai out ho jaa... tujhe IPL ki kasam

[ganeshran]

lot of movement for Bumrah suddenly

[Turning_track]

Good to see Bumrah hitting right lengths. 

[FischerTal]

they need to be bowled out for under 200 and this trio has ability to do that. Come on guys......

[SRT100]

What is Bhupathi ????

[sarcastic]

When such a big wicket such as Williamson falls, ICF is so silent and dormant about it and the only posts I see are "wicket" or "gone". 
Come on guys... this is a huge achievement of our bowlers to let Williamson fail and India is well and truly back in the game!

It is a key moment in the match and can very well be match-turning one. It deserves more celebration than the sedentary one going on here. 

[SRT100]

I think Saini would have been a better choice in this test instead of Jadeja who I am sure Kohli picked also because of his batting.

[SRT100]

Just now, sarcastic said:

When such a big wicket such as Williamson falls, ICF is so silent and dormant about it and the only posts I see are "wicket" or "gone". 
Come on guys... this is a huge achievement of our bowlers to let Williamson fail and India is well and truly back in the game!

It is a key moment in the match and can very well be match-turning one. It deserves more celebration than the sedentary one going on here. 

Thats because NZ bat deep. Williamson is a massive wicket, but Taylor can go big and the rest of the tail can easily put on over 100 runs.

 

Williamson out early is great, but NZ have got a decent batting lineup.

[FischerTal]

1 minute ago, SRT100 said:

I think Saini would have been a better choice in this test instead of Jadeja who I am sure Kohli picked also because of his batting.

jadeja contributes nothing on these type of wickets, except for being a good fielder.

[aditya19]

Till we  find reliable wk bat only mm kohli will play 4 bowlers only

[ganeshran]

have to trigger a collapse now. if we take a 20-30 run lead at least there is some chance with our batting

[SRT100]

3 minutes ago, FischerTal said:

jadeja contributes nothing on these type of wickets, except for being a good fielder.

Yeah I know thats why Kohli made the usual mistake of thinking Indian spinners can win a game for them in SENA.

 

If you replace Jadeja say with a fit Ishant. India could have been a chance.

 

I think NZ will rebuild after early wickets loss today, they look to have settled. After Bumrah got his wicket, started to get carried away with the pitch instead of focusing on line and length.

[SRT100]

Just now, ganeshran said:

have to trigger a collapse now. if we take a 20-30 run lead at least there is some chance with our batting

Psychologically any lead will give India a massive advantage. With that said, any NZ lead will probably mentally cripple the Indian batting lineup.

[Stutter]

The bowlers still need to be pitching it up a wee bit and hitting the wickets. Even if the batsmen take a long stride and drive successfully, that is alright as this would only provide more opportunity for the edges.

Bharat Arun & the team analysts need to be more reactive than this. It appears they rip van winkled through yesterday's last session 

[zen]

I would have played Saini over Rahane. On current batting form,  probably Jadeja = Rahane  

 

When you are trying to draw the series in a must win game, you have to give yourself the chance to pick up 20 wkts 

[sandeep]

19 minutes ago, FischerTal said:

jadeja contributes nothing on these type of wickets, except for being a good fielder.

In an attack with 3 pacers, how do you think India will get through 90 overs in a day?  If Jadeja can bowl a good chunk of overs - 20 odd overs for less than 50 runs, with a wicket, that would be a quality contribution.  Keep in mind that he also makes the bowlers jobs easier by bowling his overs super quick.  Gives the pace bowlers the luxury of taking their time with their overs, instead of having to rush through them.  

 

Add to that, he averages 45 with the bat over the last 3 years.  45.  

[sandeep]

14 minutes ago, Stutter said:

The bowlers still need to be pitching it up a wee bit and hitting the wickets. Even if the batsmen take a long stride and drive successfully, that is alright as this would only provide more opportunity for the edges.

Bharat Arun & the team analysts need to be more reactive than this. It appears they rip van winkled through yesterday's last session 

Bowlers don't have too much scoreboard luxury to keep pitching it full though.  Keep that in mind.  But yes,  they should have bowled fuller, especially yesterday, and even today.