India vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 1 Live Score: Rohit Sharma led team India will take on New Zealand for the first of 3 match Test series in Bengaluru from today. The men in blue are on a six match winning streak in Test cricket and had last registered a famous victory against Bangladesh in Kanpur.
New Zealand who had recently faced a whitewash in Sri Lanka will be wary of an Indian team that is very strong in their own backyard. Meanwhile, the Kiwis will be without the services of skipper Kane Williamson, who is out due to an injury and Tom Latham will lead the charge for them in this series.
Meanwhile, this is more or less the same Indian side that was selected for the recently concluded Bangladesh Test series with Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah staying as the lead pacers, followed by Akash Deep. As for the batting front, new generation players Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill will look to continue their stunning performances in the longest performance of the game.
Captain Rohit Sharma and veteran batter Virat Kohli will be hoping to get some runs in this series to silence the increasingly raised voices about the duo not getting enough runs recently. The Indian skipper has scored 497 runs at around an average of 35 with two hundreds and one fifty while Kohi hasn’t even managed to score a half century in the six innings played this year.
India squad:
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.
New Zealand squad:
Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Mark Chapman, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Blundell (wk), Ajaz Patel, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, William O’Rourke, Jacob Duffy.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Yashasvi Jaiswal not happy with his performance, says Rohit Sharma
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Speaking at a press confrernce, Rohit said, “I am not surprised at all because the guy has got real talent. He has got the game to play in all sorts of conditions… Obviously, very new to international cricket right now, so, very hard to judge. But he has got all the ingredients for success at this level,” he added.
“He is somebody who wants to learn the game, learn about batsmanship… When a youngster comes into the team, his mindset is quite critical.He always wants to improve, and is not happy with what he has achieved and which is obviously a great start to a young career. We found a great player. Hopefully, he can continue to do what he has done in the last year or so.” the Indian skipper added
India vs New Zealand LIVE: When and where to watch the match?
India vs New Zealand LIVE: The first test will be played from 16-20 October at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The India vs New Zealand Test series will be telecast live on Sports 18 and live-streamed on the JioCinema app and website.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: ‘Maynk is capable’ says Rohit Sharma
India vs New Zealand LIVE Speaking ahead of 1st Test match, Rohit said, “Mayank has shown what he is capable of, but we need to be cautious with him. He has dealt with several injuries in the past, so we don’t want to rush him. We’ll monitor him daily and gradually build up his workload with the red ball. Our aim is to develop him progressively rather than throwing him straight into international cricket,”
India vs New Zealand LIVE: ‘Did not expect this weather’ says NZ’s Tom Latham
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Speaking ahead of the start of 1st Test in Bengaluru, Latham said, “We did not expect this kind of weather; it’s not as hot as we anticipated, which could potentially bring the fast bowlers into play. We’ll review the previous game played here, but it’s hard to say for sure at the moment,”
“I think the last time we played a Test here, Tim took 7 for 60. Obviously, with Ben Sears ruled out, if we do go with three seamers, Tim will definitely be a key part of the equation,” the New Zealand skipper added
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Always special to back in Bengaluru, says KL Rahul
India vs New Zealand LIVE: In a video posted by BCCI prior to the start of first test in Bengaluru, Rahul said, “It’s always special for me to come back here, always special to come back to your home ground and place where you have grown up, played all your cricket. The feeling for me as an 11-year-old boy who came here first time to play a game, that feeling for me hasn’t changed. I still remember that feeling so many years later as well. So yeah, it’s always special to come back home from the time you leave the dressing room and walk out to the middle. There are so many emotions that go through you, so many memories that come back in 2 minutes,”
“I mean from age group cricket to when we were playing Ranji Trophy cricket, that used to be where we used to have breakfast, you know, finish our breakfast, come to the ground and start our training, finish our training and go back there for lunch. We spent a lot of time in the canteen and the clubhouse behind and at the ground. I haven’t been there in the last year or so. I don’t know if that place has changed now,” the veteran cricketer added
