India suffered a crushing batting collapse in Bengaluru on Thursday. The team was bowled out for a wretched 46 runs in 31.2 overs.
Indian cricket witnessed one of its darkest days as the team led by Rohit Sharma was bowled out for a miserable 46, the lowest total at home. It’s India’s third-lowest innings total in Test history.
At one point, India was reduced to 34/7. With three wickets to go, every chance that India would not breach their lowest-ever total of 36 – that the side had scored in Adelaide in 2020-21. India, however, went past the 40-run mark.
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Opener Devon Conway smashed a stroke-filled 61 to help New Zealand reach 82/1 in 20 overs at tea on day two of the first Test against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday.
New Zealand also has a 36-run lead after bowling out India for just 46 earlier in the second session.
After their bowlers and fielders joined forces to blow away India, Conway was the primary aggressor in a 67-run opening stand with captain Tom Latham.
With bright sunshine slowly making way, Conway was superb in clipping and driving Mohammed Siraj for boundaries, followed by sweetly timing his fours off Jasprit Bumrah.
What stands out from Conway’s breezy knock has been his takedown of premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
His repertoire of sweeps, reverse sweeps, and even sixes hammered down the ground as Conway’s attacking blitzkrieg ensured he got his tenth Test fifty in 54 balls, and Ashwin went for 31 runs in his six overs.
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Though Kuldeep Yadav provided India with the early breakthrough by getting Latham LBW with a googly, Conway took two more boundaries via drive, and Will Young also took a four, which saw New Zealand go into tea with hopes of taking a mammoth lead against India.
