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1st Test: O’Rourke Picks Three As NZ Gain Upper Hand By Reducing India To 34/6
Captain Rohit Sharma: Playing in his first Test match in India, pacer William O’Rourke picked three wickets as a bang-on New Zealand fast-bowling line-up reduced India to 34/6 in 23.5 overs at lunch on day two’s play in first Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday.
Captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first under overcast skies after day one was lost to rain in Bengaluru. India made two changes from the side who beat Bangladesh at Kanpur earlier this month – Sarfaraz Khan replaced Shubman Gill, who had neck stiffness, while left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav came in place of pacer Akash Deep.
In favourable conditions, New Zealand’s three seamers were at their best to trouble the Indian batters with swing and seam. After rain interruption of 35 minutes, the visitors’ bowlers used back of the length balls well to maintain pressure and leave India in trouble.
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