Did India make a mistake in building their squad? Or have New Zealand's bowlers performed unexpectedly well? India have two pace bowlers in their squad. Bhumrah and Siraj have two experienced pace bowlers in India's squad. And India have kept Yadav, Ashwin and Jadeja in the squad.
On the other hand we saw New Zealand use their three pace bowlers. Among them, Matt Henry and William O'Rourke picked up 9 wickets. These two pacers of New Zealand have done great bowling. On the other hand, New Zealand lost three wickets but India's two pacers could not pick up a single wicket.
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium is a new stadium. This is probably why India was not well aware of this pitch. The pace bowlers are capable of bowling brilliantly on this pitch. We got proof of this in New Zealand's performance. However, we did not see the two Indian pace bowlers bowling very well. Indian spin bowlers have taken all three wickets. So I don't think there was any big mistake in making India's squad. India management is very experienced, and they have prepared the best XI.
But we were not prepared to see such a performance from the Indian batsmen. It was this team that set a huge target of 298 runs against Bangladesh in a T20 match a few days ago. And scored only 46 runs in this match. India has no chance of winning. The Indian team will definitely lose this match. New Zealand has already taken a lead of 134 runs. My guess is New Zealand team to take a lead of at least 300+ runs.
New ground? Arey Bhai it's the home ground for RCB. I've mentioned before that Chinnaswamy is a graveyard for bowlers in White ball but in the red ball, they feast.
Even in Ranji, conditions were favoring seamers here so clearly Rohit made a big mistake choosing to bat first and he accepted this in a post-day interview that he was completely off with his decision.
It's just one of those days when everything goes wrong. The toss decision and a humiliating batting collapse with clown catching in the slips (Again Rohit and also KL Rahul) but still after all the fucks up, this team is good and hungry to perform and win matches. There is a high possibility of embarrassing defeat but this team knows how to fight back so my fingers are crossed and would be happy with the hard fought draw.
PS: I am actually happy that curators are creating result oriented pitches.