India vs New Zealand First Test Day 2: Even the top drainage system at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium was unable to generate any play on the first day of the first Test match between India and New Zealand, which was canceled without a single delivery due to the day’s continuous rain.
Unfortunately, the outlook for day two doesn’t appear to be improving either, with bad weather returning to Bangalore. Despite this, players and fans will hope that day two will see some cricket and that rain won’t cut short too many overs at the start of the series.
Due to Kane Williamson’s withdrawal from the opening Test match and Shubman Gill’s alleged setback, some important players are anticipated to miss this match. Williamson is anticipated to be replaced by Mark Chapman, while Gill may be swapped out for Sarfaraz Khan, which would push KL Rahul back up the order once more.
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With the goal of completing 98 overs in the day, all three of the sessions have been extended for day two. However, the prognosis calls for continued rain into Thursday as well, which could make it challenging to get in too much play. Hawkeye calibration issues were also reported at Chinnaswamy Stadium, where play was further postponed due to the continuous presence of covers.
The entire scheduled one-off Test match between New Zealand and Afghanistan, which was supposed to take place in Greater Noida, was rained out last month, demonstrating the ongoing problem with weather-related delays in subcontinental play.
This rainout has a significant impact on the World Test Championship scenarios on the Indian front. India knew going into this series that they would advance to the finals with a 3-0 thumping. But if this game ends in a draw after a few days of defeat, India would have their work cut out for them as they must perform well in Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Players like Rishabh Pant, who is returning from a lengthy injury layoff, and Akash Deep, who may need to be a frontline seamer down under depending on Mohammed Shami’s fitness, will want to see more playing time for India. Against Bangladesh, the wicketkeeper-batter made a successful return to Test cricket.
After overcoming England 4-1 in the home series, the nation’s 2-0 victory over Bangladesh maintained their impressive season. Before Gautam Gambhir taking over as head coach, the team’s morale had been significantly boosted by winning the T20 World Cup trophy. Gambhir and his team will be able to get additional experience in this series before to the highly anticipated Australian tour.
In the meanwhile, New Zealand has suffered two straight series defeats against Australia at home and two thumping defeats in Sri Lanka while on tour. The Kiwis will have a chance to recover, but a lot will depend on how well they bowl spin, and Ajaz Patel is their best spin bowler.
As they get ready to begin play in Bangalore, New Zealand will try to catch their hosts off guard. This might give India a scare in the abbreviated Test match.
