Ruckus over KL Rahul's batting order, did Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir make a big mistake?

IND vs NZ 1st Test: The first match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand has started in Bengaluru. After the first day on Wednesday was washed out due to rain, the toss took place on Thursday morning and Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. The pitch was under covers the whole day yesterday and rain has been continuing in Bengaluru for the last few days. In this context, when the match started on Thursday morning, there were overcast conditions. Captain Rohit Sharma would also have this in his mind but he took the opposite decision and came out to bat first. As a result, the condition of the team became so bad that till lunch only 34 runs were scored and India lost 6 wickets. Meanwhile, there was uproar over KL Rahul's batting order.

Rohit-Gambhir made a mistake!

All the strong players of the Indian team looked defeated in front of the Kiwi bowling attack. Four players could not open their accounts. Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja were out for ducks. Shubman Gill was not playing in this match. Gill was not fully fit and was not available for selection. In such a situation, who would play at number three was a big question. But captain Rohit and coach Gambhir sent Virat Kohli at number three but he could not even open the account. After this, all the fans including veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle raised questions on this decision. He believed that KL Rahul had been an opener, so he had more experience with the new ball, yet he came to play at number six. The icing on the cake was when Rahul too could not open his account.

Harsha Bhogle raised the question

Let us tell you that Harsha Bhogle raised questions in this matter and wrote a post on his Twitter. He wrote, 'Among all the batsmen present in the team, KL Rahul is the one who has a lot of experience of playing with the new ball. He did this 77 times. Still he came at number 6? Commenting on this post of Harsha, a user also accused the team management of protecting KL Rahul. Many people raised questions on the decision to play first after winning the toss.

These decisions of Rohit can prove costly!

The condition of the Indian team in the Bengaluru Test is bad. Till lunch on the second day, the team lost 6 wickets for 34 runs. The biggest reason for this was the flop show of the batsmen but Rohit Sharma's decision to bat first was also the most surprising. Not only this, then sending Sarfaraz in the batting order when there were 2 wickets for 10 runs. Then Virat comes at number 3. Sending Rahul, who had already opened, at number 6 in this condition was a decision which could cost Team India heavily in this match. Now it remains to be seen whether India is able to recover from here or the Kiwi team remains dominant and easily wins this match.