Team India is helpless in front of the person with whom they once used to play, don't even ask about the plight of Kohli-Rohit!

IND vs NZ: The strength that Team India was once proud of has now become the biggest weakness of the Indian team. The Indian batsmen themselves got entangled in the maze that Team India had created for New Zealand in Pune. There was a time when the spin of the Indian batsmen was ineffective against the bowlers. Indian batsmen used to play with the spinning balls of the spinners. However, the same Indian batsmen are succumbing to the spinners these days. Forget about hitting big shots, here people are struggling to save wickets. Veteran batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli are dancing to the tune of spinners.

strength has become weakness

The world's greatest batsmen were once afraid of playing spinners. In Asia, we used to be exposed to the spinning balls of foreign batsmen. In that era, Indian batsmen were considered masters in playing spin. Spin wizards like Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne looked helpless in front of the Indian batsmen. But now it seems as if times have changed. Indian batsmen are losing their wickets more against spin bowlers than against fast bowlers. In Test cricket since 2020, the batting average of Team India's batsmen against spin bowlers has been worse than that of Bangladesh. Bangladesh's batsmen have averaged 40 while playing spin bowlers. At the same time, the average of Indian batsmen against spinners has been 36.9. The batting average of Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh is many times better than India.

Kohli-Rohit's condition is bad

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are also in bad shape against spin bowlers. While playing in Asia since 2021, Kohli has lost his wicket against spin bowlers 22 times. During this period, Virat's batting average against spinners has been only 27.10. Team India's star batsman has been the victim of left-arm spinners 22 times. Even in the Test series being played against New Zealand, Kohli has been out against spin bowlers in three out of four innings. In the Pune Test, Mitchell Santner showed Kohli the way to the pavilion in both the innings.

Captain Saheb i.e. Rohit Sharma is also struggling badly in Test cricket against the spinners. In the last 30 innings, Rohit has been out against spin bowlers 18 times. Against Bangladesh, Mehndi Hasan Miraz showed the Hitman the way to the pavilion twice. At the same time, in the second innings of Pune Test, Rohit was dismissed by Santner.

Team India stuck in its own dilemma

After the defeat in the first Test match, captain Rohit Sharma and the Indian team management had prepared a spin-friendly pitch for the second Test. However, his own bet backfired on Rohit's army. New Zealand batsmen did not get trapped in this maze, but the condition of Indian batsmen became miserable. Mitchell Santner dismissed seven Indian batsmen in the first innings of the Pune Test, while in the second innings the Kiwi bowler showed the way to the pavilion to six Indian batsmen. The Indian team had entered with three spinners, but New Zealand's single spinner overshadowed the entire team.

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