IND vs NZ: The performance of the batsmen of the Indian team that went on New Zealand tour has been very disappointing in this ODI series. The crushing defeat of 244 runs in the fourth ODI played in Mount Maunganui has exposed the statistics of Indian batting. While chasing the target of 334 runs, the entire Indian team was reduced to just 89 runs. The surprising thing is that in all the innings that India has played so far in this entire series, Virat Kohli (74 runs) is the only batsman who has been successful in scoring a half-century.
Only Virat Kohli scored half-century in 3 innings
In this five-match series, the third match was canceled due to rain, while the Indian team batted in the remaining three matches. Team India's batting figures in these three innings have been very worrying. Talking about the first ODI played in Auckland, in this rain-interrupted match, India won by 5 wickets while chasing the target of 143 runs. In this innings, only Virat Kohli played a brilliant half-century of 74 runs in 51 balls, whereas apart from him, no other batsman could make a big score.
After this, the condition of Indian batting remained the same in the second ODI held in Wellington. Team India faltered even while chasing the very small target of 135 runs. India had lost 7 wickets for 113 runs and in this match also no Indian batsman had scored a half-century.
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At the same time, in the fourth ODI played in Mount Maunganui, the Indian batting completely fell apart like a house of cards. Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer were out for zero in the very first over and the entire team collapsed for just 89 runs. In this innings, Ishan Kishan scored the maximum 27 runs, while 7 batsmen could not even touch double figures.
Team India looked dependent on only one batsman
The statistics of the entire series clearly show that Indian batsmen are struggling badly on the swinging and bouncy pitches of New Zealand. Apart from Virat Kohli's 74 runs in the first ODI, star batsmen like Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav and Ishan Kishan have failed to score even a single half-century in the entire series. Now in the fifth and decisive ODI to be held on November 15, the Indian batsmen will have a big challenge to save their reputation and improve these poor figures.
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