Coach Rahul Dravid answered smiling at the decision taken in the Mumbai Test, Dravid revealed the secret of not feeding follow-on
Team India gave a crushing defeat of 372 runs to World Champion New Zealand in the Mumbai Test match. Earlier, a lot of questions were being raised about the delay in declaring the second innings and not giving follow-on to England from Team India. After the team’s victory, Rahul Dravid revealed the secret of not feeding New Zealand follow-on.
Opportunity for players to pass time on the field
The team’s head coach Dravid said that there was a lot of time left in the match. All the players on the team are young. Dravid said, we wanted him to get a chance to spend time on the field. There was turn and bounce in Mumbai. There was red clay. He said that we knew that there would be a turning wicket on the fourth day. We had time. We gave players a chance to practice. We still had a lot of time left.
Did speaking. Dravid said that Shreyas, Mayank, Siraj, Axar Patel all played well. Patel did even better with the ball than with the bat. The kind of depth the team has now, gives satisfaction.
Last day was in the name of Jayant Yadav
Team India bundled out New Zealand for 167 runs in the second innings on the last day of the match. Team India’s spinners played an important role in settling New Zealand cheap. On the second day, out of the 5 wickets needed for victory, Jayant Yadav took 4 wickets alone. Ravichandran Ashwin and Jayant Yadav took four wickets each for India. In the second innings of New Zealand, Darrell Mitchell (60 runs) and wicketkeeper Tom Blundle (44) could only last a little.
Foundation of victory by Mayank’s innings
Earlier, Team India had scored 325 runs with the help of opener Mayank Agarwal’s 150 and Axar Patel’s half-century. Team India got a big lead from Mayank’s innings and the foundation of victory was laid. For New Zealand, spinner Ejaz Patel made a record by taking all 10 wickets. In the first innings, New Zealand’s team was reduced to just 62 runs. Fast bowler Siraj Khan dismissed three players including both the openers. At the same time, Ashwin also took four wickets in the first innings.