New Zealand are doing what other teams so far have failed to do against the Indian team, tackling Indian spinners beautifully in the middle order and not allowing them to set in and take wickets.
Indians are surely missing 6th bowling option today but that's a test you have to pass when Pandaya is not around. Rachin is turning out to be a fantastic find for the Kiwis.
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Shit even fielders are having an off day.
Indian fielding today has been the worst. Spinners are struggling to get wickets, whereas they were unstoppable with other teams. The Newzealand team has now a run rate of above 5 they still have 9 overs left. They have lost 4 wickets but Mitchell is still batting on 102. They need 70 more ru s to get to 300 which would be a good target to defend.
Though Mohammad Shami did his job perfectly, but Indian spinners and fielders had a tough day. Dropped catches helped Mitchell and Ravindra build a solid innings. Otherwise, New Zealand's score would have been much lower. Daryl Mitchell delivered a brilliant century, and there was a 159-run partnership between Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell that helped New Zealand post a total of 273 runs.
The way Mohammad Sami did his job was truly remarkable, he took 5 wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs. New Zealand team also batted well today as Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell both had outstanding batting performances. The combined average of the two of them is 205 which helped the New Zealand team in the lead and put up a big score. If these two batsmen had not batted well, New Zealand's runs would have been much less, but due to the good form of the two, New Zealand has collected 273 runs. Moreover, the New Zealand team can put India under good pressure in today's match. At the moment, India has lost 5 wickets for 191 runs. But I think India will win today's match, now only India need to collect 82 runs from 95 balls, surely they can do it easily.