Quote from: noormcs5 on Today at 04:59:31 AM

Quote from: Nothingtodo on Today at 02:01:07 AM

Three wickets in just three balls was enough in the end and that's what the New Zealand players did. But if the last wicket Washington was not aggressive and could throw a few overs with strikes, then there might have been some chance of victory. But there too, Washington failed. Basically, it was written in India's fate that India would be whitewashed, that's why India could not beat the target of 147 runs.

I understand your point of view that only if India could have scored 25 more runs, they would not had to face the defeat. But then we can't blame Washington Sundar or Ravichandran Ashwin for not completing the game. These runs should have been scored by the Indian top order and if they failed, we cannot just put all the responsibility on bowlers to do the batting as well.

Also i think that even if the Indian team would have won this match but by losing 8 or 9 wickets, i would not call it a healthy win. Another think that India will be playing a test series against Australia from 22 of this month. Not much time is left in this series and they need to improve this batting.

Agree, one should not expect anything like that from Washington Sundar and Ravichandran Ashwin. As each has specific responsibility, these two bowlers sometimes also take care of the top-order batsmen. What the team got from them is no less. India has lost matches due to the failure of the top order batsmen. I will not blame anyone but some of the batsmen must prepare well for the next Test match.

If this current Test squad plays against Australia, it may be difficult for them to do well. Because Australia will be stronger than New Zealand. However, there is no chance to say that India will also lose to Australia as the performance will not be equal in the opposition of all teams. I hope India will be able to win next matches against any team.