“India’s bowling is weak but” A popular journalist highlights the reason behind India’s loss in the first ODI against New Zealand

A popular journalist highlighted the reason behind India’s loss in the first ODI against New Zealand in Auckland. He while admitting the fact that India’s bowling is weak said that they also didn’t get the cushion of extra 20-30 runs and slow batting had a big role to play in their recent defeat.

India suffers a 7-wicket thrashing at the hands of New Zealand in the first ODI

India was at the receiving end of a 7-wicket thrashing at the hands of New Zealand in Auckland. The visitors displayed a poor performance with both bat as well as ball and they failed to raise on the occasion, which led to the downfall.

Asked to bat first, India had an exceptional start as Shikhar Dhawan (72) and Shubman Gill (50) played well for their 124 runs-opening partnership. Shreyas Iyer played his part too and played the anchor’s role, scoring 80 runs.

India lost wickets in quick succession in the middle but Iyer held one hand and along with vital contributions from Sanju Samson (36) and Washington Sundar (37*) helped his side post a total of 306 runs on the board.

After that, they started pretty well with the ball as well as they removed three wickets for just 88 runs with Umran Malik breathing fire. But after that Indian bowlers had no answers to the onslaught by Tom Latham (145*) and Kane Williamson (94*), who stitched an unbeaten 221 runs partnership and guided their side home with 7 wickets in hand and take a 1-0 lead in the series.

A popular journalist highlights the reason behind India’s loss in the first ODI against New Zealand

It’s fair to that say that after early wickets, India’s bowlers failed to maintain momentum and stop runs. Except for Washington Sundar, every bowler conceded over 60 runs in their spell and let the game drift away.

A popular journalist feels that although bowling was weak they also didn’t get the cushion of extra 20-30 runs and slow batting had a big role to play in their recent defeat.

He said: “India’s bowling is weak but they also don’t get the cushion of extra 20-30 runs which their batting is capable of providing. Slow batting had a big role to play in their recent defeats. 50 off 65 with just 4 boundaries is poor batting at Eden Park, a venue with tiny boundaries.”

India’s bowling is weak but they also don’t get the cushion of extra 20-30 runs which their batting is capable of providing. Slow batting had a big role to play in their recent defeats. 50 off 65 with just 4 boundaries is poor batting at Eden Park, a venue with tiny boundaries.

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) November 25, 2022

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