Rohit Sharma vs Tim Southee (Photo: X)
Indian National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team 2nd Test 2024 Day 2 Scorecard: The second match of the two-match Test series between the Indian national cricket team and the New Zealand national cricket team is being played from today i.e. 24th October. This match between the two teams is being played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. In the first match, New Zealand team defeated Team India by eight wickets. With this, New Zealand has also taken a 1-0 lead in the series. Now Team India would like to make a comeback in the series by winning the second test. In this series, the command of Team India is on the shoulders of Rohit Sharma. Whereas, New Zealand is being led by Tom Latham.
By the end of the first day's play, Team India had scored 16 runs in the first innings after losing one wicket in 11 overs. Team India, who came to bat in the first innings, was all out for 156 runs in 45.3 overs. In which Ravindra Jadeja (38) scored the maximum runs for Team India. Similarly, Shubhman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal have scored 30-30 runs. Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar have added 18-18 runs. India vs New Zealand 2nd Test: Is Virat Kohli's form a headache for Team India? Such have been the statistics of the 'run machine' against spinners in the last 3 years.
Mitchell Santner broke the back of Team India by taking 7 wickets for New Zealand. Apart from them, Glenn Phillip has taken 2 wickets and Tim Saudi has taken 1 wicket. With this New Zealand has gained a lead of 103 runs. In the first innings of the second test match, Team India captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion without opening his account.
In this match being played in Pune, Rohit Sharma was out without opening his account in 9 balls. Tim Southee sent Rohit Sharma to the pavilion. Rohit Sharma has been struggling against Tim Southee in international cricket for years. In such a situation, let us look at the figures between the two.
Tim Southee became a headache for Rohit Sharma
Team India's captain and opening batsman Rohit Sharma was dismissed by Tim Southee in the same way as he has been doing for a long time. The ball passed Rohit Sharma's bat and hit his off stump. Rohit Sharma did not understand Tim Southee's ball. Rohit Sharma's feet did not move on either the incoming ball or the outgoing ball of Tim Southee. This is why Rohit Sharma is in trouble. Even in the first test, Tim Southee had dismissed Rohit Sharma.
The record of both the players in test cricket has been like this
New Zealand's legendary fast bowler Tim Southee has not troubled Rohit Sharma only in this series. Tim Southee has dismissed Rohit Sharma 14 times in international cricket. South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has also dismissed Rohit Sharma 14 times. In Test cricket, Rohit Sharma has been dismissed 4 times in 8 innings by Tim Southee. Rohit Sharma has faced 126 balls from Tim Southee. During this period, Rohit Sharma has scored only 51 runs at an average of 12.75.
Tim Southee has dismissed Rohit Sharma 6 times in One Day International cricket.
Let us tell you that in ODI cricket, Tim Southee has dismissed Rohit Sharma 6 times in 15 innings. Rohit Sharma's average in ODI against Tim Southee has been only 19.16. Sri Lanka's legendary batsman Angelo Mathews (7) is the only bowler who has dismissed Rohit Sharma the most number of times in One Day International cricket. Tim Southee also holds the record for dismissing Rohit Sharma most number of times (5) on Indian soil in One Day International cricket.
Rohit Sharma has been out 4 times in T20 International cricket
In T20 International cricket, Tim Southee has dismissed Rohit Sharma 4 times in 13 innings. During this period, Rohit Sharma has scored 76 runs at a strike rate of just 111.76. Rohit Sharma hit 10 fours and 2 sixes against New Zealand's star bowler Tim Southee. In T20 International cricket, Sri Lanka's legendary bowler Dushmantha Chameera has dismissed Rohit Sharma maximum 6 times.
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