Christchurch: Within two days, Australia made the Indian team in a bad condition in the Ahmedabad Test. In this last match of the Test series, Australia made a big score of 480 runs within two days. India somehow all out Australia and breathed a sigh of relief. Despite this relief, Team India is getting tension from several thousand kilometers away. This tension is due to those 5 wickets, which can prove to be a disaster for India. These are the 5 wickets of New Zealand, who are in trouble in the first Test against Sri Lanka. Two consecutive days did not go well for Team India, determined to make its place in the final of the World Test Championship. One, Australia did tremendous batting in the Ahmedabad Test. At the same time, Sri Lanka did wonders with the ball after the bat against New Zealand. India is competing with Sri Lanka for the WTC final, where a defeat by India and a 2-0 win by Sri Lanka can put Team India out of the race for the final. Read this also: IND vs AUS: Kumble-Jadeja left behind, 6 wickets made Ashwin Sartaj New Zealand’s bad condition at home After Ahmedabad, there is no good news for India even from Christchurch. On the second day of the Test match, host New Zealand scored 162 runs against Sri Lanka while its five wickets fell. Sri Lanka had scored 355 runs in the first innings and the Kiwi team is still 193 runs behind. At the end of the day’s play, Daryl Mitchell was playing for 40 while Michael Bracewell was scoring nine runs. Asita-Lahiru stunned After the good performance of the batsmen, the Sri Lankan bowlers also lived up to the expectation and kept their team’s upper hand. The bowlers of the visiting team moved the ball more than the bowlers of New Zealand, due to which the batsmen of the host team had a lot of trouble. Tom Latham (67) and Devon Conway (30) gave New Zealand a good start by adding 67 runs for the first wicket. Asita Fernando (2 for 42) broke this partnership by LBW to Conway. read this also: Indian fan became hero after Shubman Gill’s six, amazing scene seen in Ahmedabad, watch video Former captain Kane Williamson, who scored a century in the last Test against England, Lahiru Kumara (two wickets for 34 runs) after scoring just one run Dimuth was caught by Karunaratne on the ball of . Kumara then got Henry Nicholls (02) caught by Kasun Rajita to reduce New Zealand’s score to 76 for three. Latham and Mitchell then decorated the innings. Latham completed the 27th half-century of his career in 122 balls. He added 58 runs for the fourth wicket with Mitchell. Asita broke this partnership by bowling Latham on Yorker. Latham hit seven fours in his 144-ball innings. Rajita gave the fifth blow to New Zealand by dismissing wicketkeeper Tom Blundell (07). read this also: Dhoni will retire after IPL 2023, claims the player who made CSK champion
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