The first Test match played between India and New Zealand on 20 October 2024 in which Team India had a very bad performance. New Zealand completely outclassed India on Day 1 to achieve a comprehensive victory, with India batting’s worst dramatic collapse ever seen, scoring only 55 runs, which marked the lowest home Test score of India.
Current batting woes of the Indian cricket team
The batting of India was under tremendous pressure from the very onset as it saw its key batsmen, such as Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, get bowled cheaply. Spearheaded by New Zealand’s opening bowling duo in Trent Boult and Matt Henry, who had cleverly judged the pitch conditions in Bengaluru to provide much swing and seam movement, Boult was rampant in taking out the famed Indian top-order with clinical precision.