‘We have failed…’: Disappointed by coach Rohit Sharma’s candid message after ‘collective failure’ between India and NZ

Rohit Sharma There was disappointment after India lost the second Test of the trifecta against New Zealand. It was the first time in 12 years that India lost a Test series at home, with Mitchell Santner, who was deprived of the team’s pole position in the World Test Championship with a 113-run defeat in the second match, playing a quality spin bowler. Once again, India’s weaknesses were exposed. New Zealand celebrated their first series win in nearly 70 years on Indian soil as the hosts suffered their first loss after winning 18 consecutive Test series.

Rohit said India could not meet the challenge against New Zealand.

“It’s disappointing. It wasn’t what we expected. You have to give credit to New Zealand. They played better than us. We couldn’t capitalize on certain moments. Those We didn’t meet the challenge. And we’re sitting here today. I didn’t think we hit enough to get a run on the board. Yes, you have to pick 20 wickets to win, but the batsmen have to put runs on the board,” Rohit Sharma said after the match.

“It was a great fightback to keep them to 250-odd points, but we knew it was going to be difficult. When they started they were 200/3 and we came back and held them to 259. It was a great effort to bowl out.”It wasn’t a pitch where a lot happened. However, our batting wasn’t good enough. Had we been a little closer in the first innings, things would have been a little different. I want to show a good performance at the Wankhede and aim for victory. It’s a collective failure. I’m not the kind of person who only blames the batsmen and bowlers. We will come up with better intentions, better ideas and better ways at Wankhede. ”

The Kiwis have been traveling to this part of the world since 1955, but the Black Caps have been unable to break through the Indian strongholds for years.

Indian batsmen, once considered the best in spin bowling, danced to Santner’s tunes and dominated the home batting line-up with 13 wickets in the match, including seven in the first innings. .

Chasing 359, the Indian batting line-up recorded another disappointing number. bowled out for 245 Yashasvi Jaiswal77 years and Ravindra Jadeja (42) The only people who resist Kiwi.

India’s batting streak began with a historic low 46 all out in the first match of the Bangalore Test, where they lost by eight wickets, their first home series since 2012-13 when they were defeated by England. It culminated in defeat.

The Kiwis broke India’s record of 18 consecutive Test series wins at home. It was also India’s only fourth loss in a Test series in their own backyard since the turn of the century.

With PTI input