New Zealand vs http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 - Kiwis opt to bat first in the 2nd Test – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LRPL-Taylor-c1849, the New Zealand captain, has won the toss in the second Test of the two-match series against India at Bangalore and has opted to bat first on a flat batting track. The home team is currently leading the competition by one game to nil.
The visitors have made one change, with fast bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792 match, and looked off colour.
India on the other, are playing with an unchanged team as they look to complete a whitewash and boost their morale ahead of the T20 series against the same opposition and the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in September.
The Kiwis struggled to cope with the Indian spinners at Hyderabad, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PP-Ojha-c2198, who also grabbed six scalps to break the back of New Zealand’s batting.
The visitors batted defensively in the first Test, which did not work out well for them as they allowed the spin-twins to dominate; however, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 expressed yesterday that his batsmen will look to play positively at Bangalore, which should be a better track as compared to Hyderabad.
The right-hander is considered to be one of the best Kiwi batsmen in the present era, but he has struggled to perform consistently this year. Taylor understands it is imperative for a captain to lead from the front and hopes that he will turn the tables at Bangalore.
"(We have to) attack Ashwin and [Pragyan] Ojha and hopefully put pressure back on them. And when we attack them, there hopefully won't be many men around the bat," said Taylor. "Everyone is entitled to their opinions. I myself am very hard on myself. No matter what others say, I was very disappointed in the way I played."
On the other side of the coin, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 through his spinners once again.
The Indian captain expressed, "You know the subcontinental speciality should be spin and I think we should http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 to it. In the last match the spinners got lots of wickets but still I thought it was a hard-working wicket for them."
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