The Indian cricket workforce completed on a poor word on the opening day of the third Check match in opposition to New Zealand at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. As soon as solidly put at 78/1, India went on to lose three wickets in eight balls to finish at 86 for 4 by the top of play on Day 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal departed after stitching a strong partnership of 53 runs with Shubman Gill for the second wicket. What damage India was the truth that their nightwatchman Mohammed Siraj might final for just one ball. Siraj was dismissed through LBW and in addition burned certainly one of India’s evaluations within the course of. Former India captain and now commentator Ravi Shastri criticised the thought of sending him as a nightwatchman.

“In the event that they needed to ship somebody, then somebody like Ashwin ought to have been on the market. Not solely Ashwin is completely succesful, cannot name him a nightwatchman,” mentioned Shastri on air.

“That was reviewed and that was the consequence. How did I get that flawed, is what Mohammed Siraj is pondering. It may be a lonely place, the dressing room,” he added when Siraj went to the dressing room.

India’s batters misplaced the plot in a matter of 20 minutes, leaving the facet at a jittery 86/4 after Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar gave the hosts the early bragging rights by dismissing New Zealand for 235 on an eventful day one of many third and closing Check in Mumbai on Friday.

Jadeja (5/65) and Sundar (4/81) did their job to perfection however India’s batting continued to be a weak hyperlink because the facet misplaced three wickets within the area of eight balls, beginning with Yashasvi Jaiswal’s (30) inexplicable reverse slog sweep.

Along with his 14th five-for in Checks, Jadeja additionally moved forward of former tempo bowling teammates Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma to climb to the fifth spot within the listing of highest wicket-takers for India within the format.

(With PTI Inputs)