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And NZ roll India 3-0 on Indian soil, the first side to do so.
And did it with Mitch Santner only playing in the one Test (2nd)................... 

Looking at how fragile india's batting line up is right now i hope they prepare green tops in all states - lets make this a bowlers series

Great effort by NZ to win 3 zip......amazing to think the wizardry of a Warnie couldn't deliver a whitewash of India, yet Santner and Patel can. Warnie took 30 odd wickets @ 40 odd in 9 tests.....Patel gets nearly 30 wickets in two tests....Santner 13 wickets alone in  one test.....

Freez, I rate NZ's 3-0 series win in India as the best achievement by any team in Test cricket this century (and, no, I'm not a Kiwi).
I believe you live in the Land of the Long White Cloud - what's the reaction to the Black Caps' stunning performance been like over there?

Few things on India
they are in a transition - they have several players getting toward the end and have newer players coming in some who haven't played much or at all in Australia
plus I believe they are rutted into T20 mode about 70% of the time no matter what the format is
said all along this 20 over shit would ruin cricket eventually and most teams now struggle with long format cricket
 

Arch, as you would expect, the India whitewash is still major headline news over here, as it should b, as is the Women'sT20 cup win. Both totally unexpected but gratefully received by the Kiwi fans.


Problem with both NZ cricket teams, is that they lose more, than they win. Unlike both Rugby Union sides, who always seem to find a way to win.

Be interesting to see if NZ can back up the India win, with a series win v Eng. I don't think they can, because the likes of Santner and Patel, are cannon fodder outside the sub continent....but hey every dog has it's day I guess.



 

Freez, it was very interesting that the Kiwis dropped (or perhaps he was injured) Mitch Santner after taking 13 wickets at Pune and brought in Ish Sodhi for the Mumbai Test.
Given Santner and Ajaz Patel are both left-arm orthodox bowlers and Sodhi is a leggie, the NZ selectors may have wanted a bit of variety for Wankhede Stadium.
Patel was never going to be dropped after taking 14 wickets at the same venue (including all 10 in the first innings) 3 years earlier.
He only took 11 wickets there this time, but the Kiwis won a thriller.

players like Matthew Short will also now be in the chute
 

2 games currently underway
and we have serious utterly present batting issues already
staring down the barrel of at least one defeat
things look bleak 

Yep it's all doom n gloom with Aust getting thrashed in a meaningless ODI match. As for the 2nd game in progress, I think it is merely highlighting  India's batting woes look just as dire as Australia's, going off India's latest  Test and A team batting performances.

The test team can't chase down 140 odd, lose 3/0 and the A team lose by 7 wickets and 5 down with a 10 odd lead in game 2 v Aust second side, with Harris scoring 70 odd. Imagine the melt downs if the shoe was on the other foot?

If the likes of honest red ball sorts in Santner and Doggett can take 5 + fors against India's batting line ups, it's going to be a riveting 5 test match series then between two spud batting line ups it seems.