Podcast: New Zealand's colour changed as soon as the colour of the ball changed, too many changes in the team are costing India

The second day of the first Test match going on in Kanpur was completely in the name of New Zealand. Thanks to the brilliant bowling of Tim Southee (69/5), the Kiwis bundled out India's first innings for 345 runs. Despite the century scored in the debut match of Shreyas Iyer (105 runs), Team India could not touch the 400-run mark. After this, New Zealand's openers have made 129 runs without losing any wicket till the stumps, showing their presence on the spin track, unlike expected.

Cricket expert and veteran commentator Sushil Doshi said in his podcast that as soon as the colour of the ball changes, New Zealand's team has come into colour. The Kiwis had to face a 0-3 defeat in the T20 series, but, in this Test match, they are presenting a tough challenge.

Doshi said that New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has proved that experience is no match. He bowls only at a speed of 125-130 kmph, but the way he uses intelligence to bring variations in the balls, the Indian batsmen were dodged.

Doshi said that resting many players for this match is creating problems for India. Virat, Rohit, Pant, Bumrah and Shami have been rested. At the same time, KL Rahul is not playing due to injury. In his absence, the batting of the Indian team has struggled. The veteran commentator said the pitch did not help the spinners much in the first two days of play in Kanpur. In situations where there is no turn from the pitch, only Ashwin seems capable of taking wickets. Akshar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja have not developed this kind of ability yet.