New Zealand also had a very good start in the second match of the Test series against Team India. In this match being played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Ground in Pune, New Zealand lost only 2 wickets in the first session even on the spin track. Indian captain Rohit Sharma used spinners from the very beginning, but after seeing the fielding done by them, the veteran Indian player criticized him in front. In fact, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar called Rohit the defensive captain in the live match.

Sunil Gavaskar angry at Rohit Sharma

Team India could not take many wickets in the first session of the match. In such a situation, Sunil Gavaskar, during the commentary on the first day, criticized Rohit Sharma's field placement and said that the captain's strategy at the beginning of the match was very defensive. Sunil Gavaskar termed the decision to place fielders at long on and long off at the beginning of the match as defensive. Actually, Rohit Sharma was going to avoid giving boundaries so that he could get wickets. But Sunil Gavaskar did not like his decision.

Rohit's field placement shows that he was trying to prevent boundaries and control the run flow at the beginning of the match. But when fielders were placed at long on and long off before the lofted shot was played, Sunil Gavaskar said about Rohit Sharma that he is a defensive captain and a negative captain. Along with this he said that how you try to stop the boundaries in the beginning. Now his statement is becoming quite viral on social media.

The game was like this in the first two sessions

New Zealand team is batting first after winning the toss in this match. During this, New Zealand scored 92 runs in the first session and lost only 2 wickets. R Ashwin got both these successes. After this, the Indian team managed to take 3 wickets in the second session. That means, after two sessions, New Zealand scored 201 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. R Ashwin has taken three wickets so far. Whereas, Washington Sundar has got 2 successes.