Gifted the chance to bowl first in conditions they are accustomed to back home, New Zealand’s pace bowlers destroyed India’s celebrated batting line-up on Thursday morning. Tim Southee started the carnage, but it was Matt Henry and William O’Rourke who did the bulk of the damage to send India crashing to their lowest Test total on home soil.

Candid Rohit

Rohit Sharma was man enough to admit that he had read the pitch wrong and owned up responsibility for the state his team find itself in after Day Two of the first Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The skipper himself was the first man dismissed after opting to bat as the clouds gathered after the toss and the pitch was spiced up and juicy, having spent much of the last three days under the covers.