IND vs NZ: Team India's 'pathetic' batting on Day 3 gets fans angry as they lose 5 wickets within 8 overs

What is going on with Team India's batting? They dismissed New Zealand for 174 runs in the third and final Test at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, but they are struggling to score against the Kiwi bowlers. Within 8 overs, the Men in Blue scored 28 runs and lost their top order, with 5 wickets falling quickly.

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Skipper Rohit Sharma went for 11 off 11 balls, Shubman Gill scored 1 off 4, Virat Kohli managed just 1 off 7, Yashasvi Jaiswal contributed 5 off 16, and Sarfaraz Khan fell for 1 off 2. Kohli's 5 runs is his lowest aggregate in a Test where he batted twice. He faced 13 balls is the joint lowest for him in a Test where he batted in both innings.

Fans took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to express their frustration over India's batting, calling it "pathetic" and even wanting Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara to be brought back into the team.

A quick 10 to 15 runs each batsman game for us

Such pathetic batting from India #INDvNZ #ViratKohli #RohithSharma

— Sachin18 (@rajum_1994) November 3, 2024

Pathetic batting display by Team India 🇮🇳

Rohit and Kohli should start thinking about retirement.

Sarfaraz awful batting display out on a full toss zero game awareness!!

I so miss Pujara !

Only hope is on Rishabh Pant to get this improbable win!!

#INDvNZ

— Ram kapoor🇮🇳 (@Ram1947_) November 3, 2024

Anil Kumble said - "Main kya bolun, I don't have any words now on this". (On India's batting when lost 29/5). pic.twitter.com/sAEBh6cgFV

— cricket news 📰🧢 (@ff_oppp) November 3, 2024

Isn't the time for India to call back Cheteshwar Pujara or Hanuma Vihari - Test specialist with such batting collapses by Indian batting line up? #askinsiders #JioCinemaSports #JioCinema

— Rupesh sikchi (@Rupesh_sikchi) November 2, 2024

India 29 - 5 😭
Again Collapse Pathetic Batting 🥶#INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/FLCsYkyFTE

— Ajay Kudecha (@ajay_kudecha) November 3, 2024

Is India playing in their favourable conditions and Home ground ? They are behaving like a visiting team in entire series. A Big transition is round the corner if things will go the same way. Whom can you trust in batting order ideally no one. @vikrantgupta73 #INDvNZ

— hathimanan (@montexrulz) November 3, 2024

India's batting order starts to collapse again #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/m9qL9oXmDH

— Atul (@atulunderscore) November 3, 2024

Earlier in the morning, India wrapped up New Zealand's innings quickly, taking just 14 balls to claim the final wicket. So far, after 8 overs, India has scored 31 runs and lost 5 wickets, needing 116 runs to win. Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja are at the crease, and fans are hoping these two can stabilize the innings.

Ravindra Jadeja wraps things up immediately on Day 3 👌👌#TeamIndia need 147 runs to win the Third Test 🙌

Live - https://t.co/KNIvTEyxU7#INDvNZ | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/AOXrDaTmFP

— BCCI (@BCCI) November 3, 2024

Teams:

New Zealand (Playing XI): Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

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