The onus will be on New Zealand when they will take on India in the second Test match starting from today at Bangalore.
New Zealand has always played well as a unit in India and will be looking to put a strong performance in the second Test after their debacle in Hyderabad, says a report in The Times of India.
It has been raining continuously in Bangalore and that might provide some respite for the Kiwi batsmen against the Indian spinners as the pitch will not be dry because of the lack of sun.
Meanwhile, Kiwi captain Ross Taylor is hoping that his team will get back their fighting spirit, says a report in Deccan Chronicle.
“It’s never easy when you lose a Test by over an innings. We need to forget about it as quickly as possible… In a Test, we go session by session. It only takes only one bad session to ruin a Test”, said Taylor.
“So we don’t want to look too far ahead. We’re still in the series. We haven’t won many Tests in India and we need to be courageous. We’ve nothing to lose”, he added.
Taylor also said that they have to find a way to tackle the two Indian spinners, “We need to find ways of playing (Ravichandran) Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha. We have to be brave and attack them to put pressure back on them. And when we attack them, hopefully, there won’t be many men around the bat.”