March 02, 2020 05:02 PM IST A solid 120 points took New Zealand's tally to 180 even as India stayed on top with 360 points courtesy their series wins against the lowly West Indies, depleted South Africa and a below-par Bangladesh.
March 02, 2020 04:54 PM IST Following India's seven wicket loss, one of the local journalists sought Kohli's reaction on allegedly swearing at Williamson and that did not go down well with the away team captain.
March 02, 2020 04:50 PM IST Asked to point out what exactly went wrong, Kohli felt the outlook towards a series in adverse conditions was "not ideal".
March 02, 2020 04:50 PM IST India lost the second Test by seven wickets inside three days in Christchurch after going down by 10 wickets in the opener in Wellington.
March 02, 2020 04:28 PM IST A forthright Kohli admitted that his batsmen let the team down after the bowlers brought them back into the game on the second day.
March 02, 2020 03:55 PM IST Williamson had no qualms in admitting that tracks were tilted in favour of bowlers.
March 02, 2020 03:54 PM IST "You need to figure out when is the right time to give someone else a chance. If you push people too early, they can lose confidence," said Kohli.
March 01, 2020 05:58 PM IST India is now effectively 97 runs ahead with only four wickets in hand and it will take a herculean effort to avert another series whitewash after the ODIs.
February 29, 2020 02:44 PM IST The pitch will be best for batting on days 2 and 3 which means that for Virat Kohli and his men, the catch-up game starts from the second day itself as ignominy of a 0-2 series loss looms large.
February 28, 2020 07:30 PM IST The ignominy of a three-day defeat in a World Test Championship encounter has certainly jolted a batting line-up that prides itself in performing in tough conditions.
February 28, 2020 07:18 PM IST India is still on top of World Test Championship points table and Shastri feels that there shouldn't be undue panic after just one defeat.
February 26, 2020 07:18 PM IST Amost a year later, the words "Kia Kaha", painted on colourful pebbles spread across the garden path of the mosque, easily grab attention.
February 24, 2020 02:26 PM IST Hosts New Zealand thrashed India by 10 wickets at the Basin Reverse on February 24 to go 1-0 ahead in the two-match series.
February 24, 2020 02:20 PM IST New Zealand came into the series after their nightmare in Australia and put up a splendid performance to outclass India in just over three days.
February 24, 2020 12:18 PM IST New Zealand now have 120 points in the World Test championship and India stayed on top with 360 points.
February 22, 2020 02:39 PM IST Catch all the top moments from day 2 of the first test between India and New Zealand played at Basin Reserve, Wellington.
February 22, 2020 01:16 PM IST Ishant, coming straight back from an ankle injury, took 3/31 in 15 overs despite Williamson's effortless 89 in New Zealand's day-end score of 216/5.
February 21, 2020 04:06 PM IST Jamieson senior savoured every moment of his son's memorable Test debut against India in which he snared 3/38 on day one.
February 21, 2020 03:56 PM IST While Kohli's problems outside the off-stump has been talked about, Jamieson feels that "nitpicking" wasn't the smartest thing to do.
February 21, 2020 03:02 PM IST Debutant Kyle Jamieson picked up 3/38 in 14 overs and his prized scalps included two of India's best long-form batsmen -- skipper Virat Kohli (2) and the dogged Cheteshwar Pujara (14 off 42 balls).
February 20, 2020 08:26 PM IST The open Basin Reserve ground has always been challenging for both batsmen and bowlers due to cross winds.
February 20, 2020 08:14 PM IST While 320 may not be a big score but Rahane's confidence stems from the fact that India's world class pace attack, which has shown ability to pick 20 wickets in overseas conditions.
February 20, 2020 08:10 PM IST While their approach might be different but Kohli's outlook on the game earns nothing but respect from one of his peers.
February 20, 2020 07:42 PM IST As per points system, the value for each Test match win in the upcoming two-match series is 60 points per game. However if it's an Ashes series, the value of a win is reduced to 24 as there are five matches.
February 20, 2020 07:04 PM IST Exactly 39 summers back, a wide-eyed 19-year-old teenager Shastri became India's 'Test Cap No 151" at the Basin Reserve on a cold windy day when the gangly six-footer had to wear three old fashioned cable knit sweaters.
