New zeal... and India's young brigade delivers
The 2-0 series win over New Zealand, says Haresh Pandya, was built around remarkable performances and handsome contributions from Team India's youngsters.
Though not entirely unexpected, the convincing 2-0 win in the two-Test series against New Zealand should be considered a triumph of India's new generation of bright, exciting young cricketers.
Whether you look at the batting, bowling or fielding, it was the youngsters who stood out with their remarkable performances and handsome contributions, leaving their more celebrated senior colleagues far behind.
Carping critics might argue that this was not a strong New Zealand side. But, then, Team India, too, had many young and inexperienced players in its ranks.
And those few seniors, particularly Sachin Tendulkar, hardly did anything spectacular in the two Tests.
The fact is that all the talk about the Kiwis being a weaker bunch was laid to rest in the crucial second Test in Bangalore by their dynamic batsman and captain Ross Taylor, who played the Indian bowlers with aplomb while essaying a scintillating century (113), and highly promising fast bowler Timothy Southee, who really shook our famed batting line-up in the first innings with dream figures of 7 for 64. (Southee did not play in the first Test.)
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