NZ tour of India, Sept 22- Oct 26

[Red Devil]

Rohit seems like he's been around forever, so I was a trifle surprised to see he's only played 18 Tests. I guess it's his ODIs that make it seem that way.

yeah, also he does well in ODI's where he averages over 40, whereas in tests I think he averages less than 30. Mishra probably averages over 20 with the bat in tests

[yuppie]

Ronchi and Satnar have put up some fight for NZ, but it looks like an easy win coming up for India.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Big win for India. NZ gave them too many runs in both innings. At least they will be acclimatised better.

[andy]

lol i switched on as Santner got out and then bang bang game over..

[Arthur Crabtree]

Ashwin has eight 5-fers in his last 10 home games. And a couple of 4-fers.

[andy]

he does have a magnifcent record..200+ wickets in 37 tests, at 25 a piece...magnifecent record, and a more than useful no6-7 with the bat

[Arthur Crabtree]

Jeetan Patel is going to India to replace the injured Mark Craig.

[Arthur Crabtree]

100 runs and five wickets makes for a useful game for Mitch Santner.

[andy]

Jeetan Patel is going to India to replace the injured Mark Craig.

seriously? i thought he had retired from international duty, in order to make sure he stayed with Warks permantently?

[Aidan11]

Got to see a bit of this early on. Result was inevitable.

[andy]

ball was spitting and spinning so much...i wouldnt be suprised to see Mishra brought in at Kolkata in place of Yadav

[The Professor]

Jeetan Patel is going to India to replace the injured Mark Craig.

Very well deserved

[Making_Splinters]

Jeetan Patel is going to India to replace the injured Mark Craig.

Very well deserved

Patel only isn't playing for New Zealand because he turned them down a season or two ago because it clashed with his commitments at the Bears.

[andy]

There's a lot of similarties between Vettori and Santner... IMO they are both equally inconsistent with the bat, yet you would say both are/were capable of batting in top 7...Santner looks to be adjusting finally with the bat to test cricket, played really well in this first test, and looked at home against spin bowling, showing a solid defensive technique.... With the ball, both are similar too..neither particuarly attacking/threatning on first glance..however Vettori always did batsmen with flight rather than turn, whilst Santer seems like he is happy picking up wickets with 'darts'...neither turn/turned the ball much ,but seem to do just enough...it's early days with Santer but if he can be even half as effective as Vettori was, then NZ will be more than happy...

[Arthur Crabtree]

Dan was a really good orthodox spinner at the start of his career. And an ODI great by the end. Injury seemed to blunt him as a Test player, but fortunately he got in as a batter by then. There seems to be a good case for Santner being picked for both disciplines at the moment, and probably will enable the Kiwis to pick four seamers outside of Asia. Doubt he'll be as good a spinner as Vettori in his early days though

India have picked Gambhir to replace Rahul, and an off spinner, Jayant Yadav, as yet uncapped, to replace the injured Ishant.