For the first time, Team India failed to reach such a low target on home ground, a shameful record for Rohit

At the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where the Indian team won the ODI World Cup a decade ago, and where Team India also showed its dominance on the World Cup stage a year ago. The Indian team had to admit a humiliating defeat to New Zealand at that Wankhede Stadium. It would have been a different matter if they had lost while chasing a big run, but the Indian team could not even chase 147 runs on the third day of the Test. The Indian cricket team was already in a state of stagnation after losing the series against New Zealand. The amount of mental pressure on the cricketers was understood in the first innings in Mumbai. Although the Kiwis did not score much, most of the Indian batters, who were suffering from nervous tension, flopped. This time, Rohit has an even more shameful record. The helplessness of Indian batters in playing spin was repeatedly explained by the New Zealand spinners who came to this country. India lost the ODI series in Sri Lanka without being able to play spin. A few weeks ago, Mehidy Hasan Miraj put Virat and Rohit under quite a lot of pressure in the series against Bangladesh. But since Bangladesh team did not have such good quality spinners, they could not put pressure on them. But New Zealand team gave Rohit Sharma’s team a chance with the variety of spinners. This is the first time that Indian team could not chase down a target of less than 200 runs and win on their own soil. In a team that has batsmen like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, India could not reach the target of 120 runs against West Indies in Bridgetown in 1997. In 2015, Indian team could not reach the target of 176 runs given by Sri Lanka in Galle Test. In 2018, Team India could not reach the target of 194 runs in Edgbaston Test against England. But all of them were on foreign soil. This is the first time that Indian team could not chase down a target of less than 147 runs and win on home soil, which is literally shameful.