Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium is known to be one of the best stadiums in India, where the drainage facility is the best. That is, where despite accumulation of water due to rain, it does not last long and soon the field becomes ready for play. Perhaps this factor remained on the mind of Team India and the result was that on the second day of the first Test match against New Zealand, Team India took a decision which was suicidal for them. Chinnaswamy i.e. Team India collapsed for just 46 runs on its home ground. The game ended in just 4 hours but in the next 4 hours New Zealand scored 180 runs and got a big lead over Team India. So what happened suddenly that a pitch that looked dangerous became easy?

How did batting suddenly become easy on a difficult pitch?

It is clear that what happened in Bengaluru on Thursday morning is a very rare sight on Indian pitches. In most of the test matches played in India, the same thing happens which happened during New Zealand's innings. Easy batting on the first day. Nevertheless, the behavior of the pitch was different during both the innings and the reason for this was the weather. When Team India came out to bat in the morning, Chinnaswamy's pitch was covered for more than 24 hours. There was a lot of rain during this period and there were dense clouds in the morning also. In such a situation, the moisture that was present in the field was also present in the pitch and remained intact for a long time in the initial session.

Then the clouds in the morning also did not give the pitch a chance to dry and New Zealand's fast bowlers took advantage of this, for whom these were conditions exactly like their country. In such a situation, it was easy for him to test the line length and he did the same. Now why did the pitch behave differently during New Zealand's innings? The answer is – change of weather. Actually the New Zealand team came out to bat in the second innings. Even at that time, the situation in the beginning was similar to that of the Indian innings and hence Team India troubled them in the first 2-3 overs but could not get wickets. After this, the clouds gradually started clearing and the sky of Bengaluru became clear, due to which the sun started shining and the pitch also started drying up gradually. Due to this, the humidity of the pitch and field reduced and batting became easier.

Siraj-Bumrah could not do the work like New Zealand

This was the biggest reason for the changing behavior of the pitch during the innings of India and New Zealand. But the shining sun was not the only reason for batting being easy in New Zealand's innings. The second reason for this was the performance of the Indian bowlers. Star pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj started the bowling for Team India but the difference in length of both was clearly visible. Both of them tried to get swing by bowling long balls in the beginning but in this case Bumrah and Siraj started pitching a little longer instead of pitching at good length. In such a situation, it was not very difficult for the Kiwi batsmen to face these balls.

Missed the third pacer a lot

The third major reason was the presence of only 2 fast bowlers. In this test, Team India decided to go with three spinners instead of three fast bowlers and hence chose to bat first. In such a situation, when Siraj and Bumrah failed to achieve success, there was no option for a third fast bowler. Akash Deep impressed as the third pacer in the Test series against Bangladesh and broke partnerships many times. This time it could not happen. The result was that spinners had to be introduced soon and bowlers like Ashwin, Kuldeep and Jadeja did not get turn in the beginning due to the hard ball on the humid pitch. When there was some sunshine, their effect was visible and only then wickets were taken, which came in the hands of all three spinners.

Fielding completed the remaining work

The pitch not only changed its behavior but Team India's fielding also made New Zealand's batting easier. While at least 4 surprising catches were taken by New Zealand in the Indian innings, Team India dropped 3 catches. Initially, KL Rahul dropped one catch on Siraj's ball and then captain Rohit Sharma dropped 2 catches in different overs of Ravindra Jadeja. If the fielding had been better, the situation could have been different.