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That day at centurion it was Ab De Villiers and Faf Du Plessis  who took the game away from India and today it was captain Brendon McCullum and wicket keeper BJ Watling who have hurt india with a record breaking stand worth more than a triple century. While BJ Watling was out to a third new ball, lbw to Mohammed Shami at an individual score of 124, McCullum was nearing an illusive triple century batting on 281 not out at the end of 4th days play.

Once again it has been sorry tale for the indian team,hats off to McCullum and Watling. who played fantastically well but unfortunately indian fielders and bowlers were once again disappointing as they let mccullum and watling off the hook by dropping some catches and inconsistent bowling. Further after getting a 200 plus lead any team would have have put the opposition under tremendous pressure but india did that till they pick up the 5 wickets and after that they went to sleep. I have a bad feeling whenever the pitch doesn't assist bowlers they become more ineffective and inconsistent. Also their fitness level is always questionable. Similarly, the batsmen once they get into double figure score they don't carry on the good work and throw their wickets away. Ajinkya Rahane was so happy after getting his first century at test level that he happily threw his wicket away, it seems.

Scorecard, India vs New Zealand, 2nd test, day 4 stumps, 2014 welllington

While McCullum's efforts need to appreciated, one should also closely look at what this Indian team has made of it's opposition batsman. Since July 2011, there have been 1 triple century, 7 double centuries and 8 more scores of 150+ scored vs this Indian team. The Indian bowling stocks have taken a plunge, and for a true follower of Indian cricket, 200+ scores by opposing batsman doesn't surprise anymore. We can argue forever if this is due to spineless bowling or unimaginative management tactics/captaincy, but the reality seems that opponent batsman will score against India. If India is really serious about it's Test cricket, then there should be a selected set of players who get a chance to play in the county cricket in England and get to fine-tune their batting or bowling skills. This is not in any shape now, and for the foreseeable future. Hardcore Indian cricket fans have nothing else to cheer other than reflect on the glorious days of Indian cricket between 2001 and 2011.
MS Dhoni is being defensive not only in his field settings-He is ultra-defensive even in team selection. Even with this array of dazzling batting talent at his disposal, he never plays 5 bowlers in the starting XI, even when the nation faces a must win Test to avoid a humiliating series loss against the No.8 Test nation. That is what gets my goat.

Suraj can't tolerate the pathetic bowling performance from india's bowlers any further, and he mince no words when he says: "This is what I was talking about. I was thinking India might be able to bowl out NZ once Brendon gets tired but our bowling attack is so pathetic that we can't even get a tired player out forget about cleaning up the tail. I really hope India slip further down the rankings so that they do not feature in the TOP 3 teams and also that BCCI don't dictate terms. I have no doubts that NZ will fancy their chances tomorrow morning after declaring once Brendon gets to his Triple Century and Neesham gets his Century. And if India's luck is further bad and if there are overcast conditions, then in the end we will have to say in Ravi Shashtri's words, 'Its All Over'."

Shivani Singh, a cricket fan, says: "I am an ardent Indian fan living in NZ and am disappointed in the Indian performance at the same time would like to congratulate NZ esp McCullum and Watling for a great and dogged resistance. However It is sad to see the comments by some so called cricket enthusiasts eg. Atif Masood, there is no need to get nasty mate!! That reeks of jealousy, I'm guessing you're a Pak supporter, a team I admire greatly and no matter how passionately I support India, I will never make comments like that against Pak team, learn from Afridi who rightly said in one of his recent interviews that some Pak cricket supporters need to get over hating Indian Cricket team. Comments like Atif Masood's shift the attention from a great batting performance by NZ! Grow up mate!"

 Meanmwhile MS Dhoni and Indian team found some support when preeti jain said "I really feel ashamed when I see my countrymen making our own team look horrible when they lose.When Aus were 0-7 down the FANS did not say that they were the worst, and now that they have won the ashes & defeated SA they are not over the moon saying Aus is the greatest. SA were downright bulldozed by Johnson.Are their fans calling them No.8? After Dhawan got a ton We were like India will win this by an innings, we will win the 2015 WC. MSD is a good captain and I actually admire him for not calling it quits 2 preserve his own record and expose the inexperienced youngsters. I agree some of the decisions MSD makes as a captain are inexplicable but you have to get behind your team and support them. Those asking for Gambhir probably did not watch the Aus series he just hung his bat outside the off stump and edged to the slips.No disrespect but this team is as good as any. Let us learn to appreciate the opposition and give credit where its due Superb knock by BAZ under pressure."

Is it confidence? Indian bowlers can't produce magic when opposition bating is flying. Indian curators has to prepare 50% 50% wickets which encourage fast bowlers. Its hard to believe out of 2nd largest population they can't generate pacer like Mitcheal Johnson while neighboring country Pakistan is producing tons of pacers. Make good pitches and let fast bowlers to grow.