Sanjay Manjrekar criticised Rohit Sharma's tactical decisions during India's first Test defeat to New Zealand, particularly questioning the bowling order and underutilisation of Ashwin. Manjrekar believes these mistakes contributed significantly to India's 7-wicket loss in Bengaluru.

The Kiwis, however, took a step in that direction as they defeated India by eight wickets in Bengaluru – their first Test win on Indian soil since 1988. Playing without arguably their greatest batter of all time,

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