New Zealand vs India 2014: Five talking points of the first ODI

4.Indian Bowling

The inconsistent Ishant

I don’t even remember for how long this has been the talk of the town, but yes bowling has clearly been the weak link of the Indian team.

It’s the inability of keeping it tight during the final overs, that has been causing India a lot of matches in the recent past. Shami and Kumar are good in the initial overs but they still lack the nerve, when it comes to bowling at the death. Ishant Sharma is becoming a butt of jokes again and for obvious reasons.

Ravichandran Ashwin has been largely unsuccessful in his recent outings and the skipper really needs to see into the case. To add to that, Ravindra Jadeja also failed today.

Indian pacers will have to buckle up fast, if they don’t want this series to be humiliating.