Australia defeated New Zealand in the second test. The Kiwi team led by Tim Southee had to face defeat by 3 wickets. After this, questions are being raised continuously on the captaincy of Tim Southee. But will Tim Southee step down from the captaincy before New Zealand’s tour of India? Tim Southee himself has answered this question… Actually, after the defeat against Australia, Tim Southee said that there is no guarantee that he will be the captain of the New Zealand team in the series against India and Afghanistan.
‘Playing against spin bowlers on Asian soil is a big challenge’
Tim Southee said that playing against spin bowlers on Asian soil is a big challenge, but we will see at that time. In fact, in the first test of the series against Australia, New Zealand had to face defeat by 172 runs. After this, Australia defeated the Kiwi team led by Tim Southee by 3 wickets in the second test. However, after this defeat, questions are being raised on Tim Southee’s captaincy. Meanwhile, Tim Southee has given a big statement on the future of his captaincy.
Australia again defeated Kiwi team in the second test
Talking about the second test between Australia and New Zealand, the Kiwi team had to face defeat by 3 wickets. New Zealand scored 162 runs in the first innings. In response to which Australia scored 256 runs. But after this, New Zealand made a brilliant comeback and scored 372 runs in the second innings. In this way, Australia had a target of 281 runs to win the match. Australia won the test by scoring 281 runs for 7 wickets. However, at one time the Australian team was struggling, losing 5 wickets for 80 runs, but after this Mitchell Marsh and Alex Carey played brilliant innings and took the team to victory.