Cricket News Today: IPL 2020 set to be delayed, Rohit Sharma confident of Test return and more - 14th February 2020

#3 Pujara and Vihari strike form, Shaw and Gill disappoint

Hanuma Vihari (left)

The Indian team suffered a shocking batting collapse in the warm-up game against New Zealand XI, with eight players only managing single-digit scores. Hanuma Vihari scored a brilliant century to put forth his contention for a spot in the playing XI while Indian run-machine Cheteshwar Pujara scored a blissful knock of 93 runs.

However, Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, and Mayank Agarwal registered scores of 0, 0 and 1 respectively to leave the fans disappointed. With Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan ruled out due to injuries, two of the above three are set to open the innings in the 1st Test match in Wellington beginning February 21.

India all out for 263 in the practice game against New Zealand XI. Vihari 101 retd, Pujara 93 pic.twitter.com/8h0uONqFpx

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 14, 2020

Full article: India vs New Zealand XI: Pujara, Vihari bail India out after Shaw, Gill bag ducks in warm-up clash