Intercontinental Cup 2018: India vs New Zealand, 5 Talking Points

#3 Pritam Kotal

Pritam Kotal did not have a great day in the office

While he made a difference in the first half for India defensively, fatigue seemed to have kicked in for Kotal as he was caught napping on a couple of occasions during the course of the ninety minutes.

The 24-year-old right back had his name included in Constantine’s starting XI against New Zealand in place of Sandesh Jhingan, who has been a supreme level asset for the Blue Tigers.

Pritam made some brilliant clearances and headed out a number of crosses from harshly attacking New Zealand, however, the Indian defence quite visibly missed the presence of Jhingan at the back tonight.