Twitter Reactions: India seal series at Eden Gardens, regains No.1 position

In another excellent Test match at the Eden Gardens spanning 4 days, India emerged victorious by 178 runs and sealed the series 2-0 in their favour. There was some brilliant all round performance throughout the game by the Indian team.

The Day 4 began with India resuming their inning with a lead of 338 runs. They manage to set a target of 376 with Wriddhiman Saha again remaining not out after scoring another gritty knock of 58. Bhuvneshwar Kumar also made a handy contribution before Neil Wagner got the better of him.

The visitors began well with a 50-run partnership for the opening wicket. Martin Guptill once again failed to capitalise on a good start as he was trapped by Ravichandran Ashwin in front of the stumps. The Kiwis seemed to be getting into the groove before Ravindra Jadeja had Henry Nicholls caught at slip.

From there on, the Indian bowlers showed great character to topple the Kiwi top order. New Zealand lost 7 wickets in the last session as India went on to win the game by 178 runs. Wagner for a moment tried to irk the Indian bowlers at the end of the day but Trent Boult ended up skying one in the air.

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With this win, India registered its fourth consecutive Test series victory and also regained its No.1 ranking. Ashwin, Mohammad Shami and Jadeja, all got 3 wickets each while the hero of the first inning, Bhuvneshwar also managed to take a wicket.

Saha for his two timely unbeaten fifties was declared the man of the match. Twitter had words of adulation for some superb contribution by Indian players. Right from Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Saha, to Bhuvi, Shami and Ashwin.

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Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game:

In real terms, it goes to show that you don't have a dominant force in Test cricket.

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) October 3, 2016

1st win 197 runs.
2nd win 178 runs.
Best team in the world they said
Well said! #INDvNZ

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) October 3, 2016

Finish this off fast guys. Editor is waiting #IndvsNZ pic.twitter.com/Zdceeo86cU

— TheGoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) October 3, 2016

V-Rat continues to umpire the game by waving the new ball to the scorers… #indvnz

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) October 3, 2016

Pujara and Bhuvi both gave a solid test match performance. But we may drop them both in our lust for quicker runs and faster balls.

— cricBC (@cricBC) October 3, 2016

Wagner bhai out ho jaa, shopping hui nahi kya Kolkata mein abhi tak? #indvsnz

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) October 3, 2016

Gambhir drops this.
But Dhawan won't be dropped.#IndvsNZ pic.twitter.com/BGqHGvw0h9

— TheGoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) October 3, 2016

At tea I was all, 'There's no way they'll lose seven wickets in a session!' Yeah…

— Cricket365 (@Cricket365) October 3, 2016

Much credit to the curators at both Green Park and Kanpur though. Two terrific games. One went to day five, the other almost so. #INDvsNZ

— Dileep Premachandran (@SpiceBoxofEarth) October 3, 2016

Remember India go back to No 1 on the ICC rankings. And it will be heartening that almost every player has contributed to the result.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 3, 2016

Ronchi dismissed by Jadeja for the 4th time in the series.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) October 3, 2016

#FOGG advertisements had more screen space this series than all the New Zealand batsmen put together.#IndvsNZ

— TheGoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala) October 3, 2016

An Indian bowler reverse swinging the ball in the subcontinent. @MdShami11 fulfills a generation's dream #indvsnz

— Ninad Kulkarni (@ninadmkulkarni) October 3, 2016

Top of off stump. Can't get better than this to display accuracy skills by a bowler. Well done @MdShami11 #INDvsNZ

— BlackIce (@RuBluez) October 3, 2016

Why so empty Eden ? 🙁

— Prithi Ashwin (@prithinarayanan) October 3, 2016

Big responsibility on Ross Taylor. Has had an iffy series so far. This has to be his moment.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 3, 2016

Saha is the first ever batsman to remain not-out in the 50s in both innings of a Test match. A pointless yet curious stat.

— Bishen Jeswant (@bishen_jeswant) October 3, 2016

#TeamIndia skipper, @imVkohli gets the fans together behind the team at Eden Gardens @Paytm Test Cricket #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/2SQxFL0NwC

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 3, 2016

Nicholls has longest surname of India or NZ XI at Kolkata; all others seven letters or fewer
Totally overlooked by lamestream media. #indvnz

— Toby Manhire (@toby_etc) October 3, 2016

https://twitter.com/shekhargupta/status/782803767846547457

Wriddhiman Saha in Tests in 2016: 40, 47, 104, 14, 0, 54*, 56*

His average in 2015: 23. His average in 2016: 62*#INDvNZ

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 3, 2016

@virendersehwag Sir doing his best to revive test cricket. Earlier with batting, now with his commentary.#indvsnz

— Nish Rao (@nisrao) October 3, 2016

Back to Back half centuries for Saha on Difficult pitch and yet again Indian lower order scored valuable runs…

— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) October 3, 2016