They were behind on the first innings in all but the 624 against Australia at Perth - and those anomalous Zimbabwe tests. Examples of inadequate first innings include the two tests of this series. "The reality is neither of those scores [in India] are good enough, even if India won both tosses. It was just about swinging the bat, getting some power back in his arms and feeling the timing return. He hasn't scored the weight of runs he's after and he's made some mistakes but that happens from time to time.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 06, 2016 16:30 UTC