Team India suffered its worst performance at home, crashing out with a score of 46 in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand on Thursday. As many as five Indian batters were dismissed for ducks in the innings, including star players like Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan. Such was the nature of India’s terrible performance in the innings that even former head coach Ravi Shastri did not shy away from taking a dig at the batting unit.

While commentating on the game, Shastri made fun of Kohli and other batsmen several times. Once, when the team’s scorecard appeared on the channel’s screen, Shastri took a dig at Kohli and others who were dismissed for ducks. The former Indian all-rounder called it a “duck party”.

He said: “When you see that scorecard you think there’s going to be a duck party there. Five ducks!”

Later, when the cameraman showed the image of Kohli, Sarfaraz and Rahul standing in the slips during New Zealand’s batting, Shastri raised the issue of ducks again.

“This has never happened in India – the lowest score, the team was eliminated with 46 points. All three are in slips, all are duck hunting,” he said.

In the post-match press conference, India captain Rohit Sharma admitted that he made mistakes in judging the pitch.

“It hurts me a little bit because I made this decision. We found ourselves in a situation where we were bowled out for 46 runs. As a captain, it definitely hurts to see that number,” Rohit said during the post-day press conference .

“So clearly a misjudgment of the pitch. I didn’t read the pitch well enough and we’re in this situation. However, you will make two or three bad decisions in 365 days. That’s absolutely fine, I think,” he lamented.