The New Zealand team has created history by winning the Pune Test. With this win against India, the Kiwi team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. That is, they have won the series with one match remaining. The New Zealand team has won a Test series in India for the first time. The New Zealand team has been visiting India since 1955 but has not been able to win a Test series till now. At the same time, this is India’s first Test series loss at home in 12 years. India lost the last Test series at home in 2012. The last time Team India lost a home series was in 2012.
The Indian team had not lost any Test series at home for the last 12 years. The last time England defeated Team India in a Test series on Indian soil was in 2012. England won the 4-match Test series 2-1. One match of the series was also a draw. India has lost a Test series on home grounds after 18 series. Before this, India had won 18 consecutive series for 12 years. New Zealand team won Test series in India for the first time in 69 years
The first Test match between India and New Zealand was played in November 1955. Since then, New Zealand team had not won any Test series in India. Kiwi team has ended the drought of 69 years. In these 69 years, before this series, 12 series were played between the two teams. India won 10 of them and 2 were draws. India holds the record of winning the most consecutive Test series at home
Before this series, India had won a record 18 consecutive Test series at home. Team India is at number one in terms of winning the most consecutive Test series at home. Australia comes at number two. Australia has won 10 consecutive Test series at home. India has won the most Test match against England
India has played 583 Test matches, in which it won 180. Whereas it had to face defeat in 179. At the same time, 222 matches have been drawn. India has played and won the most number of Tests against England. India has played 136 Tests against England and during this time it has won 35 matches, while it has lost 51. See the record against New Zealand in the graphic below… Ashwin left Kumble behind
India’s spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become the Indian to dismiss the most number of batsmen on zero in Tests. He left Anil Kumble behind in this matter. Ashwin has dismissed batsmen on 0 78 times. At the same time, Kumble had done this feat 77 times in Tests. As soon as Ashwin dismissed Tim Southee on 0 on the third day of the Pune Test match, he made this record in his name. Yashasvi is the third Indian to score 1000+ runs in home Tests in a calendar year
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 77 runs in 65 balls in the last innings of the Pune Test match against New Zealand. Yashasvi became the third Indian and the 7th batsman overall to score more than 1000 runs in a calendar year in domestic Test matches. Earlier, Gundappa Vishwanath and Sunil Gavaskar have accomplished this feat for India. Read this sports news too… Top-5 factors of India’s defeat to New Zealand: Flop show in the first innings of both Tests, IPL retention and mega auction distracted the attention. The Indian cricket team’s streak of not losing a Test series at home came to an end after 12 years and 18 series. New Zealand took an unassailable lead of 2-0 by winning the first two out of three Tests. The question arises as to how New Zealand accomplished such a great feat. How did the Kiwis accomplish what teams like Australia and England could not do in the last 12 years? Answers to these questions in 5 factors. Read the full news…
