New Zealand has defeated India by 25 runs in the third Test. With this, the team has won the three-match series 3-0. The Kiwi team has won the Test series in India for the first time. The Indian team has been clean swept at home after 24 years. Earlier, Team India was clean swept by South Africa in a 2-match Test series in the year 2000. This is the first time Team India has been clean swept in a home series of three or more Test matches. India had to face defeat by eight wickets in the Bengaluru Test match and by 113 runs in the Pune Test match. India has faced defeat in a Test series on home soil after 12 years. In the match played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, New Zealand won the toss and batted first and scored 235 runs in their first innings. In response, the Indian team was all out for 263 runs in the first innings. India got a lead of 28 runs. In response, New Zealand’s second innings ended at 174 runs. India had a target of 147 runs. In response, the team was all out for 121 runs. Rishabh Pant scored the highest 64 runs in the second innings for India, while Ajaz Patel took 6 wickets for New Zealand. Ajaz took 11 wickets in the match. He was adjudged Player of the Match. India slips to second place in WTC points table
After this defeat, the Indian team has suffered a loss in the points table of the World Test Championship (WTC). Now the Indian team has slipped to second place. Before this match, India’s % points was 62.82, which has now become 58.33. Scoreboard of the third Test of India-New Zealand Playing-11 of both teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj and Akash Deep. New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke.
