IND vs NZ Test Series: New Zealand Beats India In Second Match
- By Thetripurapost Desk, Pune
- Oct 26, 2024
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India had to face defeat against New Zealand in the second match of the three-match Test series. In this match played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Ground in Pune, Team India lost by 113 runs, due to which India has lost this Test series as well.
New Zealand has not only made history in the current series by taking an unassailable lead of 2-0, but this is the first time that the New Zealand team has defeated India in a Test series in its own home.
With this, the Indian team's streak of winning Test series in India has also come to an end. This Test series is going to hurt a lot for Team India and Rohit Sharma, because India has lost a Test series on home ground after nearly 12 years.
The Indian team was earlier defeated by England in the Test series during the 2012-13 tour. Since then, Team India has not lost a single Test series at home. However, today England put an end to India's decade-long dominance. India had won 18 consecutive series at home.
With this, an unwanted record has been registered in the name of Rohit Sharma. In fact, under Rohit's captaincy, Team India has lost the fourth Test match at home, and he has now become the joint second Indian captain to lose the most Test matches at home.
After losing the first Test match against New Zealand, Team India's captain, who came on the field with the intention of making a comeback in the second match, got a big shock while tossing the coin. Rohit Sharma lost the toss in Pune.
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first, which also proved to be right.
New Zealand team was successful in scoring 259 runs in their first innings. Whereas the Indian team, which came to play in response, was all out for 156 runs in their first innings.
The most surprising thing for India during this time was that none of their batsmen could touch the figure of 40 runs. But, New Zealand batsmen performed brilliantly in their second innings as well and put 255 runs on the board. In this way, New Zealand set a target of 359 runs in front of Team India.
Team India came out to chase the huge target set by the visiting team. Except Yashasvi Jaiswal, all the batsmen failed again. No batsman could stay on the crease for long in this innings.
That is, Indian batsmen disappointed in both the innings. Due to which Team India had to face a shameful defeat at home. India could score only 245 runs in its second innings and remained 113 runs short of the target.
The story of New Zealand's victory in this match was written by the team's most experienced spinner Mitchell Santner. He did a wonderful job on the Pune pitch. Mitchell Santner sent 7 Indian batsmen to the pavilion by giving 53 runs in the first innings of this match, while in the second innings too, Santner made 6 batsmen his victims with his magical ball.