Team New Zealand created history by winning the Pune Test. With this victory against India, the Kiwi team took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. This means the series was captured with one match remaining. The New Zealand team won the Test series in India for the first time. The New Zealand team has been touring India since 1955 but could not win the Test series so far.
At the same time, India also suffered their first Test series defeat at home in 12 years. India lost their last Test series at home in 2012.
The last time the Indian team lost a home series was in 2012. The Indian team had not lost any Test series at home in the last 12 years. The last time England beat the Indian team in a Test series on Indian soil was in 2012. England won the 4-match Test series 2-1. One match in the series also ended in a draw. India have not lost a Test series at home after 18 series. Before that, she had won 18 series continuously for 12 years.
The New Zealand team won the Test series in India for the first time in 69 years. The first Test match between India and New Zealand took place in November 1955. Since then, the New Zealand team has not won any Test series in India. The Kiwi team ended a 69-year drought. In these 69 years, before this series, 12 series were played between the two teams. In this, India won 10 and 2 were drawn.
India holds the record for most consecutive Test series wins at home. Before this series, India had won a record 18 consecutive Test series at home. The Indian team is number one in terms of winning the most consecutive Test series at home. Australia’s name comes in second place. Australia have won 10 consecutive Test series at home.
India has won the most Test matches against England. India played 583 test matches, out of which they won 180. While in 179 they had to face defeat. At the same time, 222 matches were drawn. India played and won the maximum number of Tests against England. India have played 136 Tests against England and in this period, they have won 35 matches, while they have lost 51. Check out the record against New Zealand in the graph below…
Ashwin leaves Kumble behind: Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became the Indian to dismiss the most number of batsmen for zero in Tests. He left Anil Kumble behind in this matter. Ashwin dismissed batsmen 0-78 times. At the same time, Kumble had achieved this feat 77 times in Tests. As soon as Ashwin dismissed Tim Southee for 0 on the third day of the Pune Test match, he registered this record in his name.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, the third Indian to score over 1000 runs in domestic Tests in a calendar year, scored 77 runs off 65 balls in the final innings of the Pune Test match against New Zealand. Yashasvi became the 3rd Indian and 7th batsman overall to score 1000+ runs in a calendar year in domestic Test matches. Gundappa Vishwanath and Sunil Gavaskar have already achieved this feat for India.
Top 5 factors behind India’s defeat against New Zealand: Flop, IPL hold-up and mega auctions diverted attention in the first innings of both Tests.
Indian cricket team’s streak of not losing a home Test series came to an end after 12 years and 18 series. New Zealand took an unassailable 2-0 lead by winning the first two out of three Tests. The question arises as to how New Zealand achieved such a great feat. How have the Kiwis done what teams like Australia and England couldn’t over the last 12 years? The answers to these questions lie in 5 factors. ….