Tag: India vs New Zealand

  • Indian team’s unique move to avoid whitewash against New Zealand

    Indian team’s unique move to avoid whitewash against New Zealand

    Indian cricket team has made a unique move to avoid whitewash against New Zealand at home.

    At Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, Rohit Sharma’s men will be facing Tom Latham’s 11 Kiwis, and the Indian team is desperate to avoid a whitewash on home ground. In a unique move, the Indian coach and captain have called up 35 bowlers for net bowling.

    Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma pressured the Mumbai Cricket Association to arrange 35 net bowlers for India’s practice session.

    After the defeat in the second consecutive Test in Pune, this was India’s full-fledged training session after a two-day break. India made a special request for extra bowlers for this session.

    In this session, the Indian batters focused on facing spinners and practised playing spin bowling as Mitchell Santner had wreaked havoc in the last Test by taking 13 wickets.

    Earlier, India suffered a Test defeat on home soil for the first time in 12 years. They lost to New Zealand after winning 18 consecutive Test series at home, while New Zealand achieved success in a Test match in India after 36 years.

  • IND v NZ: India lose Test series at home after 12 years

    New Zealand defeated India in the second Test to take a decisive lead of 2-0 in the three-match series.

    In the match played in Pune, New Zealand defeated India by 113 runs.

    Chasing New Zealand’s 359 runs on the third day of play, the Indian team was bowled out for 245 runs.

    After 12 years, India has lost a Test series at home.

    New Zealand scored 259 runs in the first innings, in response to which the Indian team was reduced to 156 runs, while New Zealand scored 255 runs in the second innings and gave India a target of 359 runs to win.

    In the first Test played in Bengaluru, India was defeated by eight wickets; in the first innings of this test match, the Indian team was reduced to 46 runs.