IND vs NZ Record: The Indian team had to face 3-0 defeat against New Zealand. The Kiwi team created history by defeating the host team on Indian soil. At the same time, for the first time after India’s independence, it happened that a team won the Test series 3-0 on Indian soil. After independence, no one had defeated the hosts in a Test series on Indian soil, but New Zealand achieved this feat. Apart from this, New Zealand became the fourth team in Test history to make a clean sweep against India. Before this, England, New Zealand, Australia and West Indies have achieved this feat.
The England team came to tour India in the year 1933-34. On that tour, the British had defeated India 3-0, but after this, no team achieved this feat on Indian soil in almost 90 years. Now the Kiwi team has created history by registering a 3-0 win on Indian soil. At the same time, if we talk about clean sweep against India, England is the most successful team. England has whitewashed India in Test matches a record 4 times. After this, Australia is at second position. Australia has made clean sweep against India 3 times in test matches. Also, West Indies and New Zealand have defeated India once each.
It is noteworthy that in the third test, New Zealand defeated India by 25 runs. In this way, the Kiwi team created history by winning the series 3-0 on Indian soil. India had a target of 147 runs, but the Indian team was limited to just 121 runs. Ajaz Patel took 6 wickets in the second innings for New Zealand. Earlier, Ajaz Patel had taken 5 wickets in the first innings. In this way he took 11 wickets in the test. For this brilliant performance, Ejaz Patel got the title of Player of the Match.
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