IND vs NZ 2nd Test Result: India lost to New Zealand by 113 runs in the second test. With this, the visiting team New Zealand has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. This defeat of India is also historic because after 2012, Team India had won 18 consecutive home series, but New Zealand has created history by ending this series. Washington Sundar took a total of 11 wickets in this match for India, but could not ensure the team’s victory. For the first time, New Zealand has defeated India in a Test series at home.
In this match, New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first. Although the Kiwis were reduced to a score of 259, but when India came to bat, it also seemed like a huge score. Team India’s first innings was all out for just 156 runs. New Zealand got a lot of benefit from the lead of 103 runs in the first innings, due to which Team India also went on the backfoot. In the first innings, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were able to score 0 and one run respectively.
Where did the match slip out of India’s hands?
New Zealand had taken a lead of 103 runs in the first innings, in such a situation, Team India needed to reduce the Kiwi team to a small score. But here New Zealand captain Tom Latham became an obstacle in India’s path, who took Team India away from victory by playing an inning of 86 runs. Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips also contributed 41 runs and 48 runs respectively, but Tom Latham’s half-century proved to be the most damaging for India.
Failure in batting was also a main reason for India’s defeat. Rohit Sharma could not touch double figures in both the innings of the Pune Test, while Virat scored only 18 runs in total in both the innings. Apart from him, Rishabh Pant in the middle order scored 18 runs in the first innings and could not even open the account in the second innings. Bengaluru Test century-winner Sarfaraz Khan failed to show any magic this time. Overall, failure in batting has become a major reason for Team India’s series loss.
38 wickets in the name of spinners
The pitch of Pune in the second test match between India vs New Zealand was prepared from black soil. It was already anticipated that the spin bowlers would get full support from the pitch, but who would have thought that India would get caught in its own trap. Tim Saudi was the only fast bowler to take a wicket in the match, who took one wicket in the first innings. The spinners took a total of 38 wickets in the match and one batsman was run out. Washington Sundar took a total of 11 wickets in the match, Ravichandran Ashwin took 5 wickets, Mitchell Santner took 13 wickets, Glenn Phillips took 3 wickets and Ajaz Patel took two wickets. Apart from him, Ravindra Jadeja was also successful in taking 3 wickets.
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