IND Vs NZ Third Test in Mumbai: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team will play a three-match Test series against New Zealand at home. By winning the first two games, the New Zealand team took the series 2-0. The last match of the three-match Test series will be played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from November 1.
We told you that New Zealand won a test series in India for the first time. But now the Indian team would like to save their embarrassment by winning the last test match. This may also be possible, because the Indian team’s Test record at Wankhede has been excellent.
Last time only New Zealand was defeated at Wankhede.
The Indian team has not lost any test in this field in the last 12 years. The last Test on this ground was against New Zealand in December 2021. India won this match by a margin of 372 runs. The New Zealand team would not have forgotten that defeat.
The last time the Indian team faced a defeat at Wankhede was in November 2012. Then England had defeated by 10 wickets. After this, the Indian team played 3 tests on this ground and won all three. During this period, the West Indies, England and New Zealand have been defeated respectively.
Indian team test record at Wankhede
Total Test matches: 26
Wins: 12
Losers: 7
Tie: 7
New Zealand team test record at Wankhede
Total Test matches: 3
Earned: 1
Losers: 2
Good news for the Indian team
Ahead of the third Test, some good news has emerged for the Indian team. New Zealand’s star batsman Kane Williamson will not come to Mumbai for the third Test. That means Williamson will be ruled out of the third Test. Although he didn’t even play the first two games. With the arrival of Williamson, the New Zealand team becomes even stronger.
Williamson will remain in New Zealand to recover from a back injury. He will now play directly in the three-Test series against England starting November 28. New Zealand team coach Gary Stead said: “Kane Williamson is showing good signs, but he is not quite ready to fly out and join us.” Things are looking good. It would be better for them to stay in New Zealand. Focus on the last phase of rehabilitation, to be ready against England.
India-New Zealand teams for Test series:
Indian team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (goalkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (goalkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav , Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep and Washington Sundar.
New Zealand team: Tom Latham (captain), Tom Blundell (week), Michael Bracewell (first test only), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (second and third Test only), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson and Will Young.
