India vs New Zealand head to head in Pune: The Indian team is currently playing a 3-match test series against New Zealand at home. Their second match will be played from October 24 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. This match will begin at 9:30 am.
The Indian team has had a mixed performance on this ground in the Test format. While the New Zealand team will play its first test. The first match of the current series was played in Bengaluru from October 16, in which the Indian team captained by Rohit Sharma lost by 8 wickets. By winning the first test, the New Zealand team took a 1-0 lead in the series.
Kohli’s bat was used in the last Test.
Now the Indian team would like to level the series by winning the Pune test match. We tell you that so far the Indian team has played 2 test matches at the Pune Stadium, in which they won one and lost the other. The Indian team played its last Test at this ground against South Africa in October 2019.
The Indian team won this match by a margin of innings and 137 runs. Virat Kohli was the player of the match in this match, who played an unbeaten innings of 254 runs as captain. Kohli is also in the team this time. In such a situation, this is good news for the Indian team.
Good news for the Kiwi team too
On the other hand, there is also good news for New Zealand. In fact, the Indian team played its first Test on this ground against Australia in February 2017. The Kangaroo team won this match by 333 runs. New Zealand also comes from the Australian continent. In such a situation, if she also shows strong play, she can win the match. In this way this is good news for him.
Indian team test record in Pune
Total test: 2
Earned: 1
Loser: 1
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 , Mohammed 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.
