Team India was defeated in the Test series at home after 12 years. (Photo-PTI)
The second match of the 3-match Test series between India and New Zealand was played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association ground in Pune. Team India had to face defeat in this match, so they also lost this test series. New Zealand made series history and took an unassailable 2-0 lead. At the same time, this is the first time that New Zealand has defeated India in a Test series at their own home. With this, Team India's streak of winning consecutive Test series in India was also broken.
Defeated in test series after 12 years
This defeat is very painful for the Indian team. In fact, India lost the test series at home after 12 years. Earlier, England had defeated Team India in the Test series during the 2012-13 tour of India. Since then, the Indian team dominated at home. He had won 18 consecutive series, but now this winning streak has stopped. At the same time, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team lost its fourth Test match at home. He has now become the second Indian captain to lose the most Test matches in India.
Indian batsmen were a complete failure
In this match, the New Zealand team won the toss and decided to bat first, which turned out to be correct. The New Zealand team managed to score 259 runs in their first innings. In response, the Indian team could only score 156 runs in their first innings. During this period, no batsman could even touch the figure of 40 runs. After this, New Zealand also performed brilliantly in the second innings and scored 255 runs. In such a situation, Team India had a target of 359 runs to win this match. But except Yashasvi Jaiswal, no batsman could last long in this innings, so the Indian team had to face a crushing defeat. He could only score 245 runs in his second innings and remained 113 runs short of the target.
Mitchell Santner's bowling weighs on Team India
The biggest hero of New Zealand's victory in this match was star spinner Mitchell Santner. He put in an incredible performance on the Pune field. He managed to take 5 wickets in both innings. Mitchell Santner made victims of 7 batsmen by giving away 53 runs in the innings of this match. At the same time, Mitchell Santner's magic continued in the second innings as well. He also took 6 wickets in this innings and managed to lead New Zealand to victory on his own.
