This player will play a test match in Mumbai after 11 years. (Photo-PTI)
The last match of the three-match Test series between the Indian and New Zealand teams will be played from November 1. Both the teams will face each other at the historic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from November 1. Team India, who lost the first two matches, will look to end this series with a victory. At the same time, the onus of avoiding clean sweep will also fall on the Indian players. However, this match will be very special for an Indian player. This player will play a Test match at this Mumbai ground after 11 years.
This player will play a test match in Mumbai after 11 years
Rohit Sharma and company would like to save face by winning the Test match in Mumbai. At the same time, this match will be very special for Rohit. He will play a Test match at home after 11 years. He played his last Test match at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium in 2013 against the West Indies; This Test match was also the last Test match of Sachin Tendulkar’s career. Since then, Rohit Sharma has not come to play any Test match at this ground, but now his long wait is about to end.
Rohit Sharma had scored a brilliant century during his last Test match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He played an unbeaten innings of 111 runs in 127 balls in the first innings of the match. During this innings, Rohit hit 11 fours and 3 sixes. In that series a total of 288 runs were seen from Rohit’s bat, for this performance he was also named Player of the Series.
Team India’s excellent record at Wankhede
Team India has so far played 26 Test matches at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. During this period, the Indian team won 12 matches and lost 7, while they also drew 7 matches. The good thing is that Team India has not lost a Test match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in the last 12 years. The Indian team played its last Test match on this ground against New Zealand in the year 2021, when India won the match by a margin of 372 runs.
