Tom Latham-led New Zealand secured a maiden Test series win in India after 69 years after a 113 victory in the second test at Pune.
They played 13 test series in India since their first test in 1955 and continued their winless streak until now. Meanwhile, India has suffered a heartbreaking series defeat has ended their 12-year win streak at home.
India has lost a test series back in 2012 against England and since then they continued to win test series consecutively, emerging at one of the best teams in home conditions.
Notably, every other test-playing nation has lost a home test series between the years 2012-24 except India today.
After losing a four-match test series against England 2-1 in 2012, India went on to beat top-tier teams like Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan to maintain an undefeated streak at home conditions.
New Zealand take an unassailable 2-0 lead as India lose their first Test series at home since 2012.#WTC25 | #INDvNZ 📝: https://t.co/Kl7qRDguyN pic.twitter.com/ASXLeqArG7
— ICC (@ICC) October 26, 2024
India has played 52 test matches winning 42 and losing four and drawing six matches. The credit goes to left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner, who picked fifers in both innings and became the second-only bowler to achieve this after legendary spinner Daniel Vettori.
Santner claimed seven wickets in the first innings and picked up six wickets during the second innings.
the session started with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal continuing to assault New Zealand bowlers with bat and scored 77 runs. His solid stance put the bowler under severe pressure.
On the other hand, Santner opened his account by picking Shubman Gill and also landed an outside edge to dismiss Jaiswal. His dismissal was a huge setback for India as the middle-order batters soon started to fall.
Rishabh Pant was sent out on a run-out after a misjudge in the field with Virat Kohli. India suddenly lost two wickets from 127/ 2 to 127/4 which could have neutralized New Zealand’s left-arm spin threat.
Due to the dismissal, Washington Sundar had to bat at No. 6 but proved to be in vain. The left-arm spinner got Kohli for the second time in the game and also broke the defences of Sarfaraz Khan.
Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin tried to back up the side but Santner dismissed the latter for 18 runs which caused India to lose 8 wickets for 206 runs. Akash Deep joined Jadeja trying to keep the match in hands at Pune to avoid a series defeat at home.
But Finally, India lost all wickets for 245 runs and lost the match by 113 runs at MCA Stadium.
