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IND vs NZ: This is New Zealand's first Test win in India after 36 years. Earlier, the Kiwi team had defeated India at home in the Test series in 1988-89. This is only New Zealand's third Test win against India. So this is the second time in the last 20 years that India has lost two Tests at home in the same year. This year England defeated India.
It is noteworthy that in the first match of the three-Test series played between India and New Zealand in Bengaluru, India had to face defeat by eight wickets. This defeat will not only affect India's campaign in the current season of the World Test Championship, but many unwanted figures have also come to light in this match which have gone in favor of India. Let's take a look at these figures.
Unwanted record in Bengaluru test
This is the second time in 20 years that India has lost two Tests at home in a year. The eight-wicket defeat in Bengaluru was their second defeat at home this year. Even in January 2024, India lost to England in Hyderabad. Earlier in 2012, they had lost two consecutive Tests against England at home.
This is the first time in 24 years that a visiting team has achieved a target of more than 100 in Tests in India. Earlier, South Africa had achieved this feat in 2000 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Since then, India have defended more than 100 goals 23 times out of 32 at home, with nine draws.
New Zealand's test win in India
- New Zealand won by 167 runs in the 1969 Nagpur Test
- New Zealand won by 136 runs in the 1988 Mumbai Test.
- 2024 Bengaluru Test, New Zealand won by 8 wickets
spinners became expensive
In the Bengaluru Test, Indian spinners gave runs at an economy of 4.83. Earlier, Indian spinners had bowled more than 300 balls in just one Test and had given runs at an economy of even more than that. In 2010, against South Africa, the spinners gave runs at an economy of 5.60. This year, against England in Visakhapatnam, Indian spinners gave runs at an economy of 4.53.
This happened in Bengaluru after 2005,
Earlier, India had lost a Test match at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in 2005. After this, India played a total of eight Test matches on this ground, out of which five were won and three were drawn. New Zealand had earlier played three Test matches in Bengaluru and lost all three.
In Bengaluru, the spinners of both the teams gave runs at an economy of 4.93. This is the second highest economy in Tests with spinners bowling more than 600 balls. Earlier in 2006, in the India-Pakistan Lahore Test, spinners had given runs at an economy of 5.13.