New Delhi. Despite fighting hard against New Zealand, the Indian team lost the Bengaluru Test. With this defeat, Rohit Sharma's name has been added to that unwanted list, in which there were only two Indian captains before this. These are the captains under whose captaincy India has lost to New Zealand on its home ground. Among these captains, there was one whom teammates called Tiger.
New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets in the first Test of the three-match series. With this win, it has taken a 1-0 lead in the Test series. This defeat will hurt the Indian team and captain Rohit Sharma for a long time. The Indian team, which was all out for 46 runs in the first innings, scored 462 runs in the second innings. Despite this, New Zealand got a target of just 107 runs, which it achieved easily.
New Zealand has won only 3 out of 37 test matches
. This was New Zealand's 37th test match against the host team on Indian soil. Before this series, New Zealand had played 36 test matches in India, out of which it had won only two. Now after the Bengaluru test, its number of wins has become 3.
The New Zealand team, which lost for the first time under the captaincy of Tiger Pataudi,
has been visiting India since 1955. It got its first victory here in 1969. New Zealand defeated Team India for the first time in India in Nagpur by 167 runs. The captain of the Indian team at that time was Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, whom teammates called Tiger Pataudi. The New Zealand team scored 319 and 214 runs in this match. In reply, the Indian team could only score 257 and 109 runs.
The last time New Zealand won at Wankhede
was on 29 November 1988. New Zealand won the second test match in India on 29 November 1988. This time New Zealand defeated India by 136 runs in the match played at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. This time the captain of the Indian team was Dilip Vengsarkar. New Zealand scored 236 and 279 runs in this match. In reply, the Indian team was out after scoring 234 and 145 runs.
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