New Zealand has won a Test match in India after 36 years.
India vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 5 Stats Review: The first match of the ongoing Test series between India and New Zealand was played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Let us tell you that in this match New Zealand has defeated the host team by 8 wickets.
This is the first time in 36 years that New Zealand has won a Test match on Indian soil. Before this, New Zealand had won the Test match in the year 1988. Well, let’s see some special records and stats made in this match after the fifth day of play:
These records and stats were seen after the fifth day of play of IND vs NZ first test:
3 – This is only New Zealand’s third Test win in India in 38 matches played.
1988 – This year was the last time New Zealand won a Test match in India, when it defeated India by 136 runs at the Wankhede Stadium. After this, the Kiwi team lost 10 test matches played in India, while 9 matches were drawn.
4 – When New Zealand last won the Test match in India, the four players who played in this match, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravi Ashwin and Ajaz Patel, were born.
3 – New Zealand has now won three Test matches in India, which have come under the captaincy of different captains. In 1969, New Zealand won the Nagpur Test match under the captaincy of Graham Dowling. So after this, the Test match was won at Wankhede in 1988 under the captaincy of John Wright. After this, under the captaincy of Tom Latham, New Zealand won in Bengaluru in the year 2024.
2012 – This is the second time in total that India has lost two Test matches in a year. Let us tell you that earlier in the year 2012, Team India had to lose two test matches against England. So before losing the Test match against New Zealand in Bengaluru in the ongoing year, England had also defeated India in the Test match in Hyderabad at the beginning of the year.
2005 The last time Team India lost a Test match at Chinnaswamy Stadium was in the year 2005. That year India had to face defeat by Pakistan by 168 runs. After this, India played a total of 8 matches here, out of which India won 5, while 3 were drawn.
2010 – Last time India lost in a home Test to a team which was not called Australia or England. India had to face defeat by an innings and 6 runs against South Africa in Nagpur.