IND vs NZ 3rd Test: Team India whitewashed on home ground after 24 years, these records were made during the match
Ajaz Patel (Photo Source: New Zealand has created history by whitewashing India in the Test series in India. For this reason, Team India’s hopes of qualifying for the WTC final have suffered a setback. To avoid a clean sweep, India was given a target of 147 runs. Rohit Sharma played some good shots as soon as he came, but he left on the score of 13. After this, there was such a flurry of wickets falling that Team India lost its five wickets for 29 runs. Indian batsmen looked helpless in front of the spinning balls of Ajaz Patel. India could score only 121 runs and were all out. Rishabh Pant played an inning of 64 runs for the team in the second innings. India faced a whitewash in a Test series at home after 24 years. Many figures were also made during this match. The most important statistics of the last match of IND vs NZ Test series are given. 6 – Ravindra Jadeja took his 16th fifer in Test cricket and became the sixth-highest fifer for India in Test cricket, surpassing the late Bishan Singh Bedi. 1 – Veteran Ravindra Jadeja took two fives in the same Test for the first time in his career. 5 – Jadeja became the fifth player to score 25 fifty plus scores and take 15 fifties in his Test career. Apart from this there are Ian Botham, Shakib Al Hasan, Daniel Vettori and Kapil Dev. 33.97 – Rohit Sharma’s batting average as an opener-captain in Test cricket. Of all the opener-captains with a minimum of 1200 runs, only Kraigg Brathwaite and Michael Vaughan have a lower average than Rohit. 91 – Rohit Sharma scored runs in 6 innings in this series. Among all Indian captains who have batted in the top 7, and batted a minimum of 6 innings in the same Test series, Rohit’s 91 runs are the fourth lowest. 1 – Ajaz Patel’s 25 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai are the most taken by any visiting bowler at any ground in India in Tests. He broke Ian Botham’s record of 22 runs in the same stadium. 1 – Ajaz Patel’s three wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai are the joint-most by any visiting bowler at any ground in India in Tests. He equaled Ian Botham’s record of three at the same stadium. 1-Like Jadeja, Ajaz Patel also took five wickets in both the innings of the Test for the first time in his career. 2 – Ajaz Patel’s three fivers at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai are jointly second among all bowlers at that particular ground. Sir Ian Botham and Ravichandran Ashwin both have the same number of bowlers, while Pragyan Ojha is the only bowler with four. 2 – Ijaz became the second bowler in India to take 10 wickets twice on the same ground in Test matches. The only other player who took 10 wickets in two matches in Delhi is Anil Kumble. Incidentally, Patel took all 10 wickets in an innings in Mumbai…