IND vs NZ Second Test News
This was India’s first home series defeat in 12 years after conceding a four-match rubber against England 1-2 in 2012-13. In the interim, India won 18 series at home on the trot.
Even after losing the Test series against New Zealand in Pune, the Indian team remain at the top of the WTC 2023-25 points table with 62.82 percentage points.
Earlier, the Indian team started well with Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal adding 34 runs for the first wicket off 34 balls.
He got out against the spinner for 21 times which proves that he is struggling against spin bowling.
Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, the Indian tea, restricted New Zealand to just 259 on the opening day of the second Test in Pune.
But then, Sundar started tormenting the Kiwis' batters as he scalped seven wickets while giving away just 59 runs.
On the back of this feat, Ashwin has now taken 531 wickets in Test cricket.
As of now, the Tamil Nadu-based player has played a total of 4 Test matches where he scalped 6 wickets and scored 265 runs at an average of 66.25.
New Zealand secured 8 wicket victory over India in the first Test of their series. India are now expected to make changes in the 2nd test squad a in Pune on Oct 24. Scroll down to check IND's playing XI.
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