Delhi: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the three-match Test series against New Zealand was no less than a bitter experience for the Indian team, where Team India had to face defeat in all three matches. This is the first time in the history of Indian Test cricket that Team India has had to face defeat in all the matches of a series of three or more matches at home. In this series, the Indian team made many such shameful records, which no one had imagined.
New Zealand became the first team to defeat India 3-0 in a Test at home, defeated the hosts
Till now, Team India had faced a clean sweep only in the 2-match Test series at home, but this is the first time that India has had to face a clean sweep at its own home in a series of three or more matches. Along with this, New Zealand team has also been successful in winning the Test series in India for the first time. Before this, India last lost a Test series at home by 2-1 against England in 2012.
For the first time in 55 years, the Indian team has faced defeat in 4 or more consecutive Test matches at home. In the first innings of the first Test in Bengaluru, Team India was reduced to just 46 runs, which is their lowest score in Test cricket after winning the toss and batting first. This is the first time in 136 years of Test history that 5 out of 8 batsmen of a team could not even open their account.
Spin bowlers dominated this series, where Indian batsmen lost a total of 37 wickets to the spinners, which is the highest figure so far in a three-match Test series at home. The Indian team set a record for the lowest score at home by being bowled out for 46 in the Bengaluru Test, which is also the lowest score by any team in Asia so far. In this Test series, 14 batsmen of the Indian team were out on duck, which is the biggest record so far in a three-match series, home or away.
Apart from this, in this Test series, New Zealand bowlers took 5 wickets in an innings five times, which is the highest in the three-match series against India. For the first time in the history of Test cricket, the Indian team has become the team to face defeat in three consecutive matches against New Zealand and also the first team to suffer a clean sweep in a series of three or more matches in the current edition of the ICC World Test Championship.
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