Delhi: The increasing process of matches in the ICC Champions Trophy and now India and New Zealand are face to face. In recent years, if Australia has been very responsible for deteriorating the record of not winning the ICC Trophy of India, then New Zealand’s role in it was no less. There is a match on the neutral ground, that is, it can formally say that ‘Home Advantage’ does not have no one but if we look at the record of mutual match between these two teams in the neutral ground, some big fun facts come out:
*So far between India and New Zealand, at the Neutral Ground, 33 ODIs have been played and believe that New Zealand is ahead of 16-15, while 2 matches were ‘no results’.
*So far no ODI International has been played in Dubai between India and New Zealand i.e. both teams are on par.
*So far between India and New Zealand, at the Neutral Ground, at the ICC event, 6 ODIs have been played and believe that New Zealand is ahead 5–1. So at the ICC event, in front of India, New Zealand’s better record is like a warning.
India-New Zealand in ICC event, Nutral Ground, played ODI International
The first such match was in Manchester in the 1975 World Cup and this series started with India’s defeat in this 60 -over match. India scored 230 runs in 60 overs and New Zealand won by 4 wickets thanks to Glenn Turner’s 114.
For the second time in the 1979 World Cup, both these teams were face to face in the 60 -over match in Leeds and this time India also faced defeat. India scored 182 runs in 55.5 overs and New Zealand won by 84 wickets thanks to Bruce Edgar 84.
The third mutual match was at Trent Bridge in the 1999 World Cup and in this 50-over match, India scored 251-6 (Ajay Jadeja 76) in 50 overs and New Zealand won by 5 wickets thanks to Mat Horn’s 74*.
At the ICC event, out of the World Cup, the first such match was played in Nairobi in 2000 in the ICC knockout tournament. The same tournament later got the name of the Champions Trophy. The process of India’s defeat continued. India scored 264-6 (Sourav Ganguly 117) in 50 overs and New Zealand won by 4 wickets thanks to Chris Cairns 102.
At the ICC event, again the next match in the World Cup was held and this time played in 2003 at Centurion. India stopped the process of defeat here. This was the first match between these two teams, in the ICC tournament, in the link of the Neutral Ground in which New Zealand batting first. Zaheer Khan’s 4-42 dismissed New Zealand for just 146 runs and India registered an impressive victory with a score of 150–3 (Mohammad Kaif 68).
*At the ICC event, the next match was in the World Cup and played in Manchester in 2019. Here India continued the process of defeat. Between these two teams, in the ICC tournament, New Zealand won the first time in the link of the Neutral Ground but won this time. New Zealand made 239-8 (Ross Taylor 74) and India scored 221 runs after a bad start (5–2) and lost by 18 runs.
Will Team India be able to respond to New Zealand’s best record at the Neutral Ground this time, in the ICC tournament?
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