Delhi: The Indian cricket team had to face defeat by 25 runs in the third test match against New Zealand. This victory was historic for New Zealand, as it became the first team to clean sweep a 3-match Test series on Indian soil. After this defeat, Team India has slipped to second place in the points table of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).
New Zealand became the first team to defeat India 3-0 in a Test at home, defeated the hosts
In the third test, New Zealand scored 235 runs in the first innings thanks to the brilliant innings of Daryl Mitchell (82). In reply, the Indian team added 263 runs with the help of Shubman Gill (90) and took a significant lead of a few runs in the first innings. However, New Zealand’s second innings was limited to 174 runs, giving India a target of 147 runs to win, but chasing a small target, the hosts lost 5 wickets at the score of 29. Despite Rishabh Pant’s half-century (64), the Indian team collapsed for 121 runs.
Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, Team India has come to the second position in the current cycle with 8 Test wins and 5 losses (58.33 percent). Australia is on top with 62.50 percent, having won 8 matches and lost 3. Sri Lanka is in third place with 55.56 percent marks.
At the same time, New Zealand has won 6 out of 11 matches in the current cycle and has placed fourth with 54.55 percent. South Africa is at fifth position with 54.17 percent marks. The England team is in sixth place with 40.79 percent marks.
performance of lower teams
Pakistan is at seventh position with 33.33 percent, in which it won 4 test matches and lost 6. Bangladesh is at eighth position with 27.50 percent and West Indies is at ninth position with 18.52 percent, where they have won only 1 match.
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