Delhi: The first seven months of the year 2024 were great for Team India, but in the last four months they had to face some difficult defeats. In August, India suffered a 0-2 defeat in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Then in October-November, New Zealand made a clean sweep for the first time by defeating India completely at home in Test cricket.
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India’s T20 performance in 2024
This year was very successful for India in T20 format. Team India won the T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma and did not lose a single bilateral T20 series throughout the year. In January, India defeated Afghanistan 3-0, with one match going to the super over. Then in June, India remained unbeaten and captured the T20 World Cup. After this, they won the series in Zimbabwe by 4-1, defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 on their soil, made a clean sweep against Bangladesh by 3-0 and won the T20 series in South Africa by 3-1.
India’s test performance in 2024
India’s losing streak in the home Test series started in 2024. For the first time after 12 years, India had to face Test series defeat at home. New Zealand defeated India 3-0 in the three-match Test series on India tour in October-November. After this the Indian team had to face criticism. Due to this defeat, Team India’s path to reach the final of the World Test Championship became difficult.
However, initially India drew the Test series 1-1 against South Africa. Then India won the series against England 4-1. Bangladesh was also defeated 2-0. After the loss to New Zealand, the Indian team is on Australia tour, where the Border Gavaskar Trophy is being played. After the first three Test matches, the series is tied at 1-1. The fourth test will be played from 26th December and the last test will be played next year. Now it remains to be seen whether India can win the Test even at the end of the year or not.
India’s ODI performance in 2024
India played only three matches in ODI format this year. On the Sri Lanka tour, India played a three-match ODI series, in which the first match was tied, while Sri Lanka won the remaining two matches and India lost the series 0-2. This was the first time since August 1997 that India lost an ODI series against Sri Lanka.
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