New Zealand win Test in India after 36 years
India faced defeat in the first match of the 3 Test match series against New Zealand. Team India made a strong comeback after being all out for 46 runs in the first innings of the match played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The team led by skipper Rohit Sharma did not let the match become one-sided and showed why Team India is currently one of the best teams in the world in Tests. India scored 46 runs in the first innings. New Zealand then scored 402 runs and took a lead of 356 runs in the first innings. Team India did not lose courage despite this and scored 460 runs to take a lead of 106 runs over the Kiwi team. New Zealand achieved the target of 107 runs in its second innings of the match at the loss of 2 wickets.
The Kiwi team has created history by winning a Test match in India after 36 years. Its last victory was in 1988. Then the captain of New Zealand was John Wright. He later also became the head coach of the Indian team. Apart from this, New Zealand got another victory in 1969. At that time Graham Dowling was in command.
No miracle on the fifth day
New Zealand team had to score 107 runs to win in the second innings. A miracle was expected in Bangalore on the fifth day. Indian fans were waiting for rain. The match was completely ruined due to rain on the first day in Bangalore. Even after that, rain interrupted the match many times during the match.
Counter attack brought Team India back
Indian batsmen did not come under the pressure of heavy lead in the second innings. Captain Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal gave a strong start to the team. Yashasvi 35, Rohit Sharma 52 and Virat Kohli were out after scoring 70 runs. Virat along with young star Sarfaraz Khan put Team India in a strong position by making a partnership of 136 runs for the third wicket. After his dismissal, Sarfaraz continued the attack with Rishabh Pant. Both added 177 runs for the fourth wicket. Pant was unfortunate and got out on 99 runs. Sarfaraz played the best innings of his career. He scored 150 runs. India was disappointed by the lower order batsmen. KL Rahul got out after scoring 12 runs, Ravindra Jadeja 5 and Ravichandran Ashwin was dismissed for 15 runs. India scored 460 runs and got a lead of 106 runs in the second innings. In this way, New Zealand got a target of 107 runs.
