New Delhi. Do you know when the New Zealand team last won a test match in India? The answer is when Virat Kohli was only 24 days old. Rohit-Ashwin were one-two years old and the rest of the members of Team India were not even born. Ajaz Patel is the only one in the current New Zealand team, who was born before the Kiwis' victory in India. If you have guessed then there is no doubt that you are one of the best experts on cricket. Even if you are not able to do so, there is no need to worry. Here we will talk about New Zealand's first to last victory in India. And yes, this is only about Test cricket.
New Zealand has won only 2 test matches out of 36
The test series between India and New Zealand is going to start after a few hours. Before the start of this series, let us look at New Zealand's performance so far in India. New Zealand has played 36 test matches in India so far. The Kiwi team has been able to win only two of these test matches. He had to face defeat in 17 matches and the same number of matches were drawn.
New Zealand won the first test in 1969
The New Zealand team has been touring India since 1955, but got its first win in 1969. New Zealand tasted its first victory in its third Indian tour. It defeated India for the first time in Nagpur by 167 runs. The Kiwi team had scored 319 and 214 runs in this match. In response, the Indian team could score only 257 and 109 runs.
New Zealand won for the last time at Wankhede
New Zealand won the second and last Test match in India in 1988. The date was 29 November. Let us tell the cricket lovers that Virat Kohli was born on 5th November this year. Anyway, back to the match. This time New Zealand defeated India by 136 runs in the match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This was also the debut test match of Rashid Patel. New Zealand had scored 236 and 279 runs in this match. In response, the Indian team was out after scoring 234 and 145 runs. Incidentally, in the current tour also, New Zealand has to play on this ground.
Tim Southee was born 12 days after New Zealand's victory
In the current series between India and New Zealand, there are only three players who were born before November 1988. Two of these players are from India, Ravichandran Ashwin and Rohit Sharma. Kiwi spinner Ajaz Patel was born in this city just about a month before New Zealand's victory in Mumbai. Whereas Tim Southee was born on 11 December 1988. That means exactly 12 days after New Zealand's last win in India.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : October 16, 2024, 06:07 IST
