Team India's reign is over…lost test series for the first time in 12 years, a bad stain on Rohit's captaincy

New Delhi. New Zealand defeated the Indian cricket team by 113 runs in the second test match played in Pune. The visiting team forced India to face defeat on the third day itself. With this victory, the New Zealand team has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match Test series. This is the Indian team's first Test series defeat on its home soil in the last 12 years. New Zealand scored 259 runs in the first innings and bowled out India for 156 runs in the first innings. New Zealand scored 255 runs in the second innings and gave India a target of 359 runs to win. But the Indian team collapsed for 245 runs in the second innings and lost the series.

This is India's first home Test series defeat since 2012. During this period, Team India won 18 consecutive test series. Earlier, India had not lost any Test series at home for 4331 days but it had to see these days under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. This bad stain is never going to go away under Rohit's captaincy. Before this, no Indian captain had ever lost a Test series against New Zealand at home.

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India last lost a Test series at home after 12 years.
India last lost a Test series at home in late 2012. Then England had defeated India in the 4-match test series. India won the first test of the series by 9 wickets. After this, England took a 2-1 lead in the series by winning the Mumbai and Kolkata Tests. India tried hard to win the last test match of the series but this test was a draw and England won the series.

New Zealand wins test series in India for the first time in 70 years
This is India's first defeat in 18 consecutive Test series. New Zealand has won the Test series in India for the first time in almost 70 years. The New Zealand team has been touring here since 1955 but could not break into the Indian fort in all these years. Indian batsman, who was once considered an expert in playing spin bowling, could not face Mitchell Santner who took 13 wickets in the match.

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