New Delhi: New Zealand created history by defeating India in Pune. After 12 years, the Indian team lost a series at home for the first time. New Zealand defeated Team India for the first time in a Test series at home. The last time the Indian team lost a Test series at home. So they lost to England. England had defeated India 2-1. However, there is a special connection between that series and this series. Gautam Gambhir has connections. How, let us know.
Even in 2012, Gautam Gambhir was with the Indian team as a player.
Let us tell you that when India lost the Test series to England at home in 2012. So even at that time Gautam Gambhir was associated with the team as a player. Now after 12 years, when New Zealand defeated India in the Test series in India, Gautam Gambhir is associated with the team as head coach. Let us tell you that in 2012, apart from Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja were also part of the Indian team which was defeated by England. Now, for the second time in 12 years, Team India lost the Test series at home in front of these players.
The condition of Pune test match was like this
New Zealand captain Tom Latham had won the toss and decided to bat first against India at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. The Kiwi team had scored 259 runs in the first innings. Washington Sundar took maximum 7 wickets for India. Devon Conway scored the highest score of 76 runs for New Zealand.
After this, India was reduced to a score of only 156 runs in the first innings. Mitchell Santner took maximum 7 wickets for the Kiwi team. After this, New Zealand scored 255 runs in its second innings due to Latham’s innings of 86 runs and set a target of 359 runs for India. Chasing this target, Team India was all out for 245 runs on the third day and lost the match by 113 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the highest 77 runs for India while Mitchell Santner again took 6 wickets.