The most talked about topic nowadays is the India vs New Zealand 1st Test match, so here in this article we bring you the same, but with every bit of information that we have about this match. This detailed article on India vs New Zealand 1st Test at Bengaluru brings you a lot of information that you might be curious about.
So as you might already be aware about the fact that India has lost against New Zealand in its first test Match of 2024, to talk about victory and losses, this was the first win of New Zealand on Indian soil since 1988, which was the last time when New Zealand won against India.
Now we will be talking about the details of this match. The first test match between India and New Zealand took place at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium situated in Bengaluru, India on the sixteenth of October, 2024. This test match lasted from 16th to 20th October 2024. The win of New Zealand was historic as they won against India by a mesmerizing 8 wicket. This eight wicket victory was also special due to their victory against India on India itself after years, as the last victory on Indian soil was in 1988.
Summary of the Match
During the start of the match which was the toss, India won the toss and they opted for the batting first, and hence New Zealand became the chasers.
First Innings:
During the first inning, the innings lasted for 49 overs which is 294 balls were played in the first inning, and as for India, they were dismissed for 46 runs.
Whereas talking about New Zealand, they posted the command of 402 runs and took the lead within their hands by three hundred fifty-six (356) runs.
Second Innings:
As for the second inning, India fought back quite well as per the previous inning and gave them the score of 462 runs which made it as a target chase of 107 runs for New Zealand.
As the match form of New Zealand was already in the leading state they easily scored 107 runs and the shocking and amazing part was that they were able to score these runs in just two wickets which means there were still 8 wickets in the remaining.
This summary can easily explain the easy yet historic victory of New Zealand against India in 2024 which will forever be remembered due to an exceptional performance and a brilliant match played by New Zealand.
Exceptional Performances by the players during the match
Till now you must have got a brief idea about the match scorecard. So now we will discuss about the notable performances of specific players who became the highlight of the match and grabbed a lot of attention towards themselves.
During this first innings of the first Test Match between India and New Zealand, you might already have an idea about the fact that the star player of the inning must be from none other than the leading team of the first innings which is none other than the Team New Zealand.
So this player who became the spotlight for the first inning of the match was Rachin Ravindra. Rachin scored a whole one century and 34 runs in addition in the first inning and played an important role in the lead of New Zealand against India in the first innings.
Now comes Tim Southee again from the team New Zealand. He became the spotlight by partnering up with Rachin Ravindra for 137 runs and he was also a lead paw for the win of New Zealand.
During the second lead, Sarfaraz Khan was the player from Team India who became the spotlight during the second innings when India was fighting back to the score of New Zealand. He scored a century against New Zealand.
As for this test match series between India and New Zealand, New Zealand has a lead of 1-0. The second test match of the series of India vs New Zealand is scheduled for the 24th of October 2024. This match will take place in Pune at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. The match will start at 9:30 AM.
As for the broadcasting, the match will have its broadcast on the channel Sports18 network channels and can be live streamed on the JioCinema app as well as the website.
Coming to the squad for the upcoming second and third test matches with New Zealand the Board of Cricket Council has declared the squad members for the upcoming matches. Looking up for New Zealand skills Washington Sunder has been added up in the squad as he was not included in the first match, in order to provide an additional spin option.
Where while playing in the previous match which was the first match of the series of the India vs New Zealand test matches Rishabh Pant who is the batter as well as wicket keeper, was injured during the previous match and was sustained.
Rohit Sharma while having a conversation with the media during an interview after the match has hinted about him not being able to play in the next match due to his serious knee injury. The injury is serious as it was the same place where he underwent surgery after his deadly accident. He was substituted by another player, Dhruv Jurel as a keeper.
Even after his serious injury on 2nd day he came back to bat on 4th day after getting the rest on 3rd day and performed really well by scoring 99 runs but it seems that he has had serious complications after the match he might be resting for a while.
FAQs
Ques – When did New Zealand win a test match in India?
Ans – New Zealand has won twice against India, it was in 1969 and then last in 1988.
Ques – Who scored the most Test runs for India against New Zealand?
Ans – R Dravid has scored the highest runs against New Zealand which is 3668 runs from 1998 to 2010.
Ques- Who is the captain of India versus New Zealand?
Ans – Rohit Sharma is the captain for India vs New Zealand test match.
