Rohit Sharma and company may have been all out for 46 runs in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test, but the Indian team should remember that in the last 3 Test matches against New Zealand on home soil, the Indian team has been all out in double digits, after which the Indian team performed brilliantly in those Test matches. Let us tell you about those 3 Test matches
In the Bengaluru Test, the New Zealand team was all out for 402 runs in the first innings. In response, the New Zealand team got a big lead of 356 runs in the first innings. Since it has always been believed that if a team gets out for a score like 46 in the first innings, then it is difficult to recover from there.
Innings Break!
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New Zealand all out for 402.
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When the Indian team has been limited to double digits in Test matches against New Zealand, its record in its history has been excellent. This happened with the Indian team in Test matches against New Zealand in 1965, 1969, 1999. When the Indian team was limited to just double digits. After that these matches were drawn.
This test match was played between India and New Zealand from 10 October to 14 October 1999 in Mohali. Where the Indian team was reduced to just 83 runs in the first innings. After this, New Zealand also got all out for 215 runs in the first innings. Then the Indian team declared its innings after scoring 505/3 runs in the second innings, thanks to the centuries of Rahul Dravid (144) and Sachin Tendulkar (126). After this, the New Zealand team scored 251/7 in the second innings of this test match. In this way, this match was drawn.
A test match was played between India and New Zealand in Hyderabad from 15 to 20 October 1969. The Indian team was led by Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi while New Zealand was led by Graham Dowling. New Zealand batted first and were all out for 181 runs. The Indian team was all out for just 89 runs in its first innings. After this, New Zealand declared its second innings at 175/8. The Indian team got a target of 268 runs to win. After this, the Indian team could score only 76/7 runs in the second innings, thus the test match was drawn.
In this match held in 1965 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, New Zealand batted first and scored 297 runs in the first innings. After this, the Indian team collapsed to 88 runs in its innings. The team captained by John Reid gave India a follow-on. After this, the Indian team declared the innings after scoring 463/5 runs. Dilip Sardesai scored 200 and Chandu Borde scored 109 runs from India's side. The Indian team gave New Zealand a target of 255 runs, at one time it seemed that India would win this test match. But New Zealand scored 80/8 runs in the second innings and got the match drawn.
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