India National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Match Scorecard
Beating the Indian side in the Test and that too with the power of spin bowling was a figment of imagination. However, in 2024, this has become a reality as New Zealand whitewashed India 3-0 in the Test series. And not to forget that in 2024, India became the T20I World Cup winner, beating South Africa in the final.
However, in the Test format, India lost all three matches in the series with the final match taking place from 1 Nov to 5, but the game ended in just three days. In this article, we would discuss all the details regarding India National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Match Scorecard.
India Vs New Zealand Test Series 2024
1st Match:
The game took place at the M. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium in Bangalore between October 16 and 20, 2024. It ended on Day 5, the first session.
Host India won the toss and was picked to bat first. However, the team got out and scored only 46 runs. Rishabh Pant scored 20 runs. Matt Henry did shine with the bowl and took five wickets.
But New Zealand came up with a different plan and put massive 402 runs. Rachin Ravindra scored 134 runs in 157 balls. He did get backing from Devon Conway, adding crucial 91 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav took three each wickets and shone with spin. But they did not stop the away side from putting in a huge lead after the first innings.
But India came back stronger in the second innings and even scored 462 runs. But getting all out in 46 runs in the first innings did not allow them to have the right grip. Sarfaraz Khan scored 150 and Rishabh Pant adding 99 helped India to do well. This time too, Matt Henry took three wickets.
But the total was not too big for New Zealand and they put 110/2 to win the game by 8 wickets. Will Young 48* and Rachin Ravindra 39* helped the away side take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series. Jasprit Bumrah tried and took two wickets, but others did not manage to make a sound impact for India.
| Match | 1st of 3-match Test series | India vs New Zealand |
| Venue | M. Chinnaswamy Cricket Stadium |
| Toss | IND won toss, picked to bat |
| India 1st inngs | 46/10 |
| NZ 1st inngs | 402/10 |
| India 2nd inngs | 462/10 |
| NZ 2nd inngs | 110/2 |
| Result | NZ won the first Test by 8 wickets |
| Date | Oct 16-20, 2024 |
| Series | NZ took the lead 1-0 in 3-match Test series |
| Player of Match | Rachin Ravindra (NZ) |
2nd Match:
In the second match, the experts saw India making a comeback. But at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, India lost the second Test and series at home. The game took place on the 24th. But the five-day Test finished in just three days.
This time New Zealand won the toss and picked to bat first.
Washington Sunder took 7 wickets and helped India to not let New Zeland score more than 259 runs. But Mitchell Santner did even better. He also took 7 wickets but made India score just 156 runs. Ravindra Jadeja scored 36 runs for India in the first innings.
Again in the second innings, the Indian bowlers did not make the away side score too many runs. They got all out with scoring 255 runs. Washington Sunder again took four wickets for India. But Tom Latham scored 88 runs, turning to be a match-winning innings.
Yashasvi Jaiswal did score 77 runs for India and Jadeja adding 42 runs. But others did not able to shine and India scored just 245 runs at the cost of 10 wickets. Mitchell Santner took massive six wickets and made India lose the game by 113 runs and helped NZ win the series and take 2-0 away from home with one more game to be played.
| Match | 2nd of 3-match Test series | India vs New Zealand |
| Venue | Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium |
| Toss | NZ won toss, picked to bat |
| NZ 1st inngs | 259/10 |
| India 1st inngs | 156/10 |
| NZ 2nd inngs | 255/10 |
| India 2nd inngs | 245/10 |
| Result | NZ won the 2nd Test by 113 runs |
| Date | Oct 24-28, 2024 (Finished in 3 days) |
| Series | NZ took the lead 2-0 in 3-match Test series |
| Player of Match | Mitchell Santner |
Third Match
For India, the final Test against New Zealand was a game to save the whitewash happening. And again the away side won and this time by 25 runs. The game took place from 1 Nov to 3, 2024. The five-day game ended in just three days.
The game took place at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. New Zealand won the toss and picked to bat first. Daryl Mitchell scored 82 runs and Will Young added 71 runs helping the away side score 235 runs. Ravindra Jadeja taking five and Washington Sunder taking four wickets helped the home side.
And after the end of the first innings, it was India with a small lead. They scored 263 runs. Shubman Singh Gill scored 90 runs Rishabh Pant scored 60 runs. For New Zealand, Ajaz Patel took five wickets and prevented India take a huge lead.
In the second innings, New Zealand scored just 174 runs. Will Young scored 51 runs. But others were not able to make an impact. Ravindra Jadeja took five wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin taking three wickets helped India to win the game.
But the batsmen of India failed again. They scored just 121 runs and lost the game by 25 runs. Rishabh Pant scored good 64 runs, but did not get the backing from others. Ajaz Patel took six wickets and did show the power of his spin.
| Match | 3rd of 3-match Test series | India vs New Zealand |
| Venue | Wankhede Stadium |
| Toss | NZ won toss, picked to bat |
| NZ 1st inngs | 235/10 |
| India 1st inngs | 263/10 |
| NZ 2nd inngs | 174/10 |
| India 2nd inngs | 121/10 |
| Result | NZ won the 2nd Test by 25 runs |
| Date | Nov 1-5, 2024 (Finished in 3 days) |
| Series | NZ won the series 3-0 |
| Player of Match | Ajaz Patel |
Series Take Away
Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of India after the T20I World Cup 2024, taking over Rahul Dravid. Gambhir did tell that India would make bowling-friendly wickets to restore the culture of cricket where both bat and bowl meets at the level playing field.
However, the current India Test team is not good with spin as they used to be. As a result, India lost the Test series 3-0 at home and faced whitewash against New Zealand.
Even star players Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma did not able to lead the team with bat in any of the game. This makes India’s chances of winning the World Test Championship harder.
Will Young became the player of the series as he did not perform well with the bat in all three games. This tells that Indian batsmen are not good with the spin as they were during Gautam Gambhir’s time.
So it seems as a big task for Gautam to make sure that new-age players can play the spin well as in T20I and ODI, they do not seem to have much problem.
Another reason as per expert is that due to batting-friendly wickets, anytime there is help for bowlers, the current players do not able to hold it well. So on the one side, they are good in limited overs cricket, but on the other hand, too poor in Test format.
And New Zealand playing spin better than India shows bigger concerns. For the away side, it was a historic series win. But for the home side, it was a very hard pill to take for captain Rohit Sharma.
India National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Match Scorecard did show in all three games how wrose Indians are with spin. And as per many experts, present spinners are not as good as it used in be before.
Summary
Losing the Test series by 0-3 was something Indian cricket fans did not think before. New Zealand did shine with both bat and bowl and made sure that India would see a whitewash defeat.
It did show that Indians are not good with spin anymore and this makes others feel confident of beating India in India in Test matches and even looking for whitewash. And it does seem to be a major concern for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and in this series, they did not lead well.
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