India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Day 2 Live: The second match between India and New Zealand will be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune. Today (October 25th) is the second day of the competition. Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal stand at the crease and now the second day of the game is about to begin soon. In this match, New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and decided to bat first. New Zealand scored 259 runs in the first innings. Washington Sundar picked up seven wickets for India. In reply, India scored 16 runs for the loss of one wicket on the first day (October 24).
If seen, Team New Zealand will play their first Test on this soil. The first match of the series was played in Bengaluru on October 16, and India, captained by Rohit Sharma, lost by 8 wickets. Team New Zealand took a 1-0 lead in the series with victory in the first game. Please keep refreshing this page for updates and scorecards related to this game.
Mohammad Siraj, KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav were dropped from the Indian team in the match. In place of these three, Akash Deep, Shubman Gill and Washington Sundar return to the Indian team. Mitchell Santner has been named in the New Zealand squad, replacing Matt Henry. Henry took 8 wickets in the Bengaluru Test.
Highlights of India’s first innings
India got off to a bad start in the first game. In the third innings, India lost the wicket of captain Rohit Sharma, bowled by Tim Southee. Rohit faced 9 balls and couldn’t even open his account. After that, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal did not allow India to suffer any more losses on the first day.
Highlights of New Zealand’s first innings: Sundar took seven wickets
New Zealand got off to a flying start after winning the toss. New Zealand scored 32 runs for once and India, bowling for the first time in the match, scored by trapping New Zealand captain Tom Latham (15) who was out. The second strike against New Zealand was Will Young (18). Ashwin’s ball was caught by keeper Pant. Following this, Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway (76) took the scorecard to 138. It even looked like Lachin and Conway had sorted it out, but Ashwin once again became a problem for India and picked up the third wicket for India.
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Bangalore’s best Test player Rachin Ravindra also performed well in Pune and looked like he could score a century, but he got stuck in the spin of Washington Sundar and scored 65 runs Then a clean throw. Lachin was bowled out for 197 runs. Thereafter, New Zealand added 4 more runs to their account with wicketkeeper-batsman Tom Blundell (3) bowling cleanly after getting 3 runs. Sundar then gave New Zealand their sixth knock by dismissing Daryl Mitchell (18) LBW.
Glen Phillips couldn’t do anything special either and he was sent to the pavilion by Sundar as well. New Zealand were at 236/7 when Phillips was dismissed. After this, Sundar dismissed Tim Southee (5), Ajaz Patel (4) and Mitchell Santner (33) to end New Zealand’s game. Sundar took 7 wickets and scored 59 runs. For the first time, Sundar took five or more wickets in a Test innings. R.Ashwin took three wickets.
All 10 wickets in the first innings of the first day of the India Test match (spinners)
India vs New Zealand Pune 2024
India vs England Dharamshala 2024
India vs England Chennai 1973
1964 India vs Australia Chennai
1956 India vs Australia Kolkata
England vs India Kanpur 1952
Best stats against New Zealand (Indian bowlers)
8/72 S. Venkatarabhavandri 1965
8/76 Erapalli Prasanna Auckland 1975
7/59R. Ashwin Indore 2017
7/59 Washington Sundar Pune 2024
Test history of India and New Zealand
Team New Zealand has not been able to win any bilateral Test series on Indian soil so far. New Zealand visited India for the first time in 1955, when they lost 0-2 in five Test matches. All three games in the series are tied.
After this, the New Zealand team came to India in 1965 and did not get a chance to win a Test this time. India then defeated their opponents 1-0 in the four Test matches. 3 tests were conducted. Four years later, in 1969, the New Zealand team visited India again and this time won the first Test on Indian soil. This time New Zealand tied the score 1-1 in the three Test matches. This time it was also a draw.
New Zealand lost the last series
The last Test series between India and New Zealand was held in November 2021. The series was played only on Indian soil, with New Zealand losing 1-0 in both Test matches. If we look at the overall Test series and match record, Team India seems to have the upper hand in this aspect as well. Both records can be seen below.
Team New Zealand’s record in Test series in India
Total Series: 12
India wins: 10
New Zealand wins: 00
Tie: 2
Total series record between India and New Zealand
Total test series: 23
India wins: 12
New Zealand wins: 7
Tie: 4
New Zealand team’s record in Test matches in India
Total number of Test matches: 37
India wins: 17
New Zealand wins: 3
Tie: 17
Overall Test record between India and New Zealand
Total number of Test matches: 63
India wins: 22
New Zealand wins: 14
Ties: 27
New Zealand ranked 11th in Pune Test: Tom Latham (captain), Devin Conway, Will Young, Lachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Brundle (goalkeeper), Glenn Phillips , Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke
India score 11 in Pune Test: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah.
