Kiwi batters Rachin Ravindra, Conway and Will Young served as pillars as a quality all-round performance helped them hand over India their first-ever series whitewash at home after a 25-run win in the third Test at Wankhede Stadium.
Indian batters got the taste of their own medicine as the Kiwi spin attack led by Mitchell Santner, who took 13 wickets in the match, trapped the hosts in their own spin trap and defeated India by 113 runs to secure the series 2-0 with a game to go. During the match, India's use of left-hand
It was a historic Saturday for Kiwis as the invincibility of Team India finally met its end after 12 years and 18 Test series. Spinner Mitchell Santner led the charge with 13 wickets in the match, making the world-class Indian batting line-up dance to his tunes and fumble a 359-run chase
India started the opening session at 16/1, with Shubman Gill (10*) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (6*) unbeaten. At the end of the first session, India was 107/7, with Ravindra Jadeja (11*) and Washington Sundar (2*) unbeaten.
Following Washington Sundar's exceptional performance on Day 1 of the Pune Test against New Zealand, his sister M S Shailaja heaped praise on the off-spinner's bowling on his return to the longest format of the game after a long gap of 3.5 years.
India pacer Washington Sundar picked his favourite wicket from Day 1 of the 2nd Test against New Zealand at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium and said that Kiwi batter Rachin Ravindra's dismissal was close to him since he was batting well.
Indian off-spinner Washington Sundar's exceptional bowling performance bundled out New Zealand for 259 on the first day of the second Test of the three-match series at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Thursday.