India vs New Zealand 2024 test series has become very interesting after New Zealand's splendid victory in Bengaluru. Now Team India is behind 0-1 in this series. The reason for the loss is Team India's horrible batting performances. Let's delve into some records made in Chinnaswamy.
Tom Latham: The Captain Record
New Zealand's newly appointed test team captain Tom Latham made a unique record in his first captaincy match which Australia's great captains like Ricky Ponting and Allan Border couldn't achieve in their captaincy career.
Tom Latham Registered his 1st Test Win in India as a Captain
On 20th Oct 2024, Tom Latham became New Zealand's 3rd Captain who conquered a test victory over India in India. Even his previous captain Kane Williamson could not make this absolute record in his career.
With this win over India in India, Tom Latham surpassed not only Kane Williamson but also great captains like Ricky Ponting, Arjuna Ranatunga, Allan Border, Michael Clarke, Faf Duplessis, Kumar Sangakkara and Daniel Vettori.
Tom Latham looked impressive in this match but couldn't score big. In the first innings, He made 15 runs on 49 deliveries before getting out to Kuldeep Yadav. In the second innings, he becomes the prey of Jasprit Bumrah. Despite his low-scoring knocks New Zealand registered first test win in India after 1988.
Without Kane Williamson, New Zealand's win percentage is High in away tests
Since 2021 New Zealand have played 15 away test matches. In 15 away test matches Kane has been part of 11 matches but New Zealand managed to win only 2 matches. Whereas without Kane Williamson, New Zealand played 4 matches but won 2 of them.
In the Last 15 years, Team India lost 4 Home test matches despite winning the toss
Playing in Home Conditions, Team India is considered an Invincible team in test Cricket. As we all know in test cricket toss plays a huge role in the team's victory. There are 4 instances where Team India lost the test match after winning the toss.
Out of these 4 matches, Dhoni has been the captain in 2 matches and Rohit Sharma captained in 2 matches. Under Dhoni Team India lost to England in Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium and in Kolkata at Eden Garden after winning the toss.
Under Rohit Sharma's Captaincy Team India lost to Aus in Indore Holkar Stadium and at Bengaluru Chinnaswamy Stadium after winning the toss.
Chinnaswamy's loss added 3 unwanted records to Team India. The first one is that Team India lost a home test match to New Zealand after 36 years. The second on is that Team India lost a test match a Chinnaswamy after 19 years. The third unwanted record is Team India lost 2 home test matches in a year.
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