The start of the 3-match test series against New Zealand was not as expected for the Indian team under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. The Kiwi team won the first match of this series played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru by 8 wickets on the 5th day and took a 1-0 lead in the series. This is the Kiwi team’s third win in 37 test matches in India, in which they last won a test match here in the year 1988. At the same time, this match was also very embarrassing for Team India in which they saw such a day in a test match at home after 24 years which no one had expected.
This happened for the first time in the last 24 years.
It has never been an easy task for any team in India to achieve a target of 100 or more runs in the fourth innings of a Test match. That is why no foreign team has been able to do so in the last 24 years. Now New Zealand has put an end to this by achieving the target of 107 runs in the Bengaluru Test. Before this match, the Indian team had to face defeat in this way in the Test match against South Africa played in Mumbai in the year 2000 when the African team chased the target of 163 runs. Since then, the Indian team has given the target of 100 plus runs to the opposing team in the fourth innings in 32 of the Test matches played at home, out of which they managed to win 23 and 9 were draws. However, now under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India has seen such a shameful day after 24 years.
India lost a Test match in Bengaluru in 2005
The Indian team’s record at home has always been excellent in any format. Team India has faced defeat in a Test match at Bengaluru’s M. Chinnaswamy Stadium since 2005, in which the last time it had to face defeat in this stadium was against Pakistan. During this period, the Indian team played a total of 8 matches and managed to win 5 of them.