India vs New Zealand स्कोरकार्ड, 2nd Test, India vs New Zealand 2021

India have failed to register a win against New Zealand in their last four men’s Test matches (D1 L3), the last time they failed to register a win in more such matches against the Kiwis was between November 1999 and October 2003 (P5 D3 L2).

Only against New Zealand have India failed to register a win in the World Test Championship; they lost two matches at Wellington and Christchurch in New Zealand, the final at Southampton (England) and drew their most recent match against the Kiwis at Green Park, Kanpur (25 to 29 November 2021).

India have won 11 of their 25 men’s Test matches at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (D7 L7), winning their last two on the trot (v England – December 2016, v West Indies – November 2013); never have they won three consecutive matches at this venue.

New Zealand have lost just one of their last 12 multigame bilateral men’s Test series (W10 D1), it was against Australia when they lost 0-3 in January 2020; the last time India lost such a series at home was against England in 2012, they have won all their 11 such series played since then.

New Zealand are unbeaten in their last 10 men’s Test matches (W8 D2), this is their longest unbeaten run in this format; three of these wins came against India.

New Zealand have never won a multigame bilateral men’s Test series against India in the subcontinent; they have lost nine of these series, drawing the other two.

Of India’s 105 catches in men’s Test cricket since the beginning of 2021, 77 were non-keeper catches; only England (84) have registered more such catches than India during this period.

No spinner has dismissed New Zealand’s Tom Latham on more occasions than India’s Ravichandran Ashwin (7) in Test cricket, in fact only England’s Stuart Broad (8) has dismissed him on more occasion; he has a false shot percentage of 17.3 against the Indian off spinner.

New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson became the fastest Kiwi to 50 wickets (9 matches) in men’s cricket during the last Test against India at Kanpur, he overtook Shane Bond who had achieved the feat in 12 matches; he has a bowling average of 15.4 against India.

Only Ajinkya Rahane (67%) has a better win percentage than Virat Kohli (58%) as India’s captain in men’s Test cricket, Rahane has won four and drawn two; meanwhile, Kohli has won 38 of his 65 matches as skipper (D11 L16).