New Zealand tour of India: The visiting team has won the first match of the 3-match Test series between India and New Zealand. With this, New Zealand has also taken a 1-0 lead in the 3 test match series. This victory proved to be historic for New Zealand because it had not won on Indian soil for the last 36 years, but now it has stopped India’s winning streak. However, despite this historic defeat, Indian captain Rohit Sharma is confident that his team will bounce back in the same manner as it did by winning four consecutive matches against England earlier this year, despite losing the first Test to New Zealand by eight wickets.
Let us tell you that the Indian team, which was out on its minimum score of 46 runs in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test, made a comeback in the second innings but lost by eight wickets. Rohit said after the match, ‘Such matches happen. We will forget it and move forward. We have won four matches after losing one match against England. We know what each player has to do.
Rohit admitted that he made a mistake in assessing the situation, but he also said that he did not think that the Indian team would be out for 46 runs. Rohit said, ‘I had said in the press conference that we knew that there would be problems in the beginning but we did not think that the team would be out for 46 runs. New Zealand bowled well and we failed. He said, ‘We batted well in the second innings. Can’t do much when you are 350 runs behind. Some good partnerships were formed. We could have got out cheaply but it did not happen. Sarfaraz and Rishabh batted brilliantly. Sarfaraz played a very mature innings.
Status of India-New Zealand Bengaluru Test
Talking about the entire excitement of the Bengaluru Test, after India’s first innings was reduced to 46 runs, New Zealand scored a total of 402 runs in its first innings. Rachin Ravindra played a big role in helping the Kiwi team reach this score, who scored the second century of his Test career, the first against India and the first on foreign soil. New Zealand got a lead of 356 runs in the first innings. Thanks to Sarfaraz Khan’s century and Rishabh Pant’s strong innings of 99 runs, India recovered from New Zealand’s lead, but could not avoid its defeat.