Finance
By: Shree1news, 06 DEC 2021
India beat New Zealand by 372 runs at the fourth day of the second and final test at the Wankhede Stadium to win the series 1-0.
The comprehensive victory over New Zealand is India’s largest by runs margin in tests, eclipsing the 337-run win over South Africa at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi in 2015.
India have taken just about 45 minutes to wrap up the test by selecting up the 5 remaining wickets.
The margin of victory is India’s highest ever on home soil. It was also Rahul Dravid31r’s first test win as the coach.
For a team that had fought tooth and nail in Kanpur, the extra jump and turn did pose familiar problems for the Kiwis in a match they may try to remember for Ajaz Patel’s 10-wicket heroics. interestingly, Patel bowled 73.5 overs across two innings for new Zealand and his team, in overall, batted 84.4 overs which could signify abject capitulation.
India’s Ravichandran Ashwin took 4-34 whilst his spin bowling colleague Jayant Yadav picked up 4-49 as New Zealand were all out for 167 in the first session, chasing 540 for victory. Ravichandran Ashwin additionally finished his 300th wicket on Indian soil to finish the proceedings in a jiffy.
Jayant Yadav, who had not regarded in a good rhythm at the third evening, found his mojo with a career-best spell of 14-4-49-4 having last performed a test match in 2017. It was Yadav’s first five-wicket haul in a test and considering that he hasn’t had plagued by injuries and poor form, head coach Rahul Dravid’s confidence in his abilities certainly bore fruit.
Ravichandran Ashwin’s match figures 8-42 is also the second-best for a bowler to turn out to be without taking a 5-wicket haul in test match. legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne had 8-24 vs Pakistan in Sharjah in 2002.
The first test in Kanpur resulted in a draw.
That is the second time when Virat Kohli-led team India has defeated the Black Caps with such a margin. again in 2016, India beat New Zealand by 321 runs in the 0.33 and final test to finish a 3-0 sweep inside the series at Indore’s Holkar Stadium.
