India vs New Zealand
Group India will hope to reinforce their case for the 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) last when they face New Zealand for a three-match series at home, beginning with the main in Bengaluru from Wednesday. India are arriving at this series on the rear of a 2-0 decisive victory against Bangladesh, which was likewise hung on home turf.
Rohit Sharma will keep driving the group, with pacer Jasprit Bumrah being named his agent. It’s critical to take note of that Ind didn’t have a bad habit skipper for the series against Bangladesh. Nonetheless, with Rohit prone to miss one of the initial two Trial of the Boundar Gavaskar Trofy series against Australia Down Under not long from now, India may be taking a gander at players who could lead the side in Rohit’s nonappearance.
The greatest positive from Ind’s home series against Bangladesh was the manner in which the hosts prearranged a wonderful rebound in the second Test in Kanpur, in the wake of having lost over two days of that Test because of downpour and wet outfield.
Ind will head the series against the Dark Covers with something very similar, forceful batting expectation. Taking everything into account, the onus will fall on pacers Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj to deliver the products, though Ravichandran Ashwin will keep driving the twist assault.
Mohammed Shami, who is recuperating from a lower leg injury, keeps on excess missing. Likewise missing from the crew is pacer Yash Dayal, who was accounted for to have been nursing a shoulder injury. Dayal, notwithstanding, played Uttar Pradesh’s Ranji Trophy match against Bengal, enlisting figures of 4/27 and 0/39 in the two innings.
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India are on top of the WTC standings with 74.24 percent focuses (98 focuses), while New Zealand are in 6th spot with 37.50 percent focuses (36 focuses). New Zealand’s focuses rate has essentially dropped following a 0-2 Test series misfortune to Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in September.
India and New Zealand last clashed in a Test series during the 2021-22 home season in India. India won the two-Test series 1-0 following a 372-run win in the second Test in Mumbai. The main Test that was played in Kanpur had finished in a draw.
In front of the India-New Zealand Test series, here’s a brief glance at a measurements regarding the competition between the two groups:
Matches played: 62
India wins: 22
New Zealand wins: 13
Draws: 27
Ties: 0
Leading run-scorer: Rahul Dravid –1,659 runs
Leading wicket-taker: R Ashwin –66 wickets
Most noteworthy group absolute: New Zealand – 680/8 pronounced in Wellington, 2014
Most reduced group absolute: New Zealand – 62 all out in Mumbai, 2021
Best bowling figures (Innings): 10/119-Ajaz Patel in Mumbai, 2021
Best bowling figures (Match): 14/225-Ajaz Patel in Mumbai, 2021
