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IND vs NZ: India and New Zealand are face to face in Pune. The second match of the 3-match Test series is being played between the two teams. In the Pune Test, the visiting Kiwi team won the toss and decided to bat first. Taking a lesson from the disappointing performance of the first Test, Team India’s spin bowlers performed brilliantly this time and bundled out New Zealand for 259 runs on the very first day.
R Ashwin took the first 3 wickets of New Zealand and with this he became the bowler taking the highest wickets in the history of the World Test Championship by surpassing Nathan Lyon. Ashwin got excellent support from Washington Sundar. The Indian team made a big change in the playing eleven of the Pune Test match and gave Washington Sundar a chance for the first time since March 2021. Washington Sundar did wonders by capitalizing on this wonderful opportunity. He got his first victim in the form of Rachin Ravindra and thus he managed to get his first wicket after 1329 days. After this he took a flurry of wickets. Sundar single-handedly showed the way to the pavilion to 7 New Zealand batsmen.
Indian spinners created history
India’s two spinners R Ashwin and Washington Sundar together destroyed the entire Kiwi team. In this way a new record was created on Indian soil. In fact, this has happened for the sixth time in India when all 10 wickets have been taken by the spinners in the first innings on the first day of the Test match. This is the second time this has happened on Indian soil after 1973. This year also in the Test match played in Dharamshala, Indian spinners took 10 wickets of England on the first day. By doing this feat for the second time within the same year, Indian spinners have created a new history.
When the spinner took all 10 wickets in the first innings on the first day of the Test on Indian soil.
- India vs New Zealand, Pune 2024
- India vs England, Dharamshala 2024
- India vs England, Chennai 1973
- India vs Australia, Chennai 1964
- India vs Australia, Kolkata 1956
- England vs India, Kanpur 1952
Playing 11 of both teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep.
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke.
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