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Follow UsNew Zealand have scripted history in Bengaluru. Coming from an innings defeat in their previous Test in Sri Lanka, few gave the Kiwis a chance against India. However, the Blackcaps turned up to defeat India by eight wickets, clinching their first Test win in India in 36 years – 13,109 days to be precise.
New Zealand last defeated India in 1988, when none of their current Playing XI players were born except Ajaz Patel, who was one month old. The Kiwi skipper, Tom Latham, was born in 1992.
They now lead the three-match series 1-0 but India can still win the series, as they did against England to come back from 0-1 behind to win 4-1. But for now, New Zealand have achieved a big feat in the context of this match.
We look back at other such astonishing numbers from New Zealand’s third Test win in India:
> New Zealand’s Test wins in India
Nagpur, 1969 - New Zealand won by 167 runs
Mumbai, 1988 - New Zealand won by 136 runs
Bengaluru, 2024 - New Zealand won by 8 wickets
> India have lost a Test in Bengaluru after 19 years. Their last defeat at the Chinnaswamy Stadium came against Pakistan back in March 2005 - by 168 runs
> Most Test wins against India since 2020
England - 4 in 14 Tests
New Zealand - 4 in 6 Tests
> Most losses at home in Tests since 2023
3 - India
3 - Pakistan
3 - Bangladesh
3 - England
3 - New Zealand
> Most losses for an Indian captain at home this century
Rohit Sharma - 3 in 14 Tests
Sourav Ganguly - 3 in 21 Tests
MS Dhoni - 3 in 30 Tests
> Teams successfully chasing a target over 100 away in India (since 2000)
South Africa 164/6 in Mumbai in 2000
New Zealand 107/2 in Bengaluru in 2024
> New Zealand players to win Player of the Match award in a Test in India
John Bracewell - 1988
Daryl Tuffey - 2003
Brendon McCullum - 2010
Rachin Ravindra - 2024
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