When India take subject in the World Test Championship (WTC) closing from June 18, they are going to be up towards a poor record versus New Zealand in main International Cricket Council (ICC) events stretching again to 18 years.
India’s seven-wicket win in the 2003 World Cup underneath Sourav Ganguly was the final time they beat the Kiwis in an ICC match.
Left-arm tempo bowler Zaheer Khan took 4 wickets whereas off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took two as India skittled out Kiwis for 146 and gained by seven wickets in Centurion 18 years in the past.
Since then India have misplaced each match to the Black Caps at ICC events.
Here’s a take a look at them:
2007 World T20 league match, Johannesburg:
New Zealand made 190 batting first with Brendon McCullum scoring 45 (31 balls) and Craig McMillan hitting 44 (off 23 balls). In response, India completed 10 runs brief at 180/9 in 20 overs. Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori picked 4 wickets for 20 runs to place in a man-of-the-match efficiency.
2016 T20 World Cup Super-10 match, Nagpur:
Indians bowled tightly to limit New Zealand to 126/7 in 20 overs on a pitch that helped spinners. Corey Anderson, with 34 off 42 balls, and Luke Ronchi (21 off 11) had been the one noteworthy contributors for New Zealand. However, the guests’ spin trio Nathan McCullum, Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi shared 9 wickets to skittle out India for 79. The Kiwis gained by 47 runs.
Leg-spinner Sodhi, who picked in-form Virat Kohli (23 off 27) as considered one of his three wickets, mentioned on Youtube present The Grade Cricketer: “Nathan [Mccullum] bowled in the powerplay. He came up to us and said, ‘boys, there is a bit of fun to be had out here. So just make sure you back your skills and try to spin as best as you can’. That was my first game at a World Cup, massive crowd, a few nerves. But the wicket was turning. I bowled the first ball in the good area, it spun and caught the edge of Kohli’s bat and was taken by wicketkeeper Ronchi.”
2019 50-over World Cup semi-final:
This was one of the disappointing losses for India. Having misplaced solely to host England in the league stage and topping the league desk with 15 factors, the Virat Kohli-led group was favorite to win the tie that was performed over two days resulting from inclement climate. After a strong however cautious begin by way of skipper Kane Williamson (67 off 95), Ross Taylor (74 off 90), and Henry Nicholls (28 off 51), the Kiwis misplaced observe and from 134/2 in 35.1 overs, they ended at simply 239 runs. Pacer Bhuvneshwar picked three wickets for 43 runs to assist India run by way of New Zealand’s late order stopping them from taking the full past 250. India’s batting, nonetheless, fell aside after they batted on the second day (reserve day), shedding the primary three wickets for 5 runs. At 24 for 4, it appeared sport over however Ravindra Jadeja’s 77 off 59 balls took India to 221, 18 runs brief.
