Dhoni led India’s victorious cricketers returned home in batches in different cities on Thursday after their historic Test series triumph in New Zealand. While charismatic skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, man-of-the-series Gautam Gambhir, opener Virender Sehwag, pacer Ishant Sharma and spinner Amit Mishra landed at the capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, Sachin Tendulkar and four...
Here are the stats giving you information about the number of test matches played between India and New Zealand in Kiwis’ soil and their results. Year of Play Matches Result 1968 4 India Won by 3-1 1976 3 Draw 1-1 1981 3 New Zealand Won by 1-0 1990 3 New Zealand Won by 1-0...
Gautam Gambhir’s sixth Test hundred and second of the tour powered the Indian lead to 531 runs with five wickets intact against New Zealand at stumps on the third day at the Basin Reserve. Despite losing Rahul Dravid (60) and Sachin Tendulkar (9) in the second session, Gambhir and V V S Laxman carried...
The Napier Test ended in a draw as India ended their second innings with 476/4 on the final day. The duo of Laxman and Yuvraj saw off the tumultuous weather to retain the visitors’ 1-0 lead over New Zealand in the three tests. It was a Test that would be most remembered for the...
Gautam Gambhir has taken 398 minutes to complete his hundred, fifth slowest by an Indian in an away Test. Gambhir also became only the third Indian left-hander to complete 2,000 runs in Test cricket after Sourav Ganguly (7,212 runs in 113 Tests) and Ajit Wadekar (2,113 runs in 37 Tests). Gambhir became only the...
