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...
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Series Victory for Team India after 41 yrs in New Zealand
India secured their first series victory in New Zealand breaking the 41-year gap since 1968 on Tuesday despite rain cheating them of a huge victory in the third Test here in Wellington. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the mood in the dressing room after the long awaited win was “fantastic”. “We have achieved...
Gambir powered India
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...
Gambir turning to be Next Indian Wall
Gautam Gambhir’s match-saving 137 in the second Test against New Zealand on Monday earned him rich accolades from stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag who likened the belligerent left-hander to Rahul Dravid and dubbed him the “second wall” of Indian cricket. Otherwise an aggressive batsman, Gambhir batted for nearly 11 hours over three days to bail...
Laxman, Gambir on top 20
Indian batsman VVS Laxman returned to the top-20 of the ICC Rankings, up six places to 15th in the latest list, after playing on the match-saving hundred against the Kiwis in second test at Napier. In the rankings for Test bowlers, Indian pacer Ishant Sharma’s 3-95 in the drawn match helped him leapfrog Jacques...
India Vs New Zealand : Napier Test ends in Draw
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...
Tit-Bits
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...
India at 252/2 at stumps on day 4
Gautam Gambhir made century in lengthy partnerships with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar as India, following on, batted itself away from danger Sunday on the fourth day of the second cricket test against New Zealand. Gambhir was 102 not out, Tendulkar was 58 not out and India was 252 for two at stumps, still...
NZ Vs India Second test Preview
The resounding nature of India’s victory in the series opener in Hamilton, without doubt, spells more of the same come the second Test in Napier. New Zealand can ride on the back of one or two blokes’ individual performances against ICC Test rankings bottom feeder – the Windies and Bangladesh – but against Mahendra...
