Pune (Maharashtra):The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team suffered another batting collapse and saw themselves conceding 100+ runs in consecutive home Test for the first time in 23 years during the first innings of the second Test match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Friday, October 25, 2024.
India conceded 356 runs lead in the first innings of the first Test in Bengaluru as they were skittled out for a mere total of 46, the lowest at home in Asia. This time around, in the second Test, New Zealand posted 259 runs in the first innings and in reply to it, Men in Blue managed to reach 156, conceding a lead of 103 runs.
The last time India conceded a 100+ lead in successive home Tests in a series was way back in 2001 against Australia - 173 at Wankhede & 274 at Eden Gardens.
It was New Zealand left-arm orthodox spinner Mitchell Santner who ripped apart the Indian batting lineup as he registered the best career figures. Santner claimed his maiden Test five-wicket haul in his 19.3 over spell. He took seven wickets like Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah.
This is also the third-best-ever bowling performance in an inning by a New Zealand bowler against India. Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel leads the chart with a ten-wicket clinching performance on the last tour, followed by Sir Richard Hadlee's 7/23 in Wellington.
Below are the records that have been registered or broken during India's first innings of the second Test match.
19 wickets have fallen to spin - The joint second most across the first two innings of a Test in India
20 Ind vs Eng Kanpur 1952
19 Ind vs NZ Nagpur 1969 (NZ maiden Test win in India)
19 Ind vs NZ Pune 2024
Best figures for NZ vs India in Tests