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.
Career-best Test figures of 7-53 for Mitchell Santner! His maiden Test five-wicket bag and the third best Test figures by a New Zealander against India 🤝 #INDvNZ #CricketNation 📸 BCCI pic.twitter.com/aHnDEDMGKW
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 25, 2024
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.
A 103-run first innings lead in Pune. Mitchell Santner leading the way with career-best Test figures of 7-53, alongside Glenn Phillips (2-26) and Tim Southee (1-18). Follow play LIVE in NZ on @skysportnz 📺 or @SENZ_Radio 📻 LIVE scoring https://t.co/VJzmDajMi0 📲 #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/oubjuUxyBu
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 25, 2024
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.
Innings Break! #TeamIndia all out for 156.
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 25, 2024
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/YVjSnKCtlI #INDvNZ | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/K7ir5j4a6G
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
10/119 Ajaz Patel Wankhede 2021
7/23 Richard Hadlee Wellington 1976
7/53 Mitchell Santner Pune 2024 *
7/64 Tim Southee Bengaluru 2012
7/65 Simon Doull Wellington 1998
Most wkts at the time of maiden 5-fer in Tests (NZ)
63 John Reid
61 Richard Collinge
54 Mitchell Santner *
51 Bevan Congdon
50 Tony MacGibbon
