IND vs NZ: The second Test match between IND vs NZ will be played at Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune from tomorrow, Thursday, 24th October 2024 to Monday, 28th October 2024. India will be aiming to make a comeback in this three-match series of the red ball format after they lost the opening Test match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. New Zealand hopes to continue to do well after winning a red ball in India after 36 long years.
IND vs NZ: India Has Played Two Matches Till Now At MCA Stadium In Pune –
India will face the Kiwis in Pune, and that would be their third match of the red-ball format in Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune for the Men in Blue. From two red-ball games, India has won one and lost one Test match at this venue, while New Zealand has not played a match in MCA Stadium as of now. Tomorrow’s match would be their first game for the Blackcaps at that stadium.
IND vs NZ: Stats Of Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium In Pune –
The pitch in Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune is a good wicket for the batters. However, as the match goes on, the wicket will also assist the spin bowlers because they can get a grip on the surface. India has three quality spinners in their v and New Zealand also would like to add Mitchell Santner to their playing XI. The weather forecast says the 2nd Test match between IND vs NZ would have no stoppages as we all saw in the opening red-ball match in Bengaluru.
- 2 Test matches have been played till now in Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune
- The teams who have batted first have won both the red ball games played at this venue.
- The team who batted second on this wicket haven’t won any games till now according to the stats.
- 430 is the average 1st innings score of a test match
- 190 is the average second innings score of a red ball match
- 237 is the average third innings score
- While 107 runs is the average fourth innings score in Pune.
IND vs NZ: India’s Matches In MCA Stadium In Pune –
1. India Vs Australia 2017 –
The first-ever game at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune was played between India and Australia in 2017. India lost that red-ball match by 333 runs. Steve O’Keefe and Steven Smith were the stars for the Aussies in this huge win. Steve picked up a six-wicket haul in both innings of this red ball match while Steve Smith, who was also the skipper of that time, led his team from the front and scored a sensational hundred in the 2nd innings of this series opening match in Pune.
2. India Vs South Africa 2019 –
After the defeat in 2017 by the hands of Australia, India came to Pune against The Proteas and won this match by a mammoth margin of an innings and 137 runs. Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 254 runs were enough for India to win the second match and even that three-match series at home. India batted just once in that entire Test match and they declared their innings with a mammoth total of 601 runs.
Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja and Ajinkya Rahane were also the contributors along with King Kohli in that match. Then the bowlers of the Men in Blue rattled the South Africans twice with the red cherry in hand. The Proteas could amass just 275 runs in the first innings and 189 runs in their second innings. Ashwin picked up 4 scalps in the 1st innings while Jaddu and Umesh Yadav picked up three wickets each to their names in the second innings.
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