NZ Vs IND: India and New Zealand are two competitive teams on the field of cricket. The players from these two teams are also good friends off the field and many of them play in the franchise teams of the Indian Premier League. Now the Kiwis will tour India later this year for a three-match red ball series.
New Zealand hasn’t won a red ball series in India yet while The Blues have won two series of the Test format in the Kiwi nation. India’s first-ever series win in the red ball format came in 1968 under the leadership of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, who is also known as Tiger Pataudi and Nawab Of Pataudi. In 2009, India won their second Test series in New Zealand under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
NZ Vs IND: India Lost The Test Series By A Margin Of 2-0 When They Played A Red Ball Match Against Blackcaps In New Zealand Last Time –Â
India hasn’t won a single series of the red ball format since 2009. India had toured the Kiwi nation twice after their series win in New Zealand. But despite being a good team on the paper, The Men in Blue have failed to clinch the red ball series in those two attempts. The last time when India played a red ball in New Zealand was in 2020, the series which was scheduled before the COVID-19 pandemic.
But India couldn’t win the two-match series of the red ball format in the Kiwi nation. They started their tour with a whitewash series win in the shortest format. The Men in Blue won the five-match series of the T20 International format by a margin of 5-0 and they had also won two super overs matches as well.
However, India’s winning momentum was stopped by the Kiwis. In the three-match ODI series, India was whitewashed by a margin of 3-0 and the Blackcaps also won both the red ball games and the series by a margin of 2-0. Virat Kohli was the skipper of the Indian team in that series for all three formats.
NZ Vs IND: The Highest Run Getter And Wicket Taker From Team India In The Test Series Of 2020 In New Zealand
1.   Mayank Agarwal –Â
This opening batter of Team India, Mayank Agarwal was said to be the next ‘Wall’ in Indian cricket after he had a wonderful debut series in Australia. But Agarwal couldn’t cement his place in the red ball format because of low scores and now he is out of the contention of being selected.
India lost the two-match red-ball series when they played in New Zealand in 2020. Mayank Agarwal was the highest run scorer for the Men in Blue. The opener scored 102 runs in the two matches and four innings with an average of 25.50 and a strike rate of 51. He scored 13 fours and also slammed one half-century.
2.   Jasprit Bumrah –Â
The star Indian pace bowler, Boom Boom Bumrah is the spearhead of the Indian bowling unit and that too in all three forms of this gentlemen’s game. Bumrah was the highest wicket-taker for India in that series loss to New Zealand in 2020. He had picked up 6 scalps from two matches played in that series.  Jasprit had an average of 31.67, a strike rate of 61.67 and an economy rate of 3.08. His best bowling figures were 3 wickets for 99 runs.
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