New Zealand captain Kane Williamson admitted that had the Indian team scored 50 runs, the situation would have been very challenging for us. New Zealand won the first Test played in Wellington by 10 wickets at the start of the fourth day of play, but they won the second Test by seven wickets on the third day of the match on Monday.

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Williamson said at the press conference after the match, “It was a great performance, but as I said, this result does not show how competitive the match was.” If India had scored 50 more runs, it would have been a match.

Unlike the subcontinent, here was a match between the ball and bat from the pitch of both the test matches, where it was a bit difficult to score. He said, ‘In terms of pitch, the match between the ball and bat was a match in both matches and scoring was not easy. You wanted a bit of luck and try to put pressure on the bowler. The players of the team performed brilliantly in the last two matches.

Williamson, however, admitted that the pitch here was more suited to fast bowlers. He said, ‘I think both pitches were more helpful for fast bowlers. Even in such circumstances, the way we batted in the first innings and scored a competitive score in Wellington was fantastic to see.

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Team India faced a whitewash 0–2 in the two-match Test series, with New Zealand losing their second consecutive Test match. In the second Test match played in Christchurch, the Kiwis defeated the Virat Brigade by 7 wickets. Earlier, the hosts defeated India by 10 wickets in the first Test match. In this way, New Zealand beat the world’s number one Test team 2–0 at their home.

India had lost 0–3 in the ODI series after winning the T20 series 5–0 on this tour. Now in the Test series too, Team India has to face 0-2 embarrassment. After losing the toss in the second Test match played in Christchurch, Team India came out to bat first and were all out for 242 runs in the first innings. Hanuma Vihari scored the highest score of 55 for Team India while Cheteshwar Pujara and Prithvi Shaw scored 54-54.

Kyle Jameson took 5 wickets for New Zealand. In response, Indian bowlers bowled out New Zealand for 235 runs in the first innings. In this way, India got a 7-run lead on the basis of first innings. Tom Latham scored the highest score of 52 runs for New Zealand in the first innings. Kyle Jameson once again batted brilliantly in the lower order. Jameson scored 49 runs.

The Indian team collapsed for 124 runs in the second innings and New Zealand got an easy target of 132 runs to win this match and series. Cheteshwar Pujara scored the highest 24 runs in this innings for India. He was followed by Ravindra Jadeja, who played an unbeaten innings of 16 runs. After chasing the target, New Zealand scored 132 runs after losing 3 wickets and defeated India by 7 wickets.

New Zealand got a target of 132 runs to win

The Indian team collapsed for 124 runs in the second innings and New Zealand got an easy target of 132 runs to win this match and series. India scored 242 in the first innings, and New Zealand were all out for 235 runs in the first innings and entered the second innings with a seven-run lead. Cheteshwar Pujara scored the highest 24 runs in this innings for India. He was followed by Ravindra Jadeja, who played an unbeaten innings of 16 runs.

Mayank Agarwal returned to the pavilion after scoring 3 runs. Trent Boult lbw him. Saudi took the wicket of Prithvi Shaw (14). Virat Kohli (14) was made his victim by Colin de Grandhom. Ajinkya Rahane (9) was bowled by Neil Wagner. After this Trent Bolt bowled both Cheteshwar Pujara (24) and Umesh Yadav (1).The Indian team, who started the third day with 90 runs at the loss of six wickets, returned to the pavilion by adding 34 runs. On the total score of 97, Hanuma Vihari (9) made his victory by Tim Southee, while on this score, Trent Bolt sent Rishabh Pant to the pavilion. Pant scored four runs. Saudi then dismissed Mohammad Shami for a total score of 109 and took India’s ninth wicket.

The pair of Bolt and skipper Kane Williamlan got Jaspreet Bumrah out and dismissed the visiting team’s innings. Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten after scoring 16 runs. Cheteshwar Pujara scored more runs than him. Pujara, who was dismissed on the second day, contributed 24 runs. Bolt took four wickets for New Zealand. Saudi earned three successes. Colin de Grandhom and Neil Wegner had one wicket each.

Indian bowlers bowled out New Zealand for 235 runs

With the stormy bowling of Mohammed Shami and Jaspreet Bumrah, India returned to New Zealand on the second day, bowling out for 235 runs in the first innings. Shami took four for 81 while Bumrah took three wickets for 62 runs. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja also supported him by taking two wickets for 22 runs, which gave India a seven-run lead. The visiting team had scored 242 runs in the first innings.

Tom Latham batted for 52 runs for New Zealand, but he never looked in rhythm and Bumrah troubled him a lot. The fast bowling trio of Shami, Bumrah and Umesh Yadav bowled from the right line and length. Umesh gave India the first success by LBW to Tom Blundell (30). Bumrah then caught New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (03) by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant.

Ross Taylor (15) also lost patience in front of accurate bowling. In an attempt to play Jadeja’s ball, he waved in the air and Umesh caught a good catch at the backward point. Shami, who has so far failed on this tour, bowled Latham on the best ball after this. Latham decided not to play the shot, but the inside ball uprooted his stumps. He hit five fours in his 122-ball innings.

Shami then caught Henry Nicholls (14) in the slip by captain Virat Kohli. Bumrah sent BJ Watling (00) and Tim Southee (00) to the pavilion early. Jadeja then bowled Colin de Grandhom (26). After this, Wagner and Jameson kept Indian bowlers from success for almost 12 overs. However, Jamieson missed his first Test half-century by just one run.

However, New Zealand’s lower order batted once again, failing which India failed to get a strong lead. Jadeja ended Neil Wagner’s (21) catch at deep midwicket, ending his ninth-wicket partnership with Kyle Jameson (49).

India’s first innings limited to 242 runs

The Indian cricket team collapsed for 242 runs in their first innings in front of the Kiwi bowlers. The Indian team was in a slightly respectable position by scoring 194 runs for five wickets at one time, but it was reduced to 242 runs by adding 48 runs. Hanuma Vihari scored the highest score of 55 for Team India while Cheteshwar Pujara and Prithvi Shaw scored 54-54. Apart from this, captain Virat Kohli scored 3, Mayank Agarwal and Ajinkya Rahane scored 7-7 runs. Kyle Jameson took 5 wickets for New Zealand.

Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal landed for India. New Zealand’s first over was bowled by Tim Southee in which he did not give a single run. The second over was thrown by Trent Bolt. On the second ball of the second over, Shaw hit a brilliant four. Earlier, Mayank took a run on the first ball. In the second over, India added a total of 6 runs to their score card.

Mayank also hit a four off the first ball of the sixth over. Mayank missed the fourth ball of the over and was called LBW. In this way, where Trent Bolt got the first success, on the other hand, India got the first blow. India’s second wicket fell on the first ball of the 20th over. Prithvi Shaw played a brilliant innings of 54 runs in 64 balls. Prithvi Shaw shared a 50-run partnership with Pujara for the second wicket. Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion for 3 runs.

Kohli was out lbw by Tim Southee. Kohli could not see anything special in the first match and in this match, his bat remained angry. Vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, who exposed Kiwi bowlers in the first match, could not walk in this match. Ross Taylor caught his catch off Saudi’s ball. Rahane scored just seven runs.

After Rahane left, Pujara and Vihari batted brilliantly and added 81 runs for the fifth wicket. Meanwhile, Pujara completed his half-century. Vihari also played well with Pujara scoring 55 runs, but a ball from Neil Wagner was successful in bringing him to the pavilion on a total score of 194. Vihari hit 10 fours facing 70 balls.

Cheteshwar Pujara scored 54 runs. Pujara was caught by BJ Watling off Kyle Jameson. Rishabh Pant (12) bowled at a score of 207. After this, India lost their eighth wicket on the same score as Umesh Yadav (0) and the ninth wicket as Ravindra Jadeja (9) on the score of 216 and the last wicket as Mohammed Shami (16) on the score of 242.

India got the challenge of first batting

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl and invited India to bat first on the green top wicket. Two changes were made in Team India. Umesh Yadav was replaced in place of unfit fast bowler Ishant Sharma, while R.K. In this match, left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja got a chance in place of Ashwin.

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Captain Virat Kohli is very happy with this blazing success of the team. He shared his picture on Twitter on Thursday, in which he is admiring the natural beauty. He has written a sentence in philosophical style in the caption of his picture – Life is a blessing.

That's how we do it! #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/Ej97E0ciLJ

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 29, 2020

Earlier on Wednesday, after winning the match in the Super Over, Kohli said that there was a time that we lost. In the award ceremony after the match, Kohli said, ‘At one time I thought we lost. The way Kane Williamson batted and scored 95 is fantastic. He felt bad because I know how it feels when the time is against you and you play such innings.

Life is a blessing. pic.twitter.com/5MWTmUxWeA

— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) January 30, 2020

In fact, India scored 179 runs losing five wickets in 20 overs. The host team was heading towards victory with the help of 95 runs by Captain Kane, but the story changed in the last five balls and the match was tied. Due to which the result of the match in the super over came and India won.

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