New Zealand has given many wounds to India
Sports Desk, New Delhi. New Zealand cricket team defeated India 2-1 in the three-match ODI series. Losing the series to New Zealand is not surprising, but it has created history with this series because the Kiwi team has done this by defeating India at home. India is more hurt by this. This is New Zealand's first ODI series win in India. He has given such a wound to India that it is not within the reach of everyone.
However, this is not the first time that the New Zealand team became a challenge for the Indian cricket team. This team has given many such wounds to India whose pain still hurts till today. Sometimes defeating at home and sometimes becoming a hindrance in the path of becoming world champion, New Zealand's job seems to be to stop India. We are going to tell you about those big and deep wounds that New Zealand has given to India.
New Zealand gave wounds to India
Defeated in the final of ICC Knockout-2000
In the year 2000, India and New Zealand faced each other in the ICC Knockout Tournament. This tournament is now called Champions Trophy. India expected that it would easily defeat New Zealand, but the Kiwi team turned the tables and did not allow India to win the tournament. Batting first in this match, India scored 264 runs losing six wickets. New Zealand had achieved this target two balls earlier by losing six wickets on the basis of Chris Cairns' unbeaten 102 runs.
2019 world cup semi final
Team India, which reached England to play the ODI World Cup under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, was a strong contender for victory. From the performance he showed in the league stage, it seemed that defeating India is not easy. India faced New Zealand in the semi-finals and this team defeated India. This defeat still hurts India a lot because MS Dhoni was taking the team closer to victory, but a direct throw from Martin Guptill finished the whole job. Batting first in that match, New Zealand scored 239 runs losing eight wickets. The Indian team was bundled out for 221 runs in 49.3 overs.
ICC World Test Championship Final-2021
ICC started the World Test Championship in the year 2019. In the final of this two-year long championship, the teams of India and New Zealand faced each other at the Southampton ground in England. Once again India was a strong contender for victory, but the Kiwi team captained by Kane Williamson turned the tables and prevented India from becoming world champion once again.
In the year 2024, the New Zealand team had come to India to play a three-match Test series. It is not easy to beat India in Tests in India. Very few teams have been able to do this work. This was not expected at all from New Zealand, but this team won all three matches and wiped out India in its own home. This was Team India's first Test series defeat against New Zealand at home. India has not yet forgotten this wound because it hurt its campaign to play the Test Championship-2025 final.
After the Test, the New Zealand team has also been successful in defeating India at home in the ODI series. This is the situation when India won the first match in Vadodara. Then it seemed that the New Zealand team had not come to India to win and had just come to fulfill the tradition of the series. But this team turned the tables.
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