IND vs NZ: The excellent performance of the Indian cricket team continues on its New Zealand tour. In the second ODI match played in Wellington, Team India defeated New Zealand by 4 runs under DLS rule and took a strong 2-0 lead in the series. With this defeat, a very shameful and unwanted record has been registered in the history of New Zealand cricket. The Kiwi team has suffered such a crushing defeat against India this year, which has written the worst page in their cricket history.
11th defeat against India in a year
Actually, the defeat in Wellington ODI is New Zealand's 11th crushing defeat against India this year. This is the first time in the history of cricket that the Kiwi team has lost 11 matches to any one team within the same year. Team India has maintained its complete dominance over New Zealand in all three formats, Test, ODI and T20, this entire year.
Australia's 21 year old record broken
In this matter of shameful record, New Zealand has broken its own 21 year old record. Earlier in the year 2005, New Zealand had to face a maximum of 10 defeats in a year against the Australian team, but this time the excellent performance of Team India has left behind that old record of Australia and has dominated the Kiwis by winning for the 11th time.
New Zealand's most defeats against a single team in a calendar year
• 11 defeats: vs India (year 2026)
• 10 defeats: vs Australia (2005)
• 9 defeats: vs England (2008)
*⃣ The last time New Zealand lost successive ODIs at home was in Jan 2019 – also against India
*⃣ That was also the last instance of New Zealand losing a bilateral series at home.
*⃣ The 3rd ODI is now a must-win game for the hosts to extend their streak. pic.twitter.com/qlooyIogru
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Bowlers' brilliance and rain drama
Rain significantly affected this match, due to which the result of the match was based on Duckworth-Lewis rule. When the game was stopped, the Indian team had scored 113 runs losing 7 wickets in 26 overs and needed only 22 runs in 66 balls to win, but then rain came and the match was stopped again. The game could not be restarted, after which Team India was declared victorious by 4 runs.
Earlier, the Kiwi team, which won the toss and came to bat first, could not face the difficult pitch of Wellington. The host batsmen looked helpless from the beginning against the Indian attack and the entire team was reduced to just 134 runs in 41 overs. The hero of this tight bowling by India was young fast bowler Gurnoor Brar, who showed the way to the pavilion to the four leading batsmen of New Zealand by bowling a lethal spell. For his lethal bowling, he was also given the Player of the Match award.
Gurnoor Brar named player of the match in Wellington after picking up a four-wicket haul. pic.twitter.com/JTzlboRG9L
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Team India's rule on Kiwi soil
This year's figures clearly show that Team India has forced New Zealand to kneel by entering its own house. No matter who the captain was, the Kiwi team looked helpless throughout the year in front of the strong performance of our batsmen and bowlers. Now, after falling 2-0 in the series, New Zealand faces a big challenge to save its honour. At any cost, they would like to stop this shameful series of defeats here. Whereas Team India would like to make its record even better.
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