This stain on Rohit will never go away, the third captain whose name has been added to the unwanted list…

New Delhi. Despite fighting hard against New Zealand, the Indian team lost in the Bengaluru Test. With this defeat, Rohit Sharma’s name has been added to that unwanted list, in which earlier there were only two Indian captains. This is the captain under whose captaincy India lost to New Zealand on its home ground. Among these captains, there was one whom his/her colleagues used to call Tiger.

New Zealand has defeated India by 8 wickets in the first test of the three-match series. With this victory, it has taken a 1-0 lead in the Test series. This defeat is going to sting the Indian team and captain Rohit Sharma for a long time. The Indian team, which was all out for 46 runs in the first innings, scored 462 runs in the second innings. Despite this, New Zealand got the target of only 107 runs, which it achieved easily.

New Zealand has won only 3 test matches out of 37
This was New Zealand’s 37th Test match against the host team on Indian soil. Before this series, New Zealand had played 36 test matches in India, out of which it had won only two. Now after the Bengaluru Test, his/her win count has increased to 3.

Tiger lost for the first time under the captaincy of Pataudi
New Zealand team has been coming on India tour since 1955. he/she got his/her first victory here in 1969. New Zealand had defeated Team India for the first time in India by 167 runs in Nagpur. The then captain of the Indian team was Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, whom his/her colleagues called Tiger Pataudi. New Zealand team had scored 319 and 214 runs in this match. The Indian team could score only 257 and 109 runs in reply.

New Zealand won for the last time at Wankhede
New Zealand won the second test match in India on 29 November 1988. This time New Zealand defeated India by 136 runs in the match played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This time the captain of the Indian team was Dilip Vengsarkar. New Zealand had scored 236 and 279 runs in this match. In response, the Indian team was out after scoring 234 and 145 runs.

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