IND vs NZ: India-New Zealand clash, Rohit and company will try to save reputation

New Delhi. The third and last Test match of the series between Team India and New Zealand, captained by Rohit Sharma, is being played from today at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. This test match is very important for the Indian team. Host India has lost the series after losing the first two tests. he/she would like to save his/her shame by winning the last test match. New Zealand has created history by defeating India in a Test series at home for the first time in 36 years. By winning this test, the Indian team would also like to retain its top position in the WTC rankings. If India wants to reach the WTC final, it will have to win 4 test matches. If Team India wins the Mumbai Test against New Zealand, then it will have to win 3 Tests on the Australia tour.

The Indian team played a Test match at home for the first time in 1933. Since then, she has played 292 test matches at home. During this period, it has won 120 tests while lost 56. 115 tests were drawn. There was a test match tied. Team India has lost 56 tests at home in the last 90 years. The Indian team, which has played 88 Test series at home, has won 16 of them. This has never happened in the history of Indian Test when a team has come to India and won a Test series of 3 or more matches against the host team by 3-0. New Zealand has a chance to clean sweep India. If the Indian team loses the Mumbai Test, then it will be the first time since 2000 that Team India will have a clean sweep in the Test series.

India’s probable eleven: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Washington Sundar, Akash Deep/Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.

New Zealand’s probable XI: Tom Latham, Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee/Matt Henry, Will Oruke, Ajaz Patel.