2016 New Zealand Tour of India - India Vs New Zealand Third Test @ Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Oct 08-12,2016

 

India - New Zealand Head-to-Head in Tests

Total = 51 : India 17, New Zealand 9, Draw 25.
In India = 30 : India 12, New Zealand 2, Draw 16.
In New Zealand = 21 : India 5, New Zealand 7, Draw 9.

 India - New Zealand Test Series Head-to-Head

There have been 17 test series between India and New Zealand now, upto 2010 New Zealand tour of India.

 9 have been played in India and 8 in New Zealand.

 India have won 2 test series in New Zealand (the very first one they played, way back in 1968 & the last one in 2010), whereas Kiwis have never registered a test series win in India.

 In total, India have won 9 test series against New Zealand, with New Zealand winning 4 and remaining 4 resulting in draw.

3-Match Test Series Results

First Test @Green Park,Kanpur Sep 22 -26,2016
Scorecard
India 318/10 in 97 Overs and 377/5 Declared in 107.2 Overs with Jadeja 50* and Rohit Sharma 68*
New Zealand 262/10 in 95.5 Overs and 236/10 in 87.3 Overs
Match Result - India won by 197 Runs
MOM - Ravindra Jadeja (India)for his 42* and 5/73(34 Overs and 50* and 1/58(34 Overs)
Ravichandran Ashwin took 10 wickets in the Test - 4/93(30.5 Overs)and 6/132(35.3 Overs)
Series Result - India lead the 3-Match Test Series 1-0

Second Test @ Eden Gardens Kolkata Sep 30 - Oct 03,2016
Scorecard
India scored 263/10 in 76.5 Overs with Wriddhiman Saha 58*
NZ scored 197/10 in 81.1 Overs(Target(376 Runs)
Match Result - India won by 178 Runs
MOM - Wriddhiman Saha (India)for his  54* and 58*
Series Result - India lead the 3-Match Test Series 2-0

Third Test @ Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Oct 08-11,2016 
Scorecard
India 557/5 Declared in 169 Overs and 261/3  Declared in 49 Overs
NZ 299/10 and 153/10
Match Result - India won by 321 Runs
MOM - Ravichandran Ashwin(India) for his 6/81(27.2 Overs) and 7/59(13.5 Overs) 
Man of the Series - Ravichandran Ashwin(India)
Series Result - India won the 3-Match Test Series 3-0

Day One Saturday Oct 08,2016

India win toss, opt to bat against New Zealand. Gambhir and Umesh Yadav are back in the squad.

India scored 267/3 in 90 Overs with Virat Kohli 103* and Ajinkya Rahane 79* at the crease

Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane complete 100-run stand for the fourth wicket as India reach 200/3 in 71.4 overs.

Skipper Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring 13th century in Test cricket during the first day of the third Test match between India and New Zealand at The Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on October 8, 2016.

Ajinkya Rahane Becomes 36th Indian to Score 2000 Test Runs

Ajinkya Rahane on Day One Saturday Oct 08,2016 became the 36th Indian batsman to cross the milestone of 2000 Test runs. Rahane, who has been a key figure in the Indian middle-order over the past two years, achieved the feat in his 49th Test innings.

Rahane reached the milestone while batting during India's first innings on day 1 of the third Test match against New Zealand at Indore.

This makes him the 10th fastest Indian to the milestone. Gautam Gambhir (43 innings) and Cheteshwar Pujara (46 innings) are the only batsman in the current Indian line-up who have achieved the feat faster than Rahane.

The record of scoring the fastest 2000 runs in Test cricket for India is jointly held by the legendary Rahul Dravid and explosive Virender Sehwag. Both these greats took 40 innings to reach the mark.

Fall of Wickets(India)
Murali Vijay                 10(18 Balls 4x2)

Gautam Gambhir          29(53 Balls 4x3 and 6x2)

Cheteshwar Pujara        41(108 Balls 4x6)

 

Day Two Sunday Oct 09,2016

The hosts ,who started the day on 267 for three, rode on the 365-run fourth-wicket partnership between Kohli (211) and Rahane (188) to flatten the New Zealand bowling 

Ajinkya Rahane who scored 188 Runs was also in blazing form, also posting a career-best score in his 29th match after completing his 8th Test century

Virat Kohli Becomes First Indian Test Captain to Score Two Double Centuries

 

Having played a pivotal role in India's run to the World T20 semis and in Royal Challengers Bangalore's final appearance in the IPL, Kohli took his batting form to Test cricket as well, and completed his first ever double century during the Test series in the West Indies during the summer.

On Sunday Oct 09,2016 Day Two, India's Test captain completed his second Test double century with a calculated and composed knock at Indore in the 3rd Test Vs NZ

In the process, Virat Kohli became the first Indian player to scored two double centuries in Tests as captain.

Virat Kohli, who scored his maiden 200 against the West Indies in July, registered his career-best Test score Sunday with a dominating display.

Virat Kohli  who resumed the day on 103 in his 48th Test, scored runs all around the park with 20 boundaries during his 366-ball stay at the crease.


Virat Kohli departed for a score of 211 from a Jeetan Patel delivery, while Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed by Trent Boult for 188.

At close of play on Day Two,India posted a crushing 557/5 declared Vs NZ and NZ were 28 without loss at stumps,with Martin Guptill on 17 and Tom Latham on 6, trailing by 529.

Rohit Sharma 51* and Ravindra Jadeja 17* then added some quick runs with an unbeaten 53-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Rohit Sharma Sharma, who hit three fours and two sixes during his 63-ball knock, struck his third half-century of the series as India gained firm control of the match.
Scorecard
India 557/5 Declared in 169 Overs
Virat Kohli            211(366 Balls 4x20)-13th Test Match Ton and second Double Hundred
Ajinkya Rahane     188(381 Balls 4x18 and 6x4)-8th Test Match Ton
Rohit Sharma         51*(63 Balls 4x3 and 6x2)
Ravindra Jadeja       17*(27 Balls 4x1)

Day Three Monday Oct 10,2016

A splendid 6-wicket effort from premier strike bowler Ravichandran Ashwin 6/81 saw India maintain their stranglehold on New Zealand as India bowled out New Zealand for 299 and remain firmly on course for a 3-0 series whitewash at the end of third day’s play in the final Test match

Virat Kohli, however, did not enforce the follow-on and India were 18 for no loss at stumps increasing their overall lead to 276 runs.  

The day belonged to Ravichandran Ashwin, who used the bowlers’ rough brilliantly by operating from the pavilion end to get his 20th five-wicket haul in his 39th Test

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The off-spinner, who grabbed 10 wickets in the series opener at Kanpur and four in the second match at Kolkata, also ran out two batsmen off his own bowling.

Ravichandran Ashwin sent back Latham, to break the opening partnership before lunch, and then dismissed captain and No 3 Kane Williamson (8) before adding the scalps of Ross Taylor (0) and Luke Ronchi (0) to trigger a top-order collapse from which New Zealand could not recover.

He then trapped the stubborn James Neesham on the sweep shot in front of the stumps for 71 and then brought the innings to an end by having last man Trent Boult caught in the deep.

R. Ashwin is galloping towards legendary status for India

1. Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fourth Indian bowler to bag 20 or more instances of five-wicket hauls in Tests, joining Anil Kumble (35), Harbhajan Singh (25) and Kapil Dev (23).
2. Ashwin has taken his wickets' tally to 213 at an average of 24.81 -- the highest by a bowler after 39 Tests, surpassing Waqar Younis' tally of 208 (ave.20.56).
3. Ashwin's tally of 20 five-wicket hauls in Tests include five vs New Zealand, four each vs West Indies, South Africa and Australia, two vs Sri Lanka and one vs Bangladesh.
4. Ashwin has become the first Indian bowler to produce five five-wicket hauls vs New Zealand in only five Tests. Only four bowlers have registered six instances of five-wicket hauls vs New Zealand -- Derek Underwood, Ian Botham, Wasim Akram and Dale Steyn.
5. Earlier, Ashwin also became the fastest Indian bowler to pick up 200 wickets in Tests, breaking the record of Harbhajan Singh who had taken 37 matches more.

His spin partner Ravindra Jadeja accounted for the other two wickets in the visitors’ innings. 

With two days left in the game, India, who won the first two Tests by huge margins, looked well-poised to score another victory for a clean sweep of the series.
Scorecard
NZ 299/10 i n 90.2 Overs
India 18/0 in 6 Overs Murali Vijay 11* and Cheteshwar Pujara 01* at the crease

Day Four Tuesday Oct 11,2016

India 216/3 Declared in 49 Overs

Cheteshwar Pujara 101*(148 Balls 4x9)-8th Test Ton

Gautam Gambhir      50(56 Balls 4x6) -22nd Test Fifty

NZ 153/10 in 44.5 Overs(Target 475 Runs)

Match Result - India won by 321 Runs

MOM - Ravichandran Ashwin(India) for his 6/81(27.2 Overs) and 7/59(13.5 Overs) 

Player of the Series - Ravichandran Ashwin(India)

Series Result - India won the 3-Match Test Series 3-0

  Sunil Gavaskar presents the Test Mace to Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli became only the second India captain after Mahendra Singh Dhoni and 10th overall to receive the mace, even though it is for the third time since Kohli took over as captain that India have led the rankings table.

India had topped the rankings very briefly in January-February this year as well as in August. India's longest stint at the number-one position was from November 2009 to August 2011 under Dhoni.
The other captains to have received the mace are Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Steve Smith (all Australia), Andrew Strauss (England), Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla (both South Africa) and Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan).


Virat Kohli-led Team India beat New Zealand by 321 runs in the third and final Test at Indore to complete a 3-0 clean sweep. This is the first time that India has completed a clean sweep under Virat Kohli’s captaincy.

This is only the fourth time in history that India has completed a clean sweep in a series consisting of 3 or more matches. The other instances were against England in 1992-93, against Sri Lanka in 1993-94 and against the Australians in 2012-13. All these clean sweeps have been achieved while playing at home.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who picked up 13 wickets in the match, was adjudged the 'Man of the Match'. The offie finished the series with 27 wickets and was declared the 'Man of the series' for his efforts. This is the seventh time that Ashwin was declared the 'Man of the series'.

Statistical highlights

First day

# Holkar Stadium has become the 22nd Test venue in India.

The three Indian venues with most Tests are Eden Gardens, Kolkata (40), Feroz Shah Kotla (33) and Chepauk Chennai (31).

# Virat Kohli (103 not out) has posted his sixth Test hundred as Indian skipper. He had scored three hundreds in his first three innings vs Australia — 115 & 141 at Adelaide and 147 at Sydney, followed by one each vs Sri Lanka, West Indies and New Zealand.

# In the first match innings, Kohli has recorded three hundreds in Tests — the first two being 200 vs West Indies at North Sound in July 2016 and 119 vs South Africa at Johannesburg in December 2013.

# Kohli has posted 13 hundreds in Tests — his third vs New Zealand. His first hundred as captain in Tests in India is his sixth. Just three Indian skippers have registered more hundreds than Kohli in Tests — Sunil Gavaskar (11), Mohammad Azharuddin (9) & Sachin Tendulkar (7).

# Kohli’s average of 53.24 as captain is the highest among the Indian captains in Tests.

# The last Indian skipper to hit a Test hundred vs New Zealand was Sourav Ganguly — 100 not out at Ahmedabad in October 2003.

# In his previous 17 innings at home, he was without a Test hundred.

# Ajinkya Rahane (79 not out) has posted his tenth fifty in Tests — his second vs New Zealand. He has also become the 36th Indian batsman to complete 2000 runs or more in Tests.

# Rahane’s performance in Tests this year is splendid — his tally being 458 at an average of 76.33 in nine innings, including a hundred and three fifties. In terms of averages, the 2016 is his best calendar year in Tests.

# Rahane’s tally of 458 runs is the highest by an Indian batsman in Tests this year.

# Gautam Gambhir (29) took his aggregate to 998 in his last 20 Tests (35 innings) at an average of 28.51 including seven fifties.

# Gambhir, in his last 10 Tests at home, has managed 533 runs at an average of 35.53, including four fifties, as compared to his overseas average of 23.25 — 465 runs in 20 innings (10 Tests), including three fifties.

# Cheteshwar Pujara, with 272 runs at an average of 54.40 in five innings, is the leading run—getter in the present series. He is the only batsman to hit three fifties in the present series.

# Pujara’s aforesaid performance is his best ever in a three-Test series.

# Rahane and Kohli have shared four century stand since they started playing Tests together. Only Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay, as a pair, have registered more century partnerships (five) in Tests for India since 2013.

# Kohli and Rahane have shared an unbroken stand of 167 — India’s joint third highest vs New Zealand for the fourth wicket — the highest being 281 between Sourav Ganguly and VS Laxman at Ahmedabad in October/November 1999.

# The above partnership is the highest by any pair in the present series, obliterating the 141 between Rahane and Pujara for the fourth wicket in the Kolkata Test.

# Rahane and Kohli have managed 1381 runs at an average of 57.54 in 25 innings, including four century stands and seven fifty-plus, in Tests.

Day 2

# Virat Kohli has become the first Indian skipper to hit two double centuries in Tests. He has achieved the distinction in the same year in Tests.

# Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were the first four Indian captains to post a double century each in Tests.

# Kohli is the fifth Indian batsman to register two double centuries in a year in Tests, joining Sachin Tendulkar (2004 & 2010), Vinod Kambli (1993), Rahul Dravid (2003) and Virender Sehwag (2008).

# Kohli has become the fourth skipper to post a double century vs New Zealand in Tests, joining Sachin Tendulkar — 217 at Ahmedabad in 1999-2000; Allan Border — 205 at Adelaide in 1987-88 and Hanif Mohammad — 203 not out at Lahore in 1964-65.

# Kohli’s superb knock is his highest score in Tests, eclipsing the 200 vs West Indies at North Sound in July 2016.

He has become the second Indian skipper to post a double century vs New Zealand in Tests — the first being Sachin Tendulkar — 217 at Ahmedabad in 1999-2000.

# Kohli has become the fourth Indian captain to record two innings of 150 or more in the same year in Tests — the distinguished captains being Vijay Hazare (1951), Sunil Gavaskar (1978), Mohammd Azharuddin (1990) and Virat Kohli (2016).

# Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane were involved in a stand of 365 — India’s highest fourth-wicket partnership in Tests, obliterating the 353 between VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar vs Australia at Sydney in January 2004.

# The partnership is India’s fifth highest for any wicket in Tests — their second highest for any wicket vs New Zealand next only to the 413 for the first wicket between Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy at Chennai in January 1956.

# Kohli and Rahane have faced 672 balls — the most number of balls faced by an Indian pair in Tests, surpassing the 658 balls faced by Pujara and Vijay during their 370-run partnership for the second wicket vs Australia at Hyderabad in March 2013.

# The balls faced by Kohli and Rahane are the most by any pair in a partnership vs New Zealand in Tests.

# Ajinkya Rahane (188 off 381 balls) has recorded his highest score in Tests, eclipsing the 147 vs Australia at Melbourne in December 2014.

# Rahane is averaging fifty-plus for the first time in Tests — his aggregate being 2186 runs (ave.50.83), including eight centuries and nine fifties, in 29 Tests.

# Among the players with 2,000 runs or more in Tests, Rahane is the fourth Indian batsmen to average fifty-plus in Tests — the top three being Sachin Tendulkar (53.78), Rahul Dravid (52.63) and Sunil Gavaskar (51.12)

# Rahane, with 567 runs at an average of 81.00, including two centuries and two fifties, in seven Tests, is the top run-getter for India in Tests this year.

# Rahane’s average of 81.00 is the highest by an Indian batsman in Tests this year.

# In nine consecutive Test series, Rahane has scored atleast 90. He is the only Indian batsman to accomplish the feat.

# India (557 for five wickets declared) have recorded their third highest total vs New Zealand in Tests — the highest two are 583 for 7 wickets declared at Ahmedabad in 1999-2000 and 566 for 8 wickets declared at Nagpur in 2010-11.

# India’s previous highest fourth-wicket stand vs New Zealand in Tests was 281 between Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly at Ahmedabad in 1999-2000.

# Matt Henry conceded 127 runs without taking any wicket — the most runs conceded by a New Zealand fast bowler without taking a wicket in an innings vs India. Australia’s Michael Kasprowicz had conceded 139 runs at Kolkata in March 2001 — the most by any fast bowler in an innings without taking a wicket vs India.

# Virat Kohli (211) and Ajinkya Rahane (188) have provided the second instance when number 4 & 5 batsmen have recorded 150 or more in the same Test innings for India — the first instance being Sachin Tendulkar (241 not out) and VVS Laxman (178) vs Australia at Sydney in January 2004.

# Rohit Sharma’s fourth half century vs New Zealand is his seventh in Tests.

# Rohit’s stats in the present series are superb — his tally being 238 (ave.79.33) in five innings, including three fifties. For the first time in a Test rubber, he has recorded three fifties