Santner takes a 13-wicket haul as New Zealand spins a historic win

India Vs New Zealand: The second match of the 3-match Test series between India and New Zealand was played at Maharashtra Cricket Association Ground in Pune. Team India had to face defeat in this match, due to which it has lost this Test series as well. New Zealand has made history in the series and has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0. At the same time, this is the first time that New Zealand has defeated India in a Test series in its own home. With this, Team India's streak of winning Test series in India has also been broken.

Defeat in Test series after 12 years

This defeat is going to hurt Team India a lot. Actually, India has lost a Test series at home after 12 years. Earlier, England had defeated Team India in a Test series during the 2012-13 tour of India. Since then, the Indian team had dominance at home. It had won 18 consecutive series, but now this winning streak has come to a halt. At the same time, Team India has lost the fourth Test match at home under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. He has now become the joint second Indian captain to lose the most Test matches in India.

Indian batsmen were a complete flop

New Zealand's team won the toss in this match and decided to bat first, which also proved to be right. New Zealand's team was able to score 259 runs in their first innings. In response, the Indian team could score only 156 runs in their first innings. During this, no batsman could even touch the 40-run mark. After this, New Zealand also performed brilliantly in the second innings and scored 255 runs. In such a situation, Team India got a target of 359 runs to win this match. But except Yashasvi Jaiswal, no batsman could stay for long in this innings, due to which the Indian team had to face a crushing defeat. They could score only 245 runs in their second innings and remained 113 runs away from the target.

Mitchell Santner's bowling dominated Team India

Star spinner Mitchell Santner was the biggest hero of New Zealand's victory in this match. He performed brilliantly on the Pune pitch. He was successful in taking 5 wickets in both the innings. Mitchell Santner took 7 wickets for 53 runs in this innings. Mitchell Santner's magic continued in the second innings as well. He took 6 wickets in this innings as well and was successful in giving victory to New Zealand on his own.