- Team India had to face a 3-0 defeat in the 3-match Test series against New Zealand. If India had not made this mistake in the third Test, it could have avoided a clean sweep. India has repeated this big mistake in the final of the ODI World Cup 2023 as well….
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Team India has faced a shameful defeat in the 3 match test series at the hands of New Zealand. New Zealand whitewashed India 3-0. India has lost a test series at home after 12 years. Whereas after 24 years it has faced a clean sweep on Indian soil. India is repeating a mistake again and again. Due to which it is facing defeat at home. Let’s know about that big mistake…
Team India got caught in its own trap
Team India plays well at home. The teams playing world cricket know this very well. On the other hand, those teams also know that Indian batsmen and spinners also play well. In such a situation, now foreign teams do a lot of research before coming. So that they can challenge India in India. New Zealand also did something similar and chose such Kiwi bowlers on spin track pitches who became a nightmare for the Indian batsmen. Mitchell Santner and Ajaz Patel broke the back of the Indian batsmen. In such a situation, India got badly trapped in its own trap from where it became difficult for Rohit Sharma to get out.
Making a spin track in the ODI World Cup 2023 final proved costly
The ODI World Cup 2023 was organized in India last year. India performed brilliantly throughout the tournament. No one could defeat India and reached the final without losing. The ODI World Cup 2024 final match was played in Ahmedabad. We know that the pitch here is batsman-friendly. But, Australia had alleged that India decided to play the final match on a spinner track to take advantage of its home conditions. This decision had to be taken a few hours into the match and this decision of India sank India. Australia won the title by defeating India in the final.
The spin tracks at Bengaluru and Wankhede against New Zealand got stuck
The first test match between India and New Zealand was played in Bengaluru. The Indian team collapsed for just 46 runs in the first innings. Despite scoring more than 400 runs in the second innings, they lost. The spinners got a lot of help on this pitch. But the team management did not seem happy. They had complained about the ball turning less in the Pune Test. So, they demanded a rank turner pitch at Wankhede. Due to which the ball started turning from the first day itself. Due to which, it became difficult for India to score 147 runs in the fourth innings to win and the entire Indian team collapsed for just 121 runs.
