India vs New Zealand 1st Test Overview.

India vs New Zealand 1st test, New Zealand won the match by 8 wickets on Day 5 with only a target of 107 in the fourth innings. India vs New Zealand 1st test started on 16th October, but day 1 of the 1st test match was called off due to the rain without conducting the toss. On day 2 when both the teams came on the ground for practice the weather was much better but still, it was an overcast condition but no rain, so both the captain Rohit Sharma captain of the Indian cricket team and Tom Latham captain of the New Zealand cricket team were out for the toss, Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first under the overcast condition. When India came to bat in the first innings, the ball was moving a lot. The pitch was offering bounce to the pacer, which resulted in India losing fast wickets and getting all out for 46; it was the lowest score by India in a home test. 5 of the Indian batters got out on zero including Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Kl Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin. In return, New Zealand scored 402 runs, trailing India by 356 runs, with Rachin Ravindra hitting a century and Tim Southee playing a quick cameo of 65 runs. After their first innings with a lead of 356, New Zealand was looking for a comfortable win, but team India showed good intent in the second innings and almost made a great comeback after getting all out for 46 runs in the first innings. On day 3, India had a mountain of 356 runs to climb, which was done brilliantly by the Indian team, with Rohit Sharma scoring 52 runs and getting out in the unluckiest way, and Virat Kohli scoring 70 runs and getting out on the last ball of day 3. On day 4 Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan both showed their class by scoring 99 runs and 150 runs they put India back In the game before the lower batting order of India collapsed from 408-3 to 462 all out and giving a target of 107 only for day 5 which they scored easily and secured their victory after 36 years. Rachin Ravindra was the Man of the Match, 2nd test between both teams will start from the 24th of October. It was also mentioned that India needs to win at least 5 test matches from their remaining 7 tests which includes 2 matches against New Zealand and 5 matches test series against Australia to reach the finals of WTC.