India vs New Zealand: India eye third consecutive win at Wankhede Stadium as Test cricket returns to Mumbai

Test cricket lastly returns to the Wankhede Stadium after a niche of practically 5 years when India face New Zealand within the second and ultimate match of the sequence. It is barely the third time that the 2 groups will play one another in a Test match on the venue.

India final performed a Test on the Wankhede Stadium once they hosted England in December 2016. They gained the match by an innings and 36 runs with captain Virat Kohli scoring an imperious 235 off 340 balls. Kohli was on overdrive in that interval and this was the third of 4 centuries he scored in eight Tests.Kohli didn’t play the primary Test of the sequence towards New Zealand in Kanpur however returns to captain India within the second and he will likely be trying to break his drought of centuries in worldwide cricket, which has gone on for over two years.Meanwhile, the Test match that was performed earlier than 2016 was in 2013, which additionally marked Sachin Tendulkar’s final worldwide look. India beat the West Indies by an innings and 126 runs in that sport with Rohit Sharma declared participant of the match for scoring an unbeaten 111 off 127 balls. Tendulkar himself made 74 off 118 earlier than falling to Narsingh Deonarine and making an emotional stroll again to the pavilion.New Zealand have gained solely two Test matches in India and a type of wins has come on the Wankhede. It got here within the final Test performed between the 2 sides on the venue, with the Kiwis profitable the match by 136 runs in November 1988. New Zealand have been captained by John Wright, who would later have a profitable stint as India’s coach between 2000 and 2005.John Bracewell was declared participant of the match for his six-wicket haul within the second innings along with the 2 wickets he took within the first and a half century in New Zealand’s first innings. The legendary Richard Hadlee additionally starred with the ball, taking six wickets in India’s first innings as New Zealand took a two-run lead. Hadlee additionally picked the remaining 4 wickets that Bracewell did not choose in India’s second innings.The Wankhede changed the Brabourne Stadium as Mumbai’s major Test venue in 1975, with India dealing with the mighty West Indies led by Clive Lloyd within the first lengthy kind match on the stadium between January 23 and 29, 1975. Lloyd scored 242 in West Indies’ first innings. While Eknath Solkar scored 102 and Gundappa Viswanath made a cultured 95 in India’s first innings, it didn’t forestall the hosts from falling to a 201-run defeat. India’s first win on the venue got here in November subsequent 12 months once they beat New Zealand by 162 runs.All of the Test matches hosted in Mumbai have been performed on the Wankhede since, besides when India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in December 2009. The match was hosted on the Brabourne because the Wankhede was present process renovations within the run-up to the 2011 World Cup.Lloyd’s unbeaten 242 stays the very best Test rating by a batsman on the venue whereas Kohli’s 235 is the second highest. Sunil Gavaskar is the very best Test run scorer with 1122 runs in 11 matches, whereas Kohli tops the charts amongst present cricketers with 433 runs in simply 4 matches.Anil Kumble has probably the most wickets in Tests performed at Wankhede with 38 scalps in seven matches. Ravichandran Ashwin is the second most profitable bowler on the venue with 30 wickets in 4 matches. England all-round nice Ian Botham and India spinner Harbhajan Singh have each recorded figures of seven/48 which is the most effective for any bowler in an innings. Ashwin’s 6/55 towards England in December 2016 is the most effective amongst lively bowlers.