India vs New Zealand 2024/25, IND vs NZ 1st Test Match Report, October 16 – 20, 2024

New Zealand 402 (Ravindra 134, Conway 91, Jadeja 3-72) and 110 for 2 (Young 48*, Ravindra 39*, Bumrah 2-29) scored India 46 (Pant 20, Henry 5-15, O’Rourke 4-22) and 462 (Sarfaraz 150, Pant 99, O’Rourke 3-92) by eight wickets

When Bumrah bowled, however, he struggled to see where the next run would come from. He bowled 22 shots in eight overs, keeping the movement out. Latham may have thought he had an accurate inswinger covered, but the ball bounced back to find him. Conway thought he had closed the angle around the wicket, but this one turned after the throw, began to change his path between the chops and reached Conway, hitting the outside edge and closing in on him.

Bumrah was in his seventh over now, and Ravindra, the centurion of the first innings, all but sealed the deal when he got two boundaries in the first three balls he faced. He steered the first one behind square, then got a rare loose ball from Bumrah – full on the pads.

Young then bowled and hit Ravindra Jadeja for boundaries in his first over to settle the package. Not hoping that Bengaluru’s weather would hold after lunch, the two batsmen attacked the spinners to put a nice little bow on top. Young’s thumb to Kuldeep Yadav was like Mark Waugh.

India made a stunning comeback from being bowled out for 46 in the first innings, but in the end, New Zealand hung on long enough to complete their third win over India and their first since 1988.