Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Siraj and Ravichandran Ashwin guided India’s record 372-run win over New Zealand, Despite Ajaz Patel’s historic 10-wicket haul for New Zealand and India secured a 2-match Test with 1-0 in the second Test match.
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| Cheteshwar Pujara congratulates R Ashwin after the first wicket © BCCI |
Catch the Cricket highlights of the 2nd Test match between India and New Zealand, played on December 03 to December 06, 2021, at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This match was part of New Zealand's tour of India, a 2-match Test series where India seal the series with 1-0.
Match Highlights
India secured a record-breaking 372-run win over New Zealand in the second Test match and clinch the series with 2-1 in the two-match series.
Day 1
Mayank Agarwal’s magnificent century anchored India’s response following Ajaz Patel’s four-wicket haul on the opening day of the second Test.
Day 2
Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin's four-wicket haul and Axar Patel's two wickets and Pace bowler Mohammed Siraj three-wickets as New Zealand bundled out for 62 runs in a dramatic collapse, despite Ajaz Patel’s historic 10-wicket haul on the day two.
Day 3
Axar Patel’s whirlwind unbeaten 41 off just 26 balls, supported by valuable contributions from the top-order batsmen helped India set an imposing target of 540 before New Zealand struggling at 140 for 5 in their second innings of the match by end of the day three.
Day 4
India cruised to a record-breaking win after Jayant Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin each took four wickets as New Zealand bowled for 167 on day four of the second Test match.
India 1st Innings Batting:
India bowled for 325 runs in 109.5 overs with Mayank Agarwal was the top-scorer with a magnificent 150 off 331 balls - his fourth Test century and first against New Zealand in Tests, He smashing 17-fours and four sixes.
Axar Patel contributed a well-crafted 52 off 128 balls including five fours & two sixes, Shubman Gill added 44 runs off 71 balls featuring 7 fours and a six.
Wriddhiman Saha contributed 27 runs off 62 balls with three fours and a six, while Shreyas Iyer made 18 runs off 41 balls with 3 fours.
New Zealand 1st Innings Bowling:
Ajaz Patel produced a historic bowling performance to claiming all 10 wickets for 119 runs in 47.5 overs - which including 12 maidens.
New Zealand 1st Innings:
New Zealand bundled out for just 62 runs in 28.1 overs with Kyle Jamieson was the top-scorer with 17 runs off 36 balls - which including two fours, Tom Latham made 10 and Daryl Mitchell scored 8.
India 1st Innings Bowling:
Ravichandran Ashwin was the India’s best bowler - He's brilliant bowling performance to figures of 4 wickets for 8 runs in 8 overs including two maidens.
Mohammed Siraj took 3 wickets for 19 runs in 4 overs, Axar Patel claimed 2 wickets and Jayant Yadav picked up 1 wicket.
India 2nd Innings Batting:
India declared at 276 for 7 in 70 overs with Mayank Agarwal was the top-scorer again with 62 off 108 balls - which including 9 fours and a six.
Shubman Gill contributed a brilliant 47 off 75 balls with four-fours and a six, while Cheteshwar Pujara also made 47 off 97 balls featuring six fours and a six.
Axar Patel smashed a quickfire unbeaten 41 off 26 balls - who hitting four sixes and three fours with a massive strike rate of 157.69 and Virat Kohli contributed 36 runs off 84 balls including a six and a four.
New Zealand 2nd Innings Bowling:
Ajaz Patel captured 4 wickets for 106 runs in 26 overs - which including 3 maidens, while Rachin Ravindra picked up 3 wickets for 56 runs in 13 overs with 2 maidens.
New Zealand 2nd Innings Batting:
New Zealand bowled out for 167 runs in 56.3 overs with Daryl Mitchell was the top-scorer with a resilient 60 off 92 balls featuring seven fours and two sixes.
Henry Nicholls made 44 runs off 111 balls contained 8 fours, Will Young contributed 20 runs off 41 balls hitting 4-fours and Rachin Ravindra scored 18 off 50 balls with four-fours.
India 2nd Innings Bowling:
Ravichandran Ashwin was again the best bowler for India - who taking 4 wickets for 34 runs in 22.3 overs with 9 maidens, Jayant Yadav also claimed 4 wickets for 49 runs in 14 overs including 4 maidens and Axar Patel took 1 wicket.
Player of the match:
Mayank Agarwal was named Player of the Match for his outstanding batting performances, scoring a total of 212 runs across the match.
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