Kiwi crush: India fail to crack the New Zealand code again in ICC tournaments

India against New Zealand in International Cricket Council ICC tournaments in the last few years are like Roger Federer against Rafael Nadal on clay courts of the French Open never finding a way to win On Wednesday the Kiwis inflicted the sixth successive defeat on India in ICC tournaments by winning the World Test Championship finalThe last time India managed to beat New Zealand was back in the 2003 50over World Cup under Sourav Ganguly when leftarm pace bowler Zaheer Khan took four wickets as India skittled out the Kiwis for 146 and won by seven wickets in CenturionSince then it has been all New Zealand as they have scored wins over India in T20 World Cup 50over World Cup as well as the World Test Championship matchesHere is a look at where India have lost to New Zealand over the last 13plus years in ICC tournaments2007 World T20 league match JohannesburgThe Kiwis scored 190 batting first with Brendon McCullum scoring 45 31 balls and Craig McMillan hitting 44 off 23 balls In response India finished 10 runs short of the target at 1809 in 20 overs Leftarm spinner Daniel Vettori picked up four wickets for 20 runs to put in a manofthematch performance2016 T20 World Cup Super10 match NagpurIndians bowled tightly to restrict New Zealand to 1267 in 20 overs on a pitch that helped spinners Corey Anderson with 34 off 42 balls and Luke Ronchi 21 off 11 were the only noteworthy contributors for New Zealand However the visitors spin trio Nathan McCullum Mitchell Santner and Ish Sodhi shared nine wickets to skittle out India for 79 The Kiwis won by 47 runs2019 50over World Cup semifinalOne of the most disappointing losses for India Having topped the league table with 15 points the Virat Kohliled team was favourite to win the tie played over two days due to inclement weather Thanks to skipper Kane Williamson 67 off 95 and Ross Taylor 74 off 90 the Kiwis made 239 Indias batting however fell apart when they batted on the second day reserve day losing the first three wickets for five runs Despite Ravindra Jadejas 77 off 59 balls India were all out for 221 and ended 18 runs shortWTC twoTest series in New Zealand 2020India lost the first Test in Wellington by 10 wickets Batting first they folded for 165 in 681 overs as Tim Southee and Kyle Jamieson picked up four wickets each The Kiwis made 348 with the help of 89 from skipper Kane Williamson The 183run lead proved too much for India as they lost seven wickets in the second innings before they could clear the leadIndia lost the second Test in Christchurch by seven wickets Even though they put up a better first innings score 242 this time and took a sevenrun lead thanks to Mohammed Shamis fourwicket and Jasprit Bumrahs threewicket hauls they were crushed in the match The batting crumbled for 124 in the second innings against the pace of Tim Southee 336 and Trent Boult 428 The 132run target proved to be a cakewalk for the KiwisWTC final Southampton 2021The most recent match that ended on Wednesday looked like it would end in a draw However New Zealands fourpronged pace attack turned the tide in their teams favour dismissing India for a paltry 170 after they had resumed the sixth reserve days play at 642 The small target of 139 proved to be a cakewalk as both Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson shared an unbeaten 96run partnership for the third wicket to take their team homeAlso ReadGOAT in Tests Waugh named greatest captain Kallis is greatest allrounderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever