India vs New Zealand Test Day 2 LIVE Score: India on October 17 was bowled out for just 46 runs in their first innings against New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Notably, this score is also the lowest score at home after 1987. In 1987, Team India had scored the lowest score of 75 in Delhi during their first innings against the West Indies.

In today’s match, the Indian batters struggled to make any impact in the game. In addtion to this, five players were dismissed at 0. The top scorer of the game was Rishabh Pant who scored 20 runs off 49 balls with two fours. Yashasvi Jaiswal (13) was the only other batter to reach double digits.

New Zealand’s Matt Henry, William O’Rourke turned out be a threat throughout the game as they took 5 and 4 wickets respectively.

A look at Top 10 worst batting performances

1. In December 2020, India faced Australia in a Test match in Adelaide, where they set a record for their lowest ever score. The team finished their second innings with just 36 runs. Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the top scorer for India was Mayank Agarwal, who managed 9 runs off 40 balls, while Hanuma Vihari scored 8 runs from 22 balls.

2. In June 1974, Team India recorded their second worst score which was 42 during the India vs England Test match played at the Lord’s. Captained by Ajit Wadekar, the team’s top scorer was Eknath Solkar, who remained not out with 18 runs from 17 balls.

3. In today’s Test match against New Zealand, India recorded their third lowest score, totaling just 46 runs in Bengaluru. This performance marks their second worst at home, after scoring 75 in 1987 in Delhi against West Indies.

4. On November 28, 1947, during the test match against Australia in Brisbane, India recorded another lowest score of 58 under the captaincy of Lala Amarnath. During that match, captain Amarnath had scored the higest runs of 22 off 40 balls. 

5. A similar lowest score was also recorded in 1952 in a match against England in Manchester. During their 1st innings, India scored 58 runs with highest score in the match was made by Vijay Manjrekar at 22 off 55 balls. The team’s captain in that match was Vijay Hazare.  

6. In December 1996, India achieved another low point by scoring just 66 runs in their second innings against South Africa in Durban. Under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar, the highest score in the match was made by Rahul Dravid, who scored an unbeaten 27 runs off 73 balls.

7. In February 1948, during the second innings of a match against Australia, India recorded a low score of 67 runs. Lala Amarnath was the captain, and the highest scorer for the team was Hemu Adhikari, who made 17 runs off 44 balls.

8. On November 25, 1987, India recorded another lowest score of 75 during the test match played against West Indies in Delhi. In their first innings, Arun Lal remained the top scorer with 20 runs off 44 balls. At that time, the team was captained by Dilip Vengsarkar.

9.  Another lowest score was recorded in April 2008 during the test match against South Africa. The team’s captain was Anil Kumble and match was played in Ahmedabad. The highest score recorded was made by Irfan Pathan who remained unbeaten at 21 off 17 balls while team overall scored 76.

10. In August 2021, the test match played in Leeds also recorded lowest score of Team India. During their 1st innings, Team India recorded an overall score of just 78 runs. The match was played against England and the highest score was recorded by Rohit Sharma at 19 off 105 balls.