India are currently taking on New Zealand in the second Test of the three-match series at the Mahrashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune. This is a must-win game for India especially after losing the first Test at Bengaluru, as a NZ win would mean the first series loss for India at home in 12 years. India made three changes to the playing XI, and one of the biggest additions to the team was Washington Sundar in place of Kuldeep Yadav. He has now created history during the match.

Washington Sundar ran through the New Zealand batting order in his return to Test Cricket after 3 years. He finished with figures of 7/59 in the match. He now becomes the first player from India to take a five-wicket haul at the MCA Stadium in Pune. Overall he becomes the second player to take a five-wicket haul at the ground after Australia's Stephen O'Keefe.

This is also the best-ever bowling figures by a player at the MCA Stadium in Pune.

With his seven-wicket haul against New Zealand, Washington Sundar became just the fourth bowlet to take 7 wickets or more against New Zealand in Test matches. He joins the likes of S Venkataraghavan, Erapalli Prasanna and Ravichandran Ashwin to achieve this massive feat.

Here are the bowlers to take seven or more wickets for India in a Test Match vs New Zealand

8/72 - S Venkataraghavan (1965)

8/76 - Erapalli Prasanna (1975)

7/59- Ravichandran Ashwin (2017)

7/59 - Washington Sundar (2024)

Ravichandran Ashwin Creates History

Apart from Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin picked up three wickets in the first innings vs New Zealand. He now has 189 wickets in the history of the World Test Championship (WTC). He is now the all-time highest wicket-taker in WTC, overtaking Nathan Lyon's tally of 187 wickets.

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