QUICK COMMENT: New Zealand’s greatest 10 days in their cricketing history – and it came at India’s expense

First up, a staggering bowling show by the Black Caps saw India bowled retired for 46 each retired successful Bengaluru, a daze Rohit Sharma and Co couldn’t rather retrieve from contempt the flickering of a fightback. At the extremity of that Test, they ended a 36-year-old hold for a Test triumph successful India.

A fewer hours later, successful an improbable last betwixt New Zealand and South Africa astatine the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, it was the White Ferns who came retired connected top. New Zealand had mislaid 10 consecutive T20Is this twelvemonth earlier the tournament. But they began the World Cup with a bang successful a virtual quarterfinal against India, stunning Harmanpreet Kaur and Co by a large margin. It wouldn’t beryllium an exaggeration to accidental that lucifer fundamentally knocked India retired of semifinal contention.

And past successful Pune, connected a way that aided spinners, New Zealand outbatted and outspun the Indian squad to extremity an epoch of dominance. For the archetypal clip successful 12 years, India mislaid a Test bid astatine home. And overmuch similar the women’s team, this excessively came connected the backdrop of not-so-great results successful the format, arsenic they had mislaid 0-2 successful a two-match bid successful Sri Lanka.

“It’s a peculiar time for New Zealand,” Ravi Shastri said connected air. ‘India person been stunned successful their backyard. It’s been a fortress for truthful galore years but contiguous there’s been an invasion.”

It’s hard to ideate if ever determination has been a bid of results much unthinkable than this successful the past of New Zealand cricket, particularly fixed however overmuch the likelihood were stacked against them.