Most overs by spinners in odi: On Sunday, India defeated New Zealand by 44 runs. The Indian team, who came out to bat first, scored 249 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs. In response, the entire team of New Zealand was reduced to 205 runs in 45.3 overs. The spinners contributed to the victory of the Indian team. Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed 2 batsmen. While Akshar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja took 1-1 wickets. In this way, the spinners of the Indian team dismissed 9 New Zealand batsmen. But do you know that Team India missed out on making a big record against New Zealand.
Team India missed by breaking Sri Lanka’s big record
Indian team spinners bowled 37.3 overs against New Zealand. But do you know which team spinners have put the most overs in a match in ODI history? Sri Lanka’s team is at the top in this list. In 1996, Sri Lankan spinners bowled 44 overs against the West Indies. In this way, if the Indian spinner had put 2.3 overs against New Zealand, then he would have made a big world record. Sri Lanka is the top-3 of this list. Sri Lankan spinners bowled 44 against New Zealand in 1998. After this, 44 overs bowled against Australia in 2004.
How much Indian spinner bowled against New Zealand?
Oman is the number after Sri Lanka in this list. Oman’s spinners bowled 37.3 overs against the Netherlands. However, the Indian team missed out on breaking this record against New Zealand in Dubai. Let us tell you that in the Champions Trophy, Indian spinners Varun Chakraborty and Akshar Patel scored 10-10 overs against New Zealand. Kuldeep Yadav bowled 9.3 overs. Apart from this, Ravindra Jadeja put 8 overs. In this way, the spinners of the Indian team did 37.3 overs.
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