IND vs NZ: 50-year-old record broken in India-New Zealand Test, Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee created amazing history

A 50-year-old record has been broken in the India-New Zealand Test match being played in Bengaluru. This record has been broken by two New Zealand batsmen Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee. Both of them not only batted explosively in the first innings against India but also did something amazing that had not happened in the last 50 years. Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee have now written the record registered in the name of West Indies in the name of New Zealand.

Now you must be wondering what amazing feat Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee have accomplished. In what way did they break a 50-year-old record? By doing this, these two batsmen of the Kiwi team have broken the record of the highest partnership for the 8th wicket by a foreign team in a Test match on Indian soil.

The record for the biggest partnership for the 8th wicket in a Test match played on Indian soil was earlier in the name of West Indies' Viv Richards and Keith Bowes. Both of them had made a partnership of 124 runs for the 8th wicket against India in the Test match played in Delhi in 1974. But, New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee have now broken this record.

In the first innings of the Bengaluru Test against India, Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee together added 137 runs for the 8th wicket. This partnership between the two took place on 132 balls, in which Rachin Ravindra faced 59 balls and scored 66 runs, while Tim Southee scored 65 runs in 73 balls.

Apart from breaking a 50-year-old record, he did some other amazing things too.

Apart from breaking the 50-year-old record of 8th wicket partnership, Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee did even more wonders in the Bengaluru Test. Rachin Ravindra scored 134 runs facing 157 balls, which is not only his first Test century against India but also on foreign soil.

With this, he also became the first New Zealand batsman to score a Test century on Indian soil after 12 years. The last time Ross Taylor scored a century was in 2012. Talking about Tim Southee, with the help of 4 sixes hit during his half-century innings, he has surpassed Virender Sehwag in terms of hitting the most sixes in Test cricket.