Top 3 cricket upsets for Team India in 2024

Explore the top 3 shocking cricket upsets for Team India in 2024. For Indian cricket fans, 2024 was a bittersweet year. While the high of winning the T20 World Cup in June brought immense joy, the year ended on a disappointing note. The Indian men’s cricket team experienced a year of extremes, making 2024 memorable for both positive and negative reasons.  

The year was a rollercoaster ride for Team India. Winning the T20 World Cup was a monumental achievement, but it was contrasted by a shocking home Test series defeat—their first in 12 years. While the team reached unprecedented heights in the shortest format of the game, they hit rock bottom in Test cricket.  

Here are the top 3 cricket upsets for Team India in 2024:

1. Getting Whitewash at home:

When New Zealand defeated India 3-0 in a three-match Test series played in India, they made history. The glorious record that was the envy of the world until October was brought to an end when India lost the third and final Test in Mumbai by a score of 25 runs. 

India had won 18 consecutive home Test series after defeating England 2-1 in the series in December 2012. But when Rohit Sharma’s team was startled by New Zealand’s overpowering punch in Pune, the run came to a stop. In a home series consisting of more than two Tests, India has lost all of its Test matches for the first time.

2. Losing Boxing Day Test Match after 13 Years:

Following five days of nonstop action at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia emerged victorious in one of the most captivating Test matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy’s history. India’s 13-year winning streak in the Boxing Day Test in Australia came to an end as the host team won by 184 runs in the last session of the last day’s play. India’s heroics in Sydney 2021, when they batted all day to rescue a Test match, could not be replicated.

3. Losing the ODI series to Sri Lanka after 27 Years:

In the series’ third and final ODI, Sri Lanka defeated India by 110 runs, securing a historic series victory. This led to Sri Lanka’s first bilateral victory against India in an ODI series since 1997. It was a better moment as their spinners claimed a record-breaking 27 wickets in only three games, the most by any team in a bilateral series against India.

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