India, Jan. 19 -- The 2019 World Cup semi-final. The 2021 World Test Championship final. The 2024 home Test series defeat and now the 2026 home ODI loss. New Zealand keeps doing India dirty time and time again. No one gave them a chance to walk away victorious when they touched base in India. The series began as everyone expected - with an Indian victory. But that was that as far as happy memories were concerned for Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill, as things quickly went downhill from there.

Defeats in the second and third ODIs handed India their first-ever home series loss to New Zealand. The image of head coach Gautam Gambhir after the agonising 41-run defeat in Indore summed it up best, his expression capturing genuine concern over th...