Social media users criticize New Zealand Cricket for displaying inaccurate map of India

New Zealand has consistently posed a challenge for India in major tournaments in recent years, but despite this rivalry, both the BlackCaps and White Ferns are well-regarded and supported by Indian fans when they tour the country. However, following a highly anticipated match on Sunday, New Zealand's cricket board has sparked frustration and disappointment among these fans.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) on Monday announced that the men's team is now setting off to Pune, where the second Test will be played, from Bengaluru. In doing so, it depicted the locations of the venues for the three-match Test series on a map of India. This map has left a number of users unimpressed and sparked demands in the replies and comments section for NZC to post an image of a new map.

New Zealand made it to the final of the first and second editions of the Women's T20 World Cup. They lost the first time around to England and the second to Australia. They came into the 2024 tournament on the back of 10 consecutive T20I defeats and a couple of rather unsure positions in their batting order.

However, they managed to beat India to the semi-final spot where they beat defending champions and six-time winners Australia, who were chasing their fourth consecutive title win, in the semi-finals. New Zealand then beat South Africa and thus won the tournament for the first time. It is also the first time New Zealand have won any World Cup, men's or women's, and the second ICC title for the country after the men's team won the World Test Championship in 2019.

Earlier in the day, the men's team joined a rare group of sides who managed to beat India in a Test match played in India. New Zealand are the only side outside of England or Australia to have done so since 2010 and this was their first ever Test victory in the country since 1988. It also marked just the fourth time overall that New Zealand had managed to beat India at the latter's home in all the years that the two sides have played Test cricket.