India vs NZ, 1st Test  (Bengaluru, Oct 16-20, 2024)
On a spicy Chinnaswamy pitch, it was pace galore as India were bundled out for a record-breaking 46 in the first essay with Matt Henry (5-15) and Will O’Rourke (4-22) doing the damage. India left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (3-72), left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav (3-99) and offie Ravichandran Ashwin (1-94) did pick wickets, but gave too many runs as NZ piled up 402. India scored 462 in the second essay with NZ left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel (2-100) and offie Glenn Phillips (1-69) struggling to pick wickets, but it was not enough as a 107-run target proved to be too little. NZ won with eight wickets to spare as none of the Indian spinners took any wickets this time.

India vs NZ, 2nd Test (Pune, Oct 24-26, 2024)
India believed were on top as offies Washington Sundar (7-59) and R Ashwin (3-64) cleaned up NZ for 259. However, NZ spinners Mitchell Santner (7-53) and Phillips (2-26) dismissed India for 156. Sundar (4-56), Jadeja (3-72) and Ashwin (2-97) then claimed all wickets to limit NZ to 255, but while defending 359, 
Santner (6-104), Ajaz Patel (2-43) and Phillips (1-60) also claimed all 10 wickets, restricting India to an even smaller 245.