When was the last time India got whitewashed in a Test series at home?

IND vs NZ: After losing the first two Tests in Bengaluru and Pune, India are in danger of getting whitewashed in their series against Tom Latham's New Zealand.

In Short

• India have conceded their Test series to New Zealand
• On Saturday, India lost the Pune Test by 113 runs
• India’s Wankhede Test against the Kiwis starts on November 1

India are in deep trouble in their ongoing Test series against New Zealand. On Saturday, October 26, Rohit Sharma’s men lost the second Test by 113 runs at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium in Pune. With the defeat, they also conceded a 2-0 lead to the Black Caps. After the hammering in Bengaluru where they were bowled out for 46 in the first innings, India failed to recover in Pune.

India are now scheduled to lock horns with the Tom Latham-led Kiwis in the third and final Test, starting Friday, November 1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India, in the meantime, are in danger of getting whitewashed. India have been clean-swept earlier in a Test series on home soil, but when was the last time it happened?

24 years ago

South Africa hammer India

Back in February-March 2000, South Africa beat India 2-0 in a bilateral Test series. India lost the opening Test by four wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Despite being on the losing side, Sachin Tendulkar won the Player of the Match award for scoring 97 runs in the first innings and with figures of 5-1-10-3.

Chasing 163, the Proteas, led by Hansie Cronje, romped home after Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher’s 36-run partnership for the seventh wicket.

India also lost the second Test in Bengaluru by an innings and 71 runs. After opting to bat first, the hosts were bowled out for 158 in their first innings. Thereafter, South Africa made 479 on the back of half-centuries from Gary Kirsten, Nicky Boje, Kallis, Daryl Cullinan and Lance Klusener.

Mohammad Azharuddin scored 102 runs in the second innings, but could not save India from an innings defeat. Boje won the Player of the Match award for scoring 85 and picking up seven wickets, including a five-wicket haul in the second innings.