New Zealand has secured an historic 3-0 sequence victory in India with a dramatic 25-run win within the third Check.
Ajaz Patel took 6 for 57 to bowl the Black Caps to victory as they grew to become the primary visiting aspect to finish a clear sweep in a minimal three-Check sequence towards India.
Glenn Phillips offered sturdy assist, choosing up 3 for 42 as India crashed to 121 all out in 29.1 overs shortly after lunch on the third day.
Rishabh Pant was the lone resistance for the hosts with 64 off 57 balls, together with 9 fours and a six, however his counter-attacking half-century went in useless as India misplaced its final three wickets in 4 balls.
Rishabh was praised as “merely excellent” by India legend Sachin Tendulkar, who posted on social media that the loss was “a tricky capsule to swallow” that wanted to be carefully reviewed forward of the five-Check sequence in Australia beginning on November 22.
India’s earlier worst exhibiting was a 2-0 loss to Hansie Cronje’s South Africa in 2000 in a two-Check sequence. Its final loss in a house sequence was to England — 2-1 in a four-Check sequence — in 2012.
Patel’s six wickets took his tally on the Wankhede Stadium to 25 in 4 innings. He bowled a report 10 for 119 right here in 2021, ending that recreation with 14 wickets.
New Zealand received the primary two Checks in Bengaluru and Pune by eight wickets and 113 runs, respectively, registering a maiden Check sequence win in India, however an excellent higher achievement was to return.
It was the primary occasion of New Zealand profitable three Checks in a sequence residence or away, and the primary occasion of profitable three successive away Checks.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan mentioned it might simply be the perfect Check sequence win ever.
“We’re ecstatic,” Black Caps captain Tom Latham mentioned.
“Wanting again in the beginning of the sequence, to be now on this place, the boys have performed a unbelievable job over the past three Checks.
“We understood how India play and simply tried to do our greatest. Our gamers chipped in at totally different occasions via the sequence.”
It was the second-lowest complete defended by New Zealand to win a Check, after 137 runs towards England in Wellington in 1978.
“It isn’t one thing simply digestible,” India skipper Rohit Sharma mentioned.
“We did not play our greatest cricket and we have now to just accept it. I did not do properly as captain and as batter. We made a whole lot of errors.
“They did so a lot better than us all through the sequence.”
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