New Zealand made history with their first Test series triumph in India as spinner Mitchell Santner inspired a 113-run win in the second match on Saturday to stun the Pune crowd.
The visitors bowled out India for 245 in their chase of 359 on day three to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
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It is India’s first Test series defeat at home since December 2012, when Alastair Cook’s England beat them 2-1.
Before now New Zealand had never won a Test series on Indian soil dating back to 1955 and the Black Caps celebrated to stunned silence.
“Immensely proud to be in a position of winning two Test matches here. Proud of the group,” skipper Tom Latham said of his history-makers.
“Lot of New Zealand teams have come over the past 69 years and 13 series, and to be the first team to win a series here is special.”
Santner, whose 7-53 in India’s first innings of 156 set up the famous win, rattled the Indian chase with six wickets on a turning pitch and trumped the hosts at their own spin game.
“Every time you take wickets you get a little more 스포츠토토사이트 confident,” player of the match Santner said.
“I felt that today. Every time I got a wicket, it got a little better.”
The left-hander bowled unchanged from one end, returning figures of 6-104 in 29 overs.
Ajaz Patel took the final two wickets and ended Ravindra Jadeja’s resistance on 42 when the batsman holed out in the deep.
With the series defeat, India’s record of 18 consecutive bilateral home series wins — the longest such run for any team — came to an end.
“I don’t think we batted well enough to get runs on the board,” India skipper Rohit Sharma said.
“It is a collective failure. The team has failed to accept the challenge thrown at us.”
