India collapsed to a humiliating series defeat at home, their first for 12 years, bowled out thanks to a six-wicket haul by Mitchell Santner on the third day of the second Test in Pune.
Chasing 359 for victory, India were skittled for 245 as Santner took 6-104 in the second innings on Saturday for a match haul of 13 wickets to set up the historic win.
Santner’s senior spin partner, Ajaz Patel, picked up the last two Indian wickets, including Ravindra Jadeja for a defiant 42, to settle the contest.
It was a stunning defeat for India, who were dismantled by eight wickets in seamer-friendly conditions in the opening match at Bengaluru, as they suffered their first series loss on home soil since falling to England in 2012.
Their proud run of 18 successive home series wins since that 2-1 humbling was ended by the inspired Black Caps, who were by far the better side in both matches and will target a clean sweep in the finale at Mumbai from Friday.
“It’s a really special feeling, very proud to be in this position,” said new permanent skipper Tom Latham, who took over from Tim Southee after a 2-0 defeat in Sri Lanka.
“It’s really special. When you come here, you always want to compete and put your best foot forward. We played fantastically well … Santner in that first innings was fantastic. To get a break and bowl the way he did, credit has to go to him.”
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India’s highest successful run chase at home is the 4-387 they scored to beat England in Chennai in 2008, but any hopes of a similar effort faded on the black-soil turner at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium where spinners wreaked havoc.
They made a blazing start as Yashasvi Jaiswal smacked some spectacular boundaries, but his dismissal for 77 off 65 balls by Santner and Rishabh Pant’s run-out for a duck after lunch left India in deep trouble at 4-127.
Santner, who had earlier removed Rohit Sharma for eight and Shubman Gill for 23, continued to torment India as the left-arm spinner trapped trump card Virat Kohli lbw for 17.
Sarfaraz Khan was unable to recreate his batting heroics from the opening match, perishing for nine after missing a low delivery from Santner to hand the bowler back-to-back five-wicket hauls.
The shoulders really dropped when Washington Sundar fell for 21 to Glenn Phillips late in the afternoon session, and Santner had Ravichandran Ashwin caught for a solid 18 as India were staring down the barrel at 8-206.
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New Zealand were bowled out for 255 in their second innings after Latham’s 86 and handy contributions lower down the order put them in a strong position to secure a first-ever series victory in India.
Resuming on 5-198 with their lead already at more than 300 runs on an increasingly tough pitch, New Zealand trotted along nicely in the morning until Jadeja castled Tom Blundell for 41 for his first wicket of the match.
Santner, who took 7-53 to give the Black Caps the upper hand on Friday, looked to target Jadeja but misread a looped delivery from the left-arm spinner and was caught in the deep for four.
Southee followed him back into the dugout almost immediately, edging spinner Ashwin to Rohit, who pulled off a superb catch at slip.
Washington took a fine running catch in the deep as Patel fell for one to Jadeja, before William O’Rourke was run out by the bowler for a duck, leaving Phillips stranded on a well-made 48 not out.
“It’s disappointing,” Rohit said after the match. “It’s not what we expected, but you’ve got to give credit to New Zealand. They played better than us.”
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