Black Caps dismiss Rohit Sharma-led side for 121 runs in third Test to clinch 25-run victory in third Test
\n Mumbai
\nNew Zealand on Sunday completed a historic Test whitewash against India by winning the third Test to claim a 3-0 victory in the three-match red-ball series against the home side.
\nThe Black Caps dismissed the Indian side for 121 on a tricky wicket to secure a 25-run victory on day three of the third and final Test in Mumbai.
\nThe last time India were blanked at home was in 2000, in a two-match series against South Africa, and Rohit Sharma\u2019s side will be feeling the pressure ahead of a challenging five-match series against Australia starting later this month.
\nRishabh Pant was the lone Indian batsman to show resistance as he made a sublime 64 after the hosts were reduced to 29-5 on a turning Wankhede Stadium track.
\nMan-of-the-match Ajaz Patel claimed 6-57, his second five-wicket haul in the match, while fellow spinner Glenn Phillips took 3-42 to help skittle the hosts again for a famous win.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s seriously special first of all to win a Test match here at this historic ground but also to win a series 3-0,\u201d said Daryl Mitchell, who scored 82 in the first innings.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s something you dream of. To come over here and actually achieve it is pretty special against a world-class Indian team [….] We\u2019re just a bunch of Kiwis taking on the world,\u201d he added.
\nThe tourists won the opening match in Bengaluru by eight wickets for their first Test victory in India in 36 years and wrapped up the series in Pune with a 113-run win.
\nNew Zealand\u2019s maiden series triumph in India going back to 1955 also snapped the hosts\u2019 home streak of 18 straight series triumphs since a 2-1 loss to England in 2012.
\nDuring the third Test, Sharma threw the first punch by stepping out of his crease to hit Matt Henry for a four in the opening over of the day, but the skipper\u2019s disappointing recent run of form continued as he fell for 11 after a rash shot against the same bowler.
\nPatel made it two wickets in two overs as Shubman Gill, who had scored a splendid 90 in the first innings, left a ball that crashed into the stumps and departed for one.
\nVirat Kohli did not last long after arriving at the crease as he edged Patel back to slip on one to leave India in trouble at 18-3 on a tricky Wankhede Stadium pitch.
\nThe crowd fell silent again as Yashasvi Jaiswal was trapped lbw for five by Glenn Phillips and Sarfaraz Khan hit a full toss from Patel straight to Rachin Ravindra in the deep on one.
\nRavindra Jadeja steadied the ship alongside Pant in a 42-run stand, but a stunning catch by Will Young meant India were on the ropes at 71-6.
\nPatel dismissed Pant following a New Zealand review after lunch, although the batsman appeared to suggest that he had not made contact with the ball before it was caught. The runs dried up after that and India collapsed in a heap with Washington Sundar the last to go while looking to go big.
\nExpressing his views, Indian skipper Sharma said: \u201cLosing a series, losing a Test match is never easy. It\u2019s not easily digested. But we didn\u2019t play our best cricket and we accept that. New Zealand played better than us throughout.\u201d
\n\u201cThere were a lot of mistakes that we made, we accept it […]. As a captain, I wasn\u2019t at my best leading the team and with the bat as well,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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