Cricket: New Zealand defeated India by 113 runs to win the series 2-0

Glenn Phillips (second from right) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of India's Washington Sundar in Pune.
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India slumped to a humiliating series defeat at home, their first in 12 years, when they were bowled out for 245 by New Zealand in their chase of 359 on the third day of the second Test on Saturday as Mitchell Santner took six wickets.

Santner finished with 6-104 for a match of 13 to set up the historic win and it was his senior spin partner Ajaz Patel who took the last two Indian wickets, including Ravindra Jadeja for a challenging 42, to settle the match.

It was a stunning defeat for India, who were dismantled by eight wickets in their opening match in Bengaluru in sea-armed conditions, as they suffered their first series loss on home soil since falling to England in 2012.

Their proud run of 18 consecutive home series wins since that 2-1 humiliation was ended by the inspired Black Caps, who were by far the better side in both matches and will be aiming for a clean sweep in the final in Mumbai from Friday.

India's highest successful run chase at home is the 387-4 they scored when beating England in Chennai in 2008, but any hopes of a similar effort faded on the black ground spinner at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, where spinners wreaked havoc.

They made a blazing start as Yashasvi Jaiswal hit some spectacular boundaries, but his dismissal for 77 by Santner and Rishabh Pant's shocking run for a duck after lunch left India in deep trouble at 127-4.

Santner, who had earlier removed Rohit Sharma for eight and Shubman Gill for 23, continued to torment India as the left-arm spinner trapped ace Virat Kohli lbw for 17 and set alarm bells ringing in the home dressing room.

Sarfaraz Khan was unable to recreate his batting heroics from the opening match, killing nine after missing a low delivery from Santner to hand the bowler back-to-back five-wicket hauls.

The shoulders really slumped when Washington Sundar fell for 21 to Glenn Phillips late in the afternoon session, leaving Santner to catch Ravichandran Ashwin for a solid 18 as India stared at 206-8.

New Zealand were bowled out for 255 in their second innings, after captain Tom Latham's 86 and handy contributions lower down the order put them in a strong position to secure a first-ever series win in India.

Resuming at 198-5 with their lead already at more than 300 runs on an increasingly difficult pitch, New Zealand trotted along nicely in the morning until Jadeja castellated Tom Blundell for 41 for his first wicket of the match.

Santner, who edged the Black Caps 7-53 on Friday, looked to target Jadeja but misread a looped delivery from the left-arm spinner and was caught four times in the deep.

Former skipper Tim Southee followed him back into the dugout almost immediately, sending spinner Ashwin to Rohit, who showed quick reflexes to take a superb catch at slip and draw loud cheers from the crowd.

Washington took a fine running catch in the deep as Ajaz Patel fell to Jadeja for one, while William O'Rourke was run out by the bowler for a duck, leaving Phillips stranded on a well-made 48 not out.

-Reuters

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