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New Zealand created history on Sunday and became the first team to whitewash India in a home Test series. The visitors won the third and final Test by a narrow margin of 25 runs on Day 3 in Mumbai.
Set a target of 147 runs to win, India faltered and were bowled out for 121 runs. Ajaz Patel followed his first innings fifer with another six wickets to end with eleven wickets in the match. Off-spinner Glenn Phillips complimented Patel with three wickets. In 2021, he had picked 1o wickets in an innings at the same venue.
Rishabh Pant fought a lone battle with 64 runs off 57 balls on a wicket that turned square. He had scored 60 in the first innings as well. None of the other batters even crossed 15 runs as the top order had collapsed to 29/5.
Earlier, New Zealand managed to survive only for seven minutes and were bowled out for 174 runs at the start of Day 3. Ajaz Patel and Matt Henry could add only three runs to New Zealand’s total this morning having resumed at the overnight score of 171/9.
Will Young scored a gritty half-century as New Zealand Young (51 runs off 100 balls) to help New Zealand reach a competitive total. For India, Ravindra Jadeja picked up five wickets and registered a ten-wicket haul for the match, while Ravichandran Ashwin grabbed three
On Day 2, the Spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, and Washington Sundar shared eight wickets between them, triggering a New Zealand second-innings collapse to hand India the advantage on the second day of the third and final Test in Mumbai on Saturday.
The Kiwis lost as many as eight wickets in the final session as they were reduced to 171 for 9 in their second innings with a lead of 143 runs at the close of play.
For India, Shubman Gill (90) and Rishabh Pant (60) were instrumental in gaining a crucial lead on a deteriorating pitch. Washington fought a lone battle among the three all-rounders, scoring a brisk 38 not out off 36 balls, with four boundaries and two sixes.
In the first innings, New Zealand were helped to 235 with half-centuries from Will Young and Daryl Mitchell. Jadeja picked a five-wicket haul, while Sundar had four wickets to his name.
