New Zealand inflict India’s first home Test series defeat in 13 years

New Zealand seal the three-match series – their first in India – with a 113-run win in the second Test in Pune.

India crashed to a humiliating three-day home defeat by 113 runs in the second Test in Pune on Saturday as New Zealand became the first touring team to seal a series win in the country for 13 years.

It was also the Kiwis’ first series win India and comes after they ended a 38-year wait for a Test win in India in the first match of the series.

India’s second innings total of 255, having been set a target of 359, was bolstered by number nine Ravindra Jadeja’s 42 as he led a comeback from 167-7. The star of the show was New Zealand’s left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner who claimed six wickets to take his total for the match to 13.

Jadeja was the last wicket to fall as he holed out while continuing his onslaught of the Kiwi attack in pursuit of the then-unlikely target.

“We failed to respond to the challenges and we sit here with the result,” India captain Rohit Sharma said afterwards. “We didn’t bat well enough, if you want to win Test matches you have to take 20 wickets but batters have to score runs as well.

“We came out thinking we could chase the target but the continuous pressure from both sides meant we were not able to respond to those challenges.

“We want to show up well and win our next match and not look too far ahead. It’s a collective failure. It’s a team that failed to accept the challenge that was thrown at us and we will come out with better intent, ideas and methods at Wankhede (in the final Test).”

Yashasvi Jaiswal went on the attack with some cracking shots to get India off to a rollicking start in the chase, but his dismissal for 77 by Santner and Rishabh Pant’s run out for a duck after lunch