Match Details
R(B) | 4S | 6S | SR |
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0 (5)44 (111) | 0 8 | 0 0 | 0.00 39.64 |
W-R | Overs | Econ |
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4-34 | 22.3 | 1.51 |
Akshay: It's all over! That's over! India has scored a massive win here at Mumbai, they take the series 1-0. A huge, huge win for the Indian team as they have thrashed New Zealand by 372 runs. Today, they only took 45 minutes (more or less) to scalp the remaining five wickets.
Saving a Test match after being 539 runs behind was never going to be an easy task, and that too against the quality of Ravi Ashwin, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav on a track which had spin and bounce. New Zealand showed a lot of grit and determination in the second innings, but it came too late. Ashwin started the act for India by breaking the Kiwi top-order, they lost one against Axar and one in Axar Patel, leaving them to 140-5.
The Black Caps started the day with Nicholls and Ravindra the unbeaten batters. The duo had a monumental task to save their blushes, but it was always going to be a tough task against a fired up Indian spin trio. Nicholls and Ravindra played some delightful strokes, but Jayant Yadav had something else in store for the Kiwi batters. He spun the web around the visitors and bagged four wickets to seal the deal for the home side.
Earlier in the game, it was all about Ajaz Patel and Mayank Agarwal. The former became the third bowler in the history of the game to bag 10 wickets in an innings. Patel's 10 wicket haul will be a moment to remember for a lifetime, not just for New Zealand cricket, but the celebration couldn't last long. As the Kiwis collapsed in the first innings, against the quality of Siraj and Ashwin, at 62.
This performance from NZ had to end up on the losing side as the home team was as dominant as ever. Despite losing all wickets to Patel, India never surrendered and the prime reason was Agarwal's 150 & 62. He dominated the New Zealand bowling attack and revived the innings a couple of times. Rest was left to the bowlers, they did what they do the best.