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IND Vs NZ, 3rd Test: Rohit Sharma-Led India Lose To New Zealand By 25 Runs, Suffer First-Ever 3-0 Whitewash At Home

The Kiwis have become the first side to hand Rohit Sharma and co a whitewash at home since South Africa's 2-0 series win in 2000

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IND Vs NZ 3rd Test, Day 3
NZ vs IND 3rd Test: Ajaz Patel (left) celebrates a wicket with skipper Tom Latham. | Photo: AP/Rajanish Kakade
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Tom Latham-led New Zealand have scripted history to become the first side to whitewash Team India on home soil, in a three-match Test series. (Day 3 Blog | Cricket News)

The BlackCaps ended India's 12-year unbeaten run at home in Tests by winning the first two games. This is also their first-ever series victory on Indian soil since they started touring the country back in 1955/56 under Harry Crave.

Having dismissed New Zealand for 174 at the beginning of the first session on day three courtesy Ravindra Jadeja's five-wicket haul, India needed 147 runs to pick up a consolation win.

However, the top-order suffered yet another inexplicable batting collapse as the Kiwi spinners, led by Ajaz Patel, ran through the Indian line-up. Patel, who took a five-for in the first innings, added six more to take his match haul to 11 wickets.

Rishabh Pant (64) led a monumental fightback but the wicketkeeper batter was caught behind shortly after lunch to deflate all hopes of an Indian victory.

Ajaz finished with a figures of 11/160 in the Test.

Brief Scores:

New Zealand 235 and 174 all out in 45.5 overs (Will Young 51; Ravindra Jadeja 5/55, R Ashwin 3/63).

India: 263 and 121 all out in 29.1 overs (Rishabh Pant 64; Ajaz Patel 6/57).