NEW ZEALAND COMPLETE HISTORIC CLEAN SWEEP OVER INDIA

Patel's six wickets took his tally to 25 at the Wankhede Stadium in four innings. He bowled a record 10-119 here in 2021, finishing that game with 14 wickets. Patel finished with 11-160 to go past England's lan Botham...

New Zealand secured an historic 3-0 series victory in India as it won a dramatic third test by 25 runs. Ajaz Patel took 6-57 to bowl the Black Caps to victory as it became the first visiting side to complete a clean sweep in a minimum three-test series against India. Glenn Phillips provided strong support, picking up 3-42 as India crashed to 121 all out in 29.1 overs shortly after lunch on the third day.

Rishabh Pant was the lone resistance for the hosts with 64 off 57 balls, including nine fours and a six, but his counter-attacking half-century went in vain as India lost its last three wickets in four balls. India’s previous worst showing was a 2-0 loss to Hansie Cronje’s South Africa in 2000 in a two-test series. It last loss in a home series was to England — 2-1 in a four-test series — in 2012.

Patel’s six wickets took his tally to 25 at the Wankhede Stadium in four innings. He bowled a record 10-119 here in 2021, finishing that game with 14 wickets. Patel finished with 11-160 to go past England’s Ian Botham who had taken 22 wickets at the same ground and was previously the most successful visiting bowler at any venue in India.

New Zealand won the first two tests in Bengaluru and Pune by eight wickets and 113 runs, respectively, registering a landmark first test-series win in India, but an even greater achievement was to come. It was the first instance of New Zealand winning three tests in a series home or away, and the first instance of winning three successive away tests.