Sports News | India Beat New Zealand by 372 Runs in Second Test, Win Series 1-0
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. India beat New Zealand by 372 runs in the second and final Test to seal the series 1-0 here on Monday.
Mumbai, Dec 6 (PTI) India beat New Zealand by 372 runs in the second and final Test to seal the series 1-0 here on Monday.
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Resuming the day at 140 for five, New Zealand folded up for 167 in the second innings after India set them a mammoth 540-run target. Daryl Mitchell was the top-scorer for New Zealand with 60-run knock.
India off-spinner Jayant Yadav was the pick of the bowlers on day four, ending with figures of four for 49 .
Mayank Agarwal scored a fighting hundred in the game which will be most remembered for New Zealand Ajaz Patel's 10-wicket haul in an innings, becoming only the third bowler to do so.
The first Test had ended in a draw.
Brief Scores:
India: 325 and 276 for seven declared.
New Zealand: 62 and 167 all out in 56.3 overs (Henry Nicholls 44, Daryl Mitchell 60; Ravichandran Ashwin 4/34, Jayant Yadav 4/49).
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