Indian players celebrate after taking the wicket of New Zealand's BJ Watling on Monday. (AP)
Kolkata - India clinch a 178-run victory over New Zealand in the second Test
Published: Tue 4 Oct 2016, 1:33 PM
India's bowlers helped the hosts clinch a 178-run victory over New Zealand in the second Test on Monday to take the series and reclaim their top spot in the world rankings.
New Zealand were left chasing 376 for victory, but were bowled out for 197 in the final session on the fourth day in Kolkata. India's Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each.
India take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
India completed the formalities once New Zealand opener Tom Latham (74) fell after a defiant half century.
Latham (74) was caught by Wriddhiman Saha off off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin just after lunch, leaving New Zealand at 141/4 just after tea.
At tea, Latham (74) and Luke Ronchi (nine) were unbeaten at the crease for New Zealand were on 135/3.
Set a target of 376, Latham and Martin Guptill (24) survived some nervous moments before lunch to give New Zealand a solid start in their chase with a series-best opening stand of 55.
Guptill, whose place in the Test side is under scrutiny after a string of poor scores, was on six when he was given not out on a confident appeal for leg before against paceman Mohammed Shami.
The right-hander was out leg before in the first over after the lunch break to Ashwin, who also sent back New Zealand's stand-in skipper Ross Taylor (four) in similar fashion.
Latham concentrated hard to bring up his second half-century of the series and added 49 for the second wicket with Henry Nicholls (24), who replaced regular captain Kane Williamson in the side.
Nicholls got an edge to slip off Ravindra Jadeja, whose strong leg before appeal against Latham was turned down.
Earlier resuming on 227 for eight, India were all out for 263 in their second innings, setting New Zealand a difficult target on a much deteriorated track.
Wriddhiman Saha was not out on 58, his second unbeaten fifty of the Test, with the hosts looking to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series and reclaim the top spot in the world Test rankings from Pakistan.
Trent Boult, Matt Henry and Mitchell Santner picked up three wickets each for the touring side.
Scoreboard
India 1st innings: 316 (Cheteshwar Pujara 87, Ajinkya Rahane 77; Matt Henry 3-46)
New Zealand 1st innings: 204 (J. Patel 47, R. Taylor 36; B. Kumar 5-48, M. Shami 3-70)
India 2nd innings: overnight 227/8 (W. Saha 39 not out, B. Kumar 8 not out)
S. Dhawan lbw b Boult 17
M. Vijay c Guptill b Henry 7
C. Pujara lbw b Henry 4
V. Kohli lbw b Boult 45
A. Rahane c Boult b Henry 1
R. Sharma c Ronchi b Santner 82
R. Ashwin lbw b Santner 5
W. Saha not out 58
R. Jadeja c sub (Neesham) b Santner 6
B. Kumar c Nicholls b Wagner 23
M. Shami c Latham b Boult 1
Extras (b 10, lb 1, w 3) 14
Total (all out; 76.5 overs) 263
Fall of wicket: 1-12 (Vijay), 2-24 (Pujara), 3-34 (Dhawan), 4-43 (Rahane), 5-91 (Kohli), 6-106 (Ashwin), 7-209 (Sharma), 8-215 (Jadeja), 9-251 (Kumar), 10-263 (Shami)
Bowling: Boult 17.5-6-38-3, Henry 20-2-59-3, Wagner 15-3-45-1, Patel 8-0-50-0, Santner 16-2-60-3
New Zealand 2nd innings:
T. Latham c Saha b Ashwin 74
M. Guptill lbw b Ashwin 24
H. Nicholls c Rahane b Jadeja 24
R. Taylor lbw b Ashwin 4
L. Ronchi b Jadeja 32
M. Santner lbw b Shami 9
BJ. Watling b Shami 1
M. Henry c Kohli b Jadeja 18
J. Patel b Kumar 2
N. Wagner not out 5
T. Boult c Vijay b Shami 4
Extras 0
Total (all out; 81.1 overs) 197
Bowling: Kumar 12-4-28-1, Shami 18.1-5-46-3, Ashwin 31-6-82-3, Jadeja 20-3-41-3
Toss: India
Result: India won by 178 runs
Series: India lead three-match series 2-0
Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (ENG) and Rod Tucker (AUS)
TV umpire: CK Nandan (IND)
Match referee: David Boon (AUS)
Reserve umpire: Nitin Menon (IND)
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