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India Hand New Zealand Crushing Loss, Become World No.1

October 03, 2016 18:23

India defeated New Zealand by a massive margin of 178 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series and become the new No.1 Test team in the world

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BCCI President Anurag Thakur rang the bell at Eden Gardens on Monday to mark the start of play on Day 4 (All images courtesy BCCI)
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Wriddhiman Saha resumed India's innings and added a few more runs in the India
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Bhuvneshwar added 23 valuable runs to take India's target to 376 runs
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Saha scored his consecutive half-century after also doing so in the first innings
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They took a few more overs, but New Zealand eventually bowled India out for 263
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Martin Guptill and Tom Latham started well for the visiting team
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Especially Latham who more or less played the anchor's knock
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Latham also went on to score another half-century, eventually making 74
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But then the downfall started for New Zealand
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From 104/1, the Black Caps were bowled out for 197
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And much credit for the same went to Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, who took three wickets each
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India kept picking wickets throughout the afternoon and the end for the Kiwis was coming near
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India captain Virat Kohli was full of energy on the field, pepping up his boys with regular shouts of "Come on!"
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His bowling changes also proved effective as the Indian bowlers ran through the New Zealand batting order
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India completed the formalities just before 1700 hours on Day as they did not want play to continue into the fifth day
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Wriddhiman Saha was named the Man of the Match and his skipper lauded him by saying he is the best keeper in the country at present
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Saha won the award at his home ground, the iconic Eden Gardens
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And this is how the victory was celebrated, with 'dhaaki' and 'dhunuchi' ahead of Durga Puja celebrations in Kolkata

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