India beat New Zealand by 178 runs to win match, series
The visitors lost seven wickets in the last session to hand India the victory,
By virtue of their win, India climbed to the top spot in the ICC rankings.
Wriddhiman Saha was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match for his two unbeaten knocks of 54 and 58 respectively.
Among the Kiwi batsmen, Tom Latham top scored with 74.
For India, Jadeja, Ashwin and Shami ended with figures of three wickets each, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar backed up his five wicket haul in the first innings with a solitary scalp in the second.
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