India completed the formalities on day five as they picked up the remaining six New Zealand wickets to go 1-0 ahead in the three-match Test series.
Ravichandran Ashwin was the star performer with the ball for India again, picking up his 19th five-wicket haul in only his 37th Test. He ended with figures of 6/132 and registered another 10-wicket match haul.
Luke Ronchi and Mitchell Santner put up a bit of resistance as both registered half-centuries, but it wasn’t enough as the Kiwis succumbed to defeat just after lunch.
Ravindra Jadeja was named the Man of the Match for his brilliant all-round performance. He was unbeaten with 42 and 50 with the bat, and picked up six wickets in the match.
Here are the top tweets:
4 day test worth discussion given the eagerness to make change. Happy with status quo but a decline in crowd attendances is a concern.
— Stephen Fleming (@SPFleming7) September 26, 2016
Indns put it across 2 the Kiwis convincingly..good job India!But..if good can be better..!!Gr8 feat by AshwinR-Two spinners' policy alright!
— Bishan Bedi (@BishanBedi) September 26, 2016
Well done @imVkohli and @anilkumble1074 , great start to the home season.
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) September 26, 2016
Pujara, Vijay, Jadeja , Ashwin were exceptional.
Measured comments from @imVkohli. He is right, New Zealand showed grit to take the game this deep
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 26, 2016
INDIAN FANS
— Hitman Cricket (@HitmanCricket) September 26, 2016
Pic1:- when India wins at home.
Pic2:- when India loses at home. #IndvsNZ pic.twitter.com/GkiM950cDE
Kiwis showing admirable chutzpah in seemingly lost cause. Of value in remaining Tests.Ronchi & Santner hv given reason to bat higher #INDvNZ
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 26, 2016
Exceptional performance from Ashwin to start the home season. Jadeja too. Plenty of fight from Ronchi and Santner. Great Test. #INDvNZ
— Dileep Premachandran (@SpiceBoxofEarth) September 26, 2016
Ash: 40 runs, 10 wickets
— Srini Mama (@SriniMama16) September 26, 2016
Jadeja: 92 runs, 6 wickets.
132 runs & 16 wickets between them, double handedly winning tests for India for fun!
So another Ash-win #INDvNZ
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) September 26, 2016
Slowly getting convinced that Vettori took off his glasses, got a clean shave and changed his name to Mitchell Santner
— Sidvee (@sidvee) September 26, 2016
Indian team playing at home is like ur mom asking u to get something from market. No credit on winning but u r screwed if u lose #INDvNZ
— Cricket Bakchod (@AllTimeBakchod) September 26, 2016
10 wickets in the match.. with a corn on his bowling hand. And Ashwin said he wasnt happy how the ball was coming out...! #IndvNZ
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) September 26, 2016
Santner has Vettori's temperament and grit while batting and bowling. One for future NZ captaincy already I think. #IndvNZ
— cricBC (@cricBC) September 26, 2016