India vs New Zealand, 2nd Test at Pune,India vs New Zealand, Oct 24 2024 - Match Result

That's a big reality check for India ahead of a huge five-Test series against Australia. They still have a Test to play in Mumbai but a series loss here would have dented their confidence big time. Rohit and Kohli's form needs addressing. The middle order also has been all over the place in this series barring a couple of good innings from Sarfaraz and Pant. They still lead the WTC points table but the gap at the top is not a lot now. For New, Zealand, this is a mammoth win and they did it without their best batter around. Not many thought Santner could be a good red-ball cricketer. Hasn't he proven them wrong! If you've missed anything, Sidharth Monga's report has you covered.

That's it from us today. Thanks for tuning in. Until the next Test in Mumbai, this is me Ashish Pant, signing off on behalf of Sidharth Monga and Venkat Raghav. Ciao!

Another stat nugget from Sampath:

Highest percentage of career wickets in a single Test match: (Min: 50 wkts, 20 Tests)

19.40 - Mitchell Santner (13 / 67)

18.92 - Ajaz Patel (14 / 74)

To no one's surprise, Mitchell Santner is the player of the match: [Changed anything from first inns] Not really. It was harder this time. Kudos to India how they came out. We knew they would fire some sots. Jaiswal played well, but we hung in here. Hopefully one had their name. [Side strain?] Yeah, my side's a little sore, but might be just because of the workload. I found it early on in my spell, but I wasn't going to stop. Every time I got a wicket, it got a little better. It was a bit strange for me, but it was important to contribute in the win. Very pleasing for us but we have another game in Mumbai and we have to go again. [Has anything changed as a red-ball bowler?] Probably a little bit. Every time you take wickets, you get a little more confident. I felt that today. The wickets always does that.

Tom Latham, the NZ captain: It is obviously a special feeling. Very proud to be up here. It is a team effort. This game was a clear example of every stepping up at the right times. Very special. When you come here, you want to put your best foot forward. We wanted to stay with our feet out and the way Mitch Santner bowled in the first innings, he was fantastic. He bowled brilliantly in the first and second innings. [Takeaways from SL loss] Thought we didn't play too badly in SL. You look at the result but we did a few good things. We wanted to stick to the basics. We wanted to fire our shots and thought we have done that well. [Talk after day 2] Just wanted to be positive. We put ourselves on the front foot last night. The runs were important. The way GP played in the morning was very important. India came out hot, but we got the breakthroughs. It was a great middle session. Not just mitch but GP and Ajaz. The last three wickets took an age, but it was great.

First up, India captain Rohit Sharma: [On the loss] Disappointing. It is not what we expected. NZ played better cricket than us. We failed to respond to challenges and we sit here with that result. I don't think we batted well enough to get runs on the board. You have to take 20 wickets, but the batters have to put runs on the board as well. We did not put enough runs, then conceded a 100-run lead. It was a fightback from us, but it was always going to be challenging. We thought we could chase but the continuous challenges we could not cope. When they started off, they were 200 for 3 and for us to come back and bowl them 259 was great. It was a not a pitch where a lot was happening, but we did not bat well enough. NZ played better. [Looking forward] We want to show up at Wankhede and win that Test. It is a collective failure. The team has failed to accept the challenge thrown at us.

4.17pm Presentation time

Any New Zealand fans around? How's the feeling back there. What does this result mean to the team?

Karl: "Long-suffering Black Caps fan here. What an amazing week in NZ cricket - I fully back the lads all the way but I was optimistic and thinking we might lose the series 1-0 with two hard fought draws. Two test wins in India, in the same series ... who would have thought? Over the moon right now. Such an awesome result. "

Frase: "Yeah, amazing! We had high hopes last tour after the WTC, but those were dashed. So to see NZ prosper is awesome. I said at the start of the match that santner would need to play out of his skin to keep his spot, and he sure did!"

TomBall: "Incredible feeling! What an amazing achievement!"

Geoff: "Hadlee's 15 wickets vs Australia in 1985, now Santner's 13 wickets vs India in 2024. This performance ranks right up there in the history of New Zealand cricket."

Free fly: "Where the people who said Santner is not a red-ball cricketer? " Not many around now

Here's Glenn Phillips: [Feelings] It's indescribable and for us to do it for the first time in history, it is very hard to describe this. It is long graft and grind. [On India] They are incredibly strong. For us to win and to learn and adapt in spin friendly conditions was fantastic. I wish it gets easy with time. But it's tough to comprehend how tough it is to win here. For us to adjust was great. [On Santner] He was having a golden run. We just wanted to hold on. Whatever he touched turned to gold. We wanted to hold on from the other end. The intent the boys showed the top seven was great. [Where's the party?] It is going to be in the team room for us.

Here's Shiva with a stat: This is the first time since '83 that India have lost three home Tests in a calendar year.

3.58pm Wow, what have we just witnessed. India have lost a Test series at home for the first time in 12 years. Let that sink in. Not many gave NZ a chance coming in. They had just lost a series to Sri Lanka, their captain had stepped down, their best batter Kane Williamson was not available. But, NZ stuck to the basics, went one better than their Indian counterparts at every step and have taken a 2-0 lead in the three-match series. It's that one man who made the difference - Mitchell Santner. What a Test this man has had! Picked 7 for 53 in the first innings, and came back with 6 for 104 in the second. Was nearly unplayable and was a key reason behind New Zealand winning this game by 113 runs and take a 2-0 lead. Goodness, what a result. Big celebrations in the NZ camp, surely there will be big celebrations will continue late into the night

Ajaz to continue

Can Bumrah survive three balls? Slip, gully, short leg, silly point in place

Ravindra Jadeja - fourth player with 2000-plus runs and 200-plus wickets in Test cricket at home

Santner continues. Jadeja to go for his shots now?

Bumrah comes in at No. 11. Has one ball to face this over. Ajaz stays around the wicket. Slip, gully and a short leg in place. Silly point comes in too

Ajaz Patel comes on now. He is around the wicket with. Slip, short leg

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