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BCCI president Anurag Thakur rang the bell ahead of the fourth day BCCIBhuvneshwar Kumar contributed 23 before fending a Neil Wagner short ball to short leg Associated Press Wriddhiman Saha went onto score his second fifty-plus score of the match as India set New Zealand a target of 376 Associated Press Martin Guptill and Tom Latham brought up the first fifty-run opening partnership of the series as New Zealand went to lunch at 55 for 0 BCCI R Ashwin, though, struck with the fifth ball after lunch when he had Guptill lbw for 24 BCCI Henry Nicholls and Latham then added 49 before Ravindra Jadeja removed Nicholls BCCI Ashwin lifted India further by undoing Ross Taylor with drift and turn. New Zealand became 115 for 3 AFP Latham fell soon after tea to Ashwin, for 74 off 148 balls BCCI Mohammed Shami then got into his groove, and dismissed Mitchell Santner and BJ Watling in quick succession to leave the visitors at 156 for 6 BCCI Matt Henry resisted with 18 off 44 balls, before India dismissed New Zealand for 197 to seal the series with a match to go BCCI The 178-run win took India ahead of Pakistan as the No. 1-ranked Test team AFP 