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Clinical India wrap up series with 178-run win

ESPNcricinfo staff
BCCI president Anurag Thakur rang the bell ahead of the fourth day  BCCI
Bhuvneshwar Kumar contributed 23 before fending a Neil Wagner short ball to short leg  Associated Press
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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
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