NZ claim first Test victory in India for 36 years

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First Test, Bengaluru (day 5 of five)

India 46: Henry 5-15, O'Rourke 4-22 & 462: Sarfaraz 150, Pant 99

New Zealand 402: Ravindra 134, Conway 91 & 110-2: Young 48*

New Zealand triumph by 8 wickets

New Zealand skipper Tom Latham said it was a "proud moment" aft his broadside claimed their archetypal Test triumph successful India for 36 years - and lone their 3rd ever.

Latham had to ticker from the dressing country aft being removed for a duck by Jasprit Bumrah arsenic the visitors chased 107 to win.

But Will Young and Rachin Ravindra settled the nerves, guiding New Zealand from a precarious 35-2 done to an eight-wicket triumph connected the last time of the Test successful Bengaluru.

It gives New Zealand a 1-0 pb successful the best-of-three series.

New Zealand's erstwhile Test victories successful India came successful 1969 astatine Nagpur and astatine Mumbai successful 1988.

Latham's broadside acceptable up the triumph by bowling India retired for 46 - their lowest Test full connected location ungraded - connected the archetypal day.

"There person been a batch of teams that person travel present implicit that agelong play of time, truthful evidently it's a peculiar feeling," Latham said.

"The enactment we did successful that archetypal and 2nd innings with the shot and with the bat acceptable up the crippled for us."

It was a resounding archetypal triumph arsenic full-time skipper for the 32-year-old, who replaced Tim Southee earlier this month.

India skipper Rohit Sharma took positives from the mode his broadside battled backmost successful the 2nd innings, arsenic they attempted to go the archetypal squad to triumph a Test aft conceding a first-innings pb of much than 350.

"We didn't deliberation we'll beryllium 46 each retired but owed recognition to New Zealand - it acceptable america backmost and games similar this volition happen," helium said.

Sarfaraz Khan's 150 and 99 from wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant helped India to 462 successful their 2nd innings to springiness the location bowlers a tiny full to support connected a final-day transportation that had to beryllium covered overnight owed to rain.

And Bumrah gave India a glimmer of anticipation erstwhile helium removed Latham lbw with the 2nd shot of the day.

He past trapped Devon Conway lbw aft a palmy review, but that was India's past breakthrough.

First-innings centurion Ravindra deed six fours successful his unbeaten 39 and was named subordinate of the match, portion Young deed the winning runs with his seventh 4 arsenic helium finished connected 48.

"We person got to instrumentality the bully things forward," added Rohit, with the 2nd Test scheduled to statesman successful Pune connected Thursday.

"We've been present before, conceding location losses, these things happen. We cognize what it takes and volition springiness it each successful the adjacent 2 Tests."

India person past connected their side, having won 18 consecutive Test bid connected location soil, stretching backmost to 2012.

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