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Kolkata Knight Riders

about a year ago

India took exactly 11 overs three balls on Day 4 to wrap up the second Test and the series (1-0) against New Zealand in Mumbai. The hosts won the match by 372 runs, which is also India's biggest Test win by runs.

Overall, it's been an extremely dominating performance from Virat Kohli and Co. The star of today's stellar bowling display was Jayant Yadav (4/49) who took four out of the remaining five wickets of the NZ batting line-up to dismiss them for 167.

New Zealand started the day on 140/5, needing only a miracle to save themselves. Rachin Ravindra, the man who rescued NZ in the first Test, was at the crease and the visitors were perhaps expecting the unexpected from him.

The youngster showed some intent with a couple of consecutive boundaries off Yadav but fell in the very next delivery. The ball was spinning viciously and it's one of those deliveries that caught his outside edge to carry to Cheteshwar Pujara in second slip.

Yadav struck again in his next over, this time a double blow! Kyle Jamieson was trapped leg before and even though he went for the review, the ball tracking clearly showed his middle-and-off stumps were blowing off. Tim Southee departed for a nought soon after while trying to fetch some big runs. He missed a tossed-up delivery completely which went on to hit his stumps.

Yadav picked up his fourth scalp with William Somerville returning a catch at Mayank Agarwal at forward short leg and just when it looked like he will end up picking his first fifer, Ravichandran Ashwin plucked out the last man standing, Henry Nicholls, who went for a well-compiled 44.

Knowing the loss was imminent, Nicholls tried to to take on Ashwin but his effort to step out and clear the fence met with an alert Wriddhiman Saha behind the wickets who made no error whatsoever to wipe off the bails and wrap up the proceedings!

Mayank Agarwal was adjudged the Man of the Match for his brilliant 150 and 62 while Ashwin went home with the Player of the Series award for his 14 wickets and contribution with the bat in the first Test.