Bangalore: Virat Kohli and skipper MS Dhoni led from the front to help India to complete series whitewash against New Zealand with a comfortable five-wicket victory in the second Test at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Virat Kohli continued his dream run, smashing yet another half-century with a marvelous straight drive to ensure India’s victory in the second Test.
Chasing 261-run target, Kohli and Dhoni revived Indian chase as they took the team past 200 runs after losing Cheteshwar Pujara and Suresh Raina in quick succession.
Earlier, the openers gave a rollicking start to India’s chase before departing in quick succession as the hosts reached 88 for two at lunch aiming to overhaul a target of 261.
Earlier, New Zealand were skittled out for 248 runs setting India a target of 261 to win.
The New Zealand second innings folded after pacer Zaheer Khan claimed Jeetan Patel, who hammered two boundaries of the 16 runs scored today in a bid to get some vital runs on the board for Indian batsmen to chase.
Patel was caught behind by skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for a gutsy 22 runs off 27 balls.
Off-spinner R Ashwin was the star bowler for India as he led the attack by scalping five wickets for 69 runs. He was ably supported by Pragyan Ojha and Umesh Yadav, both claimed two wickets each.
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