New Zealand made history with their first Test series triumph in India and spinner Mitchell Santner’s heroics delivered a 113-run victory in the second match on Saturday.

New Zealand bowled out India for 245 in their chase of 359 on day three in Pune to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

A tough loss for #TeamIndia in Pune.

Dashboard #INDvNZ | @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/PlU9iJpGih

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 26, 2024

It marks India’s first Test series defeat at home since December 2012, when Alastair Cook’s England beat them 2-1.

Santner, who has 7-53 in India’s first innings of 156, set up the famous win, rattled the Indian chase by six wickets on a comeback pitch and beat the hosts at their own spin game.

Santner catches Kohli in front! This is his fourth in the innings and 11th in the Test. India five down now with 212 runs needed to win. Watch the game LIVE in NZ on @skysportnz or @SENZ_Radio LIVE score https://t.co/VJzmDakk7y #INDvNZ #CricketNation pic.twitter.com/M4hndpryRE

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 26, 2024

The left-hander played unchanged from one end, returning figures of 6-104 in 29 overs.

Ajaz Patel took the last two wickets and ended Ravindra Jadeja’s resistance on 42 as the batsmen plunged into the deep and New Zealand celebrated to silence the stands.

Double discovery! First, Mitch Santner with the big wicket of Jaiswal for 77, before Rishabh Pant was run out five balls later. India four down in Pune with 232 needed to win. Watch the game LIVE in NZ on @skysportnz or @SENZ_Radio LIVE score https://t.co/VJzmDakk7y #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/AMLbo4Wqtw

— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 26, 2024

Before Saturday, a visiting New Zealand team had never won a Test series in India dating back to their first trip in 1955.

India bowled out New Zealand for 255 in the first hour of play and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in 77 off 65 balls came out on the attack to raise hopes of a miracle.

India lost skipper Rohit Sharma for eight but reached 81 for one at lunch in 12 overs.

Santner bowled Shubman Gill for 23 shortly after the break to end a 62-run second-wicket stand with left-hander Jaiswal, who started after reaching his fifty.

The in-form spinner eventually caught Jaiswal at slip, ran out Rishabh Pant for a duck and trapped Virat Kohli lbw, curtailing India’s chances.

Glenn Phillips chipped in with the wicket of Washington Sundar for 21.

Indian spinners Sundar and Jadeja shared seven wickets between them in New Zealand’s second innings, with Jadeja claiming three of the five to fall on Saturday morning.

Sundar, a light offspinner, returned to the Indian Test team after more than three years and took 7-59.

New Zealand made 259 in the first innings riding on the knocks of Devon Conway (76) and Rachin Ravindra (65) before Santner took charge.

New Zealand have now won four Tests in India after their opening triumph was their first on Indian soil since 1988.

The series win comes after New Zealand’s recent 2-0 loss to Sri Lanka in a subcontinent tour that began with a scrappy Test against Afghanistan near New Delhi.

Tim Southee resigned after the defeat in Sri Lanka and Tom Latham took over as Test captain.

INDIA: Rohit Sharma (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wkt), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah

NEW ZEALAND: Tom Latham (capt), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wkt), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke