India's embarrassing 0-3 whitewash, first such instance ever in a Test series on home soil, against New Zealand will rankle for a while. Down 0-2 and chasing a mere 147 runs to win in the third Test in Mumbai, India fell into its own trap on a red-soil turner at the Wankhede Stadium.
Barring Rishabh Pant (64), none of the Indian batters, including the top order comprising Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, could show the spin-handling skills traditionally associated with Indian batters. Instead, Ajaz Patel (6 for 57) and Glenn Phillips (3 for 42) ran riot to bowl the hosts out for just 121 in the fourth innings for a 25-run victory.
