IND VS NZ - 3rd Test, New Zealand tour of India, 2024

Dinesh Karthik will answer your questions after the 3rd Test vs New Zealand! Send them in using #heyCB on X to be featured in our next episode.

From India's perspective, a lot of questions will be raised. They've suffered collapses in all the six innings and they've been outplayed by New Zealand in all the facets of the game. Can they recover from this embarrassing loss quickly? The Border–Gavaskar Trophy will commence on November 22 and India have an uphill task ahead of them to make it to the WTC final. They have to win 5-0 or 4-0 in Australia not to depend on other results. SA (69.4%) or SL (69.2%) and NZ (64.3%) can pip India even of they win 4-1 (they will get to 64.0%). Six teams are still in the hunt to make it to the final and it's time to bring the curtains down on this exciting Test series. Hope you enjoyed our coverage. For now, it's goodbye...

Latham collects the trophy and joins his team-mates as they pose behind the WINNERS hoarding. This is his first assignment as New Zealand's Test captain and his team has achieved what was considered almost impossible. Mind you, NZ came to India having lost both the Tests in Sri Lanka, following which Tim Southee stepped down as the captain. They missed the services of Kane Williamson for this series - their best batsman of this generation. Not many backed them to even compete against an experienced Indian team. But the Kiwis played incredibly as a team. Bowled out India for 46 on a seam-friendly deck in Bengaluru which was the start of something spectacular. Mitchell Santner completely outbowled the experienced duo of Ashwin-Jadeja in Pune and finished with 13 wickets. And, then, here in Mumbai, Ajaz Patel starred with the ball in Santner's absence, coupled with crucial contributions from Young and Mitchell with the bat in both the innings.

Tom Latham | New Zealand captain: Very ecstatic. Looking back at the start of the series to now be in this position, the boys have done a fantastic job over the last three Test matches. We spoke about it and after every Test match, it was trying to back it up. To finally do it here in Mumbai on a completely different surface, one that challenged us certainly with bat and ball, we are pretty happy. Just being able to adapt to each grounds, I wouldn't say it's been a one way of doing things. The seamers did a great job in Bangalore. different guys stood up at different times and that's the beauty of a team sport. When you look at the scores of the game, it wasn't necessarily big runs, but it was contributions were looking for. Last week, it was Mitch, this week it was Ajaz. He did a fantastic job, he loves bowling here in Mumbai. An all-round great team effort and certainly proud of the guys. We just want to keep it simple over here. We wanted to come here and try and fire a few shots. I spoke about that over the last couple of weeks and I certainly think we have done that. We've been a little bit more aggressive with the bat, tried to be more proactive. With the ball, we tried to keep it simple, understand how India play a little bit and just try to do our best. Guys chipped in at different times which has been the most important thing and really happy to be standing here in this position. Not a lot (changed), we didn't play all that bad over there (in Sri Lanka). We fell on the right side of a couple of tosses, which is important in these conditions. We had the belief that we had enough runs on the board. We came here, we bowled really well this morning. When you are chasing a score on a tricky wicket, runs on the board is always important. Girls winning the World Cup was fantastic. But, to be in this position, we could have only dreamt of being in this position when we turned up here three weeks ago.

Will Young | Player of the Series: It's massive. Firstly for the team to come over here, if you cast your mind back to the start of the series, one match was huge. To go again and again, so proud of the boys and proud of the efforts I put in to contribute towards that. I just try to keep it really simple. At times, I needed to trust my defence and at times, I needed to be clear on where I wanted to score and do it for as long as I possibly can. If I know where I want to score and I can trust my defence, that makes the mind a lot clear. Memories with the boys that we have just created over the last few weeks, we talk about the dressing room and the hotel room, you go back and enjoy each others' company. That's why we play the game, we do it for the bloke next to us and that's a great feeling. (No.3 slot when Kane Williamson returns) Don't know about that, next series we'll see what happens.

Ajaz Patel | Player of the Match: Not yet, but that's a great idea (on being asked if he would take a part of this pitch while going home). Spin bowling is about rhythm. When you're in such a rhythm, you'll have to make the most of it. When the conditions present themselves, you got to take it by the horns and do something about it. (Spell after lunch on day two) I felt confident in the morning session as well to be fair, but the pitch didn't offer me a lot in terms of spin. The period after lunch, it turned a lot more and it helped me to use my guile and vary the pace. I just tried to keep it simple, keep the shape of the ball in the air and be ahead of the batters. (On his battle against Pant) He's batted phenomenally in the series and he put us under pressure throughout the series. I knew if I just bowled good balls at him, he will come out and hit me out of the park. So, I had to think out of the box and come up with a different plan against him. No, not this time (on whether he would go and visit Jogeshwari, his place of birth in the Mumbai suburb)

Rohit Sharma | India captain: Yeah, absolutely, you know, losing a series, losing a Test is never easy, it's something that's not easily digestible. Again, we didn't play our best cricket, we know and we have to accept. They (New Zealand) did so much better than us throughout the series. We made a lot of mistakes and we'll have to accept it. We didn't put enough runs on the board in the 1st innings (in Bengaluru and Pune) and we were very much behind in the game, here, we got a 30-run lead, we thought we were ahead, the target was achievable as well, all we had to do was to show a bit of application which we failed to do. Chasing such a target, you want runs on the board as well, that's something that was there in my mind (on his own batting today), it didn't come off and when it happens, it doesn't look great. There are certain ideas, certain plans in my mind when I go to bat, but in this series, it didn't come off and that's disappointing for me. Those guys showed how to bat on these surfaces (on Pant, Jaiswal and Gill), you've got to be slightly ahead and be proactive when we play on a pitch like that we are playing on such pitches in the last 3-4 years, we know how to play (and play well). But this series, it didn't come off, certain things (on how to bat in such pitches) which didn't come off, and that's going to hurt. From a personal point of view, I wasn't at my best with both bat and as a captain, that's something that'll rankle me. But, we didn't perform well collectively and that's the reason for these losses.

Daryl Mitchell: Seriously special to win a Test match at such a historic ground and also the series. Pretty special against a World Class Indian team. We knew the surface is turning pretty big so we wanted to put pressure on the bowlers and with the ball put it in the right areas. We are a bunch on Kiwis taking on the world and representing the country. We know how good India are. Mighty proud of the group today.

India failing to chase target under 200 in a Test
120 vs WI Bridgetown 1997
147 vs NZ Wankhede 2024
176 vs SL Galle 2015
194 vs Eng Edgbaston 2018

Lowest target successfully defended by NZ
137 vs Eng Wellington 1978
147 vs Ind Wankhede 2024 (Ajaz 6/57)
176 vs Pak Abu Dhabi 2018 (Ajaz 5/59 on debut)
241 vs Aus Hobart 2011
246 vs Eng The Oval 1999

FIRST EVER instance of New Zealand winning three Tests in a series home or away and first three ever they have won three successive away Tests

Stat: First time India have been whitewashed in a home series of three or more Tests at home. New Zealand become the fourth side to whitewash India in a series of 3+ Tests after England (4), Australia (3), and West Indies (once).

The final innings was just Pant vs New Zealand! Chasing 146, India lost half their side inside 8 overs with just 29 runs on the board. Rohit fell playing a rash shot, Gill shouldered arms to get bowled, Kohli nicked behind, Jaiswal was trapped lbw by Phillips and Sarfaraz top-edged his sweep to deep square leg. Pant counterattacked and notched up his second fifty of the Test, once again at a SR above 100. A defensive Jadeja was caught at short leg but as long as Pant was out in the middle, India had a chance. Ajaz produced the killer blow by removing Pant, thanks to a successful review from New Zealand. Sundar and Ashwin hung around for a while, but GP picked back-to-back wickets and Ajaz wrapped up the proceedings. India 0 - 3 New Zealand!

13:05 Local Time, 07:35 GMT, 13:05 IST: Incredible from the Kiwis. They are all smiles as they become the first team to inflict a 3-0 whitewash on India in India. Ajaz Patel, who picked ten wickets in an innings at this venue the last time he toured India, is the hero of this Test. Five wickets in the first innings and he ensured that India didn't gain a big first innings lead. The Indian batters, apparently, practised against five young left-arm spinners before the start of play today. But they've been spin-choked by Ajaz again as the left-arm finished with a six-fer.

Ajaz Patel to Washington Sundar, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! New Zealand create history! They have whitewashed India in India! Ajaz Patel, fittingly, wraps it up. And his team-mates mob him. Tossed up full and outside off, Washington Sundar gets down on one leg to slogsweep and misses it altogether. The ball spins back in to beat the inside edge and crashes into the stumps. Washington Sundar b Ajaz Patel 12(25)

Ajaz Patel to Washington Sundar, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

26 runs | 1 wicket! Will Washington Sundar go for the big shots? The field is spread. Slip and short leg in place!

Phillips to Siraj, no run, .. and Siraj survives, and he even thinks about a single, only to be sent back by Washington Sundar, flighted delivery outside off, he lunges forward on the block

Mohammed Siraj, right handed bat, comes to the crease

Phillips, on a hat-trick - a slip, leg slip and a FSL in place