INDIA faced a humiliating 0-3 whitewash at home for the first time ever after suffering a 25-run defeat in the third Test against New Zealand here on Sunday.
New Zealand had ended India's 12-year unbeaten home run in Tests by winning the first two matches.
It is also their first-ever series victory in India since they started touring the country in 1955-56 under Harry Cave.
The Black Caps also scripted history by becoming the first team to notch a 3-0 series win in India.
Having dismissed New Zealand for 174 at the beginning of the first session on day three courtesy Ravindra Jadeja's five-wicket haul, India needed 147 runs to pick up a consolation win here.
However, the home team suffered yet another inexplicable batting collapse as the Kiwi spinners, led by Ajaz Patel, ran through the Indian line-up.
Patel, who took a five-for in the first innings, added six more to take his match haul to 11 wickets.
Rishabh Pant (64) led a monumental fightback but the wicketkeeper batter was caught behind shortly after lunch to deflate all hopes of an Indian victory.
Brief Scores:
New Zealand 235 and 174 all out in 45.5 overs (Will Young 51; Ravindra Jadeja 5/55, R Ashwin 3/63).
India: 263 and 121 all out in 29.1 overs (Rishabh Pant 64; Ajaz Patel 6/57). (PTI)
India's Jasprit Bumrah (R) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Afghanistan's Darwish Rasooli during the third T20 international cricket match between India and Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on September 17, 2026. Arun SANKAR / AFP via Getty Images
India's Jasprit Bumrah (R) bowls as Afghanistan's captain Ibrahim Zadran looks on during the third T20 international cricket match between India and Afghanistan at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on September 17, 2026. Arun SANKAR / AFP via Getty Images