New Zealand celebrates victory against India at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images)

NEW DELHI: India suffered the ignominy of being whitewashed at home for the first time in over 24 years by losing the third Test against New Zealand with 25 runs on the Wankhede Stadium Sunday in Mumbai.
This is the first time that India has been whitewashed 0-3 in a home Test series and New Zealand became the first team to do so.
The Kiwis won the first Test in Bengaluru by 8 wickets and the second Test in Pune by 113 runs.

Chasing a 147-run target, India suffered a now-familiar batting collapse, staggering at 29/5, before Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja steadied proceedings with a 42-run stand for the sixth wicket.
The proceedings of the day started with Jadeja completing his second five-wicket haul of the match as India bowled out the Kiwis for 174.
The Indian chase got off to a gruesome start with captain Rohit Sharma falling to Matt Henry for 11 while going for a big shot.
Shubman Gill, who had scored 90 in the first innings, was the next to fall when he was bowled for 1 by Ajaz Patel.
Indian batsman Virat Kohli continued his poor run with the bat when he was caught by Daryl Mitchell at Ajaz Patel’s first slip for 1.
Indian batsman hara-kiri continued as Yashasvi Jaiswal (5) and Sarfaraz Khan (1) fell in successive overs.
It was only Pant, who defied the Kiwis with a half-century off 48 balls and teamed up with Washington Sundar to take India to 92/6 at lunch.
But in the second over after lunch, Pant was caught with bat/pad by wicketkeeper Tom Blundell off Ajaz Patel after a 57-ball 64.
The end came soon after Pant fell as India crashed to 121 all out in 29.1 overs. Ajaz Patel finished with 6/57 as the Kiwis needed just three bowlers (Matt Henry 1/10 and Glenn Philips 3/42) to win the match and series and create history.
New Zealand not only became the first team to win a Test series in India since 2012, but also the first team to register a clean sheet in more than 24 years.
India’s first New Zealand series win, dating back to 1955, also broke the home run of 18 straight wins since the 2-1 defeat to England in 2012.
The sign was for India when they lost half their side inside 8 overs with just 29 runs on the board.
India were last defeated 0-2 in a two-Test series by Hansie Cronje-led South Africa in 2000.
Rohit Sharma’s side will now feel the heat ahead of a challenging five-match series against Australia.