India collapsed to a humiliating series defeat at home, their first for 12 years, when they were bowled out for 245 by New Zealand in pursuit of 359 on the third day of the second Test on Saturday as Mitchell Sudner took six wickets.
Santner finished with 6-104 for 13 runs to set up the historic victory and it was his senior spin partner Ajaz Patel who took the last two Indian wickets, including Ravindra Jadeja for a defiant 42, to settle the match.
It was a stunning defeat for India, who were dismantled by eight wickets in bowler-friendly conditions in the opening match in Bengaluru as they suffered their first series defeat at home since going down in England in 2012.
Their proud run of 18 consecutive home wins since that humbling 2-1 was ended by the inspired Black Caps, who were by far the better side in both matches and will aim for a clean sweep in the Mumbai final from Friday .
India’s most successful chase at home is the 387-4 they scored to beat England in Chennai in 2008, but any hopes of a similar effort were extinguished on the pitch at the Maharashtra Cricket Association ground where the spinners wreaked havoc.
They got off to a blistering start as Yashasvi Jaiswal hit some spectacular boundaries, but Santner’s dismissal for 77 and Rishabh Pant’s sensational run for a duck after lunch left India in deep trouble on 127-4.
Sudner, who had earlier removed Rohit Sharma for eight and Subman Gill for 23, continued to torment India as the left-arm spinner trapped Virat Kohli lbw for 17 and set alarm bells ringing in the home dressing room.
Sarfaraz Khan could not recreate his batting heroics from the opening match, falling for nine after missing a low delivery from Santner to give the bowler a two-wicket haul.
Shoulders really fell when Washington Sundar fell for 21 to Glenn Phillips late in the afternoon, and Santner had Ravichandran Ashwin caught for a solid 18 as India stared down the barrel at 206-8.
New Zealand were bowled out for 255 in their second innings after skipper Tom Latham’s 86 and handy contributions that brought down the order put them in a strong position to secure a first series win in India.
Resuming on 198-5 with their lead already in excess of 300 runs on an increasingly tough pitch, New Zealand pulled away nicely in the morning until Jadeja bowled Tom Blundell for 41 for his first wicket of the match.
Santner, who took 7-53 to give the Black Caps the upper hand on Friday, tried to target Jadeja but misread a looped delivery off left-wicket and was caught in the deep for four.
Former skipper Tim Southee followed him back on board almost immediately, edged off spinner Ashwin to Rohit, who showed quick reflexes to take a superb catch at slip and draw loud cheers from the crowd.
Washington got a good run in the deep as Ajaz Patel fell for one to Jadeja while William O’Rourke was out to the bowler for a duck, leaving Phillips stuck on a well-made 48 not out.
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