India beat New Zealand on Monday by 178 runs in the second Test at Eden Gardens to clinch the series 2-0 under captain Virat Kohli.
India have now dethroned Pakistan from the ICC Test Team rankings taking the No.1 spot.
The victory in India’s 250th Test match at home comes on the heels of the hosts winning their 500th Test match, thus taking an insurmountable lead in the three-match series.
Set a daunting victory target of 376, New Zealand started the chase well before the slide began with Martin Guptill falling leg before to Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashwin and spin counterpart Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each in the second innings.
