India registered an excellant innings-and-198-run victory over New Zealand on day four of the third and final Test match in Nagpur to clinch the series 1-0.
Having declared on 566 for eight on day three in reply to New Zealand's 193, India dismissed the Black Caps for just 175. Indians dominated the game throughout.
New Zealand resumed on 24 for one but were bowled out in just 51.2 overs.
Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh both took three wickets each.
Tim Southee (31), Ross Taylor (29), Brendon McCullum (25) and Jesse Ryder (22) all made starts but no batsman could resist longer.
Sharma returned figures of three for 15.Harbhajan Singh had a memorable series, in which he scored two centuries and a half-century, by taking three for 56.
There were two wickets for Pragyan Ojha .
Suresh Raina, who dismissed Ryder and Daniel Vettori (13) to return figures of two for one in two overs.
The first two matches, in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad, were both drawn.
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