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India’s 0-3 whitewash made the record books against the much-vaunted hosts. (Photo by Indranil Mukherjee\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

India’s 0-3 whitewash at home to New Zealand is arguably one of the most undesirable moments of cricketing history for a nation mad about the game.
While the Sunday collapse in Mumbai proved the last straw, everything went wrong for Rohit Sharma<\/a>‘s team right from the first Test in Bengaluru.
TOI takes a look at the key moments that led to a humiliating home series verdict…
Rohit’s Bengaluru blunder: <\/span>The decision to bat first on a sticky Chinnaswamy track under cloudy skies reeked of overconfidence by India. The little bit of first-session juice that the pitch had to offer was enough for Kiwi bowlers, Tim Southee<\/a>, Matt Henry and William O’Rourke to scythe through the Indian batting line-up and bowl them out for 46.<\/p>\n

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Spectacular 2nd-innings collapse: <\/span>India had managed to salvage the situation in the second innings with a fine 177-run fourth-wicket partnership between Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan<\/a>. A late middle-order resistance was the need of the hour. But with the introduction of second new-ball, India collapsed from 408-3 to 462 all out, that eventually led to the 8-wicket loss.
Another first-innings capitulation: <\/span>After restricting New Zealand to 259 in the first innings in the second Test in Pune, the Indian batters simply threw it away against left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner (7-53) in their first innings. There was little or no sense of application and the moment the team conceded a 103-run lead on a crumbling track, the game was all but over for India.<\/p>\n

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Ashwin<\/a>‘s dry spell at Wankhede: <\/span>R Ashwin has been central to India’s success over the last decade at home. But this time he was not at his best and his spell of 0-47 in the first innings of the third Test on a minefield of a pitch was way below expectations. Given the conditions, the Indian spin attack should have kept New Zealand to way below their first innings tally of 235.
Ro-Ko’s wretched run continues: <\/span>Chasing 147, all India needed was a half-decent effort from senior pros Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli<\/a> on Sunday. The Indian captain’s mistimed pull off Matt Henry was an indication of his poor form throughout the series while Kohli looked like a sitting duck against the left-arm spin of Ajaz Patel. With 29-5 in no time, there really was no way back for India and the 0-3 whitewash made the record books against the much-vaunted hosts.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n