It took New Zealand a little over two hours on Sunday to end a 36-year for a Test win on Indian soil. The privilege of taking them past the winning post at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium fell on Will Young, who cracked Ravindra Jadeja behind point to secure a famous eight-wicket win that has given the visitors an unexpected 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

The game was New Zealand’s to lose coming into the last day’s skirmishes. Their target was a modest 107 — another 75 runs could have made the chase interesting — and even though there was pronounced seam movement after play began an hour behind schedule due to overnight and morning rains, and even though the bounce was unpredictable, India needed a miracle of sorts to defend that small total successfully.