New Zealand defeated India in the first Test. (Source: Twitter)

After some dominance performances in the longer format, Virat Kohli’s men suffered a defeat at the hands of New Zealand in Wellington on Monday.

New Zealand chased down a mere total of 9 runs by wickets to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.

The duo of Tim Southee and Trent Boult rattled the Indian batting order as they shared a total of 9 wickets in the second innings to bowl out India for 191.

For India, Mayank Agarwal top-scored with 58. Earlier, New Zealand put 348 in th first innings in reply to visitors’ 165 and take a mammoth lead in the first innings.

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