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It is first major ICC trophy for the Black Caps, who had ended runners-up at the 2019 ODI World Cup after losing the final to hosts England on boundary count
 "New Zealand beats India to win inaugural ICC World Test Championship")
A tenacious New Zealand lifted the inaugural World Test Championship title with a comfortable eight-wicket win over India on the sixth and final day of the marquee final at The Hampshire Bowl, Suthampton on Wednesday.
It is first major ICC trophy for the Black Caps, who had ended runners-up at the 2019 ODI World Cup after losing the final to hosts England on boundary count. They had also lost the 2015 World Cup final to Australia.
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Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed openers Tom Latham (9) and Devon Conway (19) but the Indians did not have any success after that as the fielders dropped two catches.
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India resumed the day at 64 for two but none of the batsmen could play a solid innings and they were all out for 170. Rishabh Pant was top-scorer for them with his 41-run knock.
| Batsmen | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Rohit Sharma | c Southee b Jamieson | 34 | 68 | 6 | 0 |
| Shubman Gill | c Watling b Wagner | 28 | 64 | 3 | 0 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | lbw b Boult | 8 | 54 | 2 | 0 |
| Virat Kohli | lbw b Jamieson | 44 | 132 | 1 | 0 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c Latham b Wagner | 49 | 117 | 5 | 0 |
| Rishabh Pant | c Latham b Jamieson | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | c Watling b Boult | 15 | 53 | 2 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | c Latham b Ashwin | 22 | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | c Taylor b Jamieson | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | lbw b Jamieson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total: 217-10 in 92.1 Overs | |||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Tim Southee | 22 | 6 | 64 | 1 | |
| Trent Boult | 21.1 | 4 | 47 | 2 | |
| Kyle Jamieson | 22 | 12 | 31 | 5 | |
| Colin de Grandhomme | 12 | 6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Neil Wagner | 15 | 5 | 40 | 2 | |
| Batsmen | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Tom Latham | c Kohli b Ashwin | 30 | 104 | 3 | 0 |
| Devon Conway | c Shami b Ishant | 54 | 153 | 6 | 0 |
| Kane Williamson | c Kohli b Ishant | 49 | 177 | 6 | 0 |
| Ross Taylor | c Gill b Shami | 11 | 37 | 2 | 0 |
| Henry Nicholls | c Rohit b Ishant | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| BJ Watling | b Shami | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin de Grandhomme | lbw b Shami | 13 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Jamieson | c Bumrah b Shami | 21 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Tim Southee | b Jadeja | 30 | 46 | 1 | 2 |
| Neil Wagner | c Rahane b Ashwin | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent Boult | not out | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Total: 249-10 in 99.2 Overs | |||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Ishant Sharma | 25 | 9 | 48 | 3 | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 26 | 9 | 57 | 0 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 26 | 8 | 76 | 4 | |
| R Ashwin | 15 | 5 | 28 | 2 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 7.2 | 2 | 20 | 1 | |
| Batsmen | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Rohit Sharma | lbw b Southee | 30 | 81 | 2 | 0 |
| Shubman Gill | lbw b Southee | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | c Taylor b Jamieson | 15 | 80 | 2 | 0 |
| Virat Kohli | c Watling b Jamieson | 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | c Watling b Boult | 15 | 40 | 1 | 0 |
| Rishabh Pant | c Nicholls b Boult | 41 | 88 | 4 | 0 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | c Watling b Wagner | 16 | 49 | 2 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | c Taylor b Boult | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammed Shami | c Latham b Southee | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | not out | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | c Latham b Southee | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: 170-10 in 73 Overs | |||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Tim Southee | 19 | 4 | 48 | 4 | |
| Trent Boult | 15 | 2 | 39 | 3 | |
| Kyle Jamieson | 24 | 10 | 30 | 2 | |
| Neil Wagner | 15 | 2 | 44 | 1 | |
| Batsmen | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
| Tom Latham | st Pant b Ashwin | 9 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Conway | lbw b Ashwin | 19 | 47 | 4 | 0 |
| Kane Williamson | not out | 52 | 89 | 8 | 0 |
| Ross Taylor | not out | 47 | 100 | 6 | 0 |
| Total: 140-2 in 45.5 Overs | |||||
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
| Ishant Sharma | 6.2 | 2 | 21 | 0 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 10.5 | 3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 10.4 | 2 | 35 | 0 | |
| R Ashwin | 10 | 5 | 17 | 2 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | |
First Published: Jun 23 2021 | 1:20 PM IST
