India, Nov. 13 -- From the highs of Auckland and Wellington, India have been pulled down to reality, and how. On a Mount Maunganui pitch where New Zealand seemed to breeze to 333, India were bundled out for a paltry 89, all in the span of 160 deliveries.

The pitch didn't dramatically turn on them, but Matt Henry sure rattled India with three wickets in the opening over before completing a commanding haul of 6/27 that inflicted on the visitors a colossal 244-run defeat to finally make the series look closer at 2-1.

Only Naman Dhir bristled with a 24-ball 21 in an otherwise sorry batting display. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer failed to open their accounts before Ruturaj Gaikwad inched to five, making the top four of the India...