India defeated New Zealand by five wickets to register fifth highest run chase at home and wrap up the series 2-0 at Bangalore on Monday. Set a target of 261, the Indians were in a spot of bother at 166 for five at one stage with three wickets falling in quick succession before Kohli and skipper MS Dhoni steered the team home at the Chinnaswamy Stadium with an entire day to spare.

Dhoni smashed a six off spinner Jeetan Patel to finish off the match in style and in the process became the most successful captain by winning 14 Test matches at home, eclipsing Mohammed Azharuddin's record of 13 wins.

In the morning, New Zealand were skittled out for 248 runs setting India a target of 261 to win. The New Zealand second innings folded after pacer Zaheer Khan claimed wicket of Patel, who hammered two boundaries of the 16 runs scored in a bid to get some vital runs on the board for Indian batsmen to chase.Patel was caught behind by Dhoni for a gutsy 22 runs off 27 balls.

Ravichandran Ashwin, with 18 wickets and some handful contribution with the bat, was awarded the Man of the Series award while Kohli, with a century in the first innings and a fifty in the second was adjudged Man of the Match.