The 36-year-old said his incredible figures in the 2021 Test were tarnished by the fact New Zealand lost the match heavily. I can say that for sure," Patel told New Zealand media. "This time around, bowling the team to a special test win and a 3-0 sweep in India is pretty epic and pretty crazy." It's the same when I get back to New Zealand and to Auckland for the first time after a while. Teammate Mitchell Santner had a match haul of 13 wickets in the second test in Pune as New Zealand's spinners beat India at their own game.