Even after a New Zealand record performance from spinner Ajaz Patel, India have taken control of the second test against the Blackcaps at Mumbai.
Bowled out for 325 after Ajaz took all 10 Indian wickets, the hosts laid waste to the Blackcaps' batting order, skittling the visitors for just 62 runs in the first innings, condemned to New Zealand's lowest score against India.
New Zealand's first innings lasted just 28.1 overs, with only Kyle Jamieson (15) and stand-in captain Tom Latham (10) reaching double figures.
To rub salt in the wounds, India captain Virat Kohli didn't even enforce the follow-on despite a 263-run first innings lead, finishing day two at 69/0, 332 runs ahead.
And with three days still to play in the second test, it's almost certainly a matter of when, and not if, the Blackcaps fall to a 1-0 series defeat.
After shining with four wickets on day one, Ajaz took his fifth in just the second over of day two, as he trapped Wriddhiman Saha lbw for 25, raising the ball for the third time in his test career.
Saha's wicket ensured that Ajaz had his name etched onto the Mumbai honours board, the first visiting bowler to do so since West Indies' Shane Shillingford's 5/179 in 2013/14.
One ball later, Ajaz had career-best figures, clean bowling Ravichandran Ashwin for a first-ball duck, with his sixth wicket. Despite hearing the death rattle of his off-stump though, Ashwin stood his ground and even gestured to review the decision, before replays sent him on his way back to the pavilion.
But first-day centurion Mayank Agarwal was still at the crease, and combined for an unbroken 61 runs with Axar Patel, who survived Ajaz's hat-trick ball, to reach lunch at 285/6.
After lunch, Agarwal reached 150 - the third time he's done so in test cricket - before falling to the next delivery he faced, feathering an edge from Ajaz behind to Blunell to depart without adding another run.
At the other end, Axar reached his maiden test half-century, taking 113 balls to pass 50. But he became Ajaz's eighth, padding up to a wide ball turning back into the left hander, before an umpire review from captain Tom Latham had him out lbw for 52.
Eight became nine for Ajaz in his next over, as Jayant Yadav hit the ball straight down Rachin Ravindra's throat at long-off, out for 12, seeing him go level with Sir Richard Hadlee (9/52) for the most wickets taken in a single innings by a New Zealander.
With four balls left in his over, Ajaz picked up the record 10th wicket. India No.11 Mohammed Siraj skied the ball towards Ravindra at mid-on, as the youngster held onto the catch to give Ajaz all 10 wickets in the first innings, finishing with 10/119 from 47.5 overs.
The haul is the third best in the history of test cricket, behind only England's Jim Laker (10/53 v Australia in 1956) and India's Anil Kumble (10/74 v Pakistan in 1999). Ajaz though, is the first to achieve the feat away from home - albeit playing in the city of his birth, Mumbai.
But still on a high from Ajaz's achievement, the Blackcaps' top order wilted against India's new ball attack to begin their reply.
In the fourth over of the innings, Siraj struck not once, but twice to remove both of the Blackcaps' openers.
Finding some bounce off a good length with the first ball of the over, Siraj did enough to find Will Young's outside edge, with Kohli taking the catch at second slip to send him on his way for four.
Then, with the final ball of that same over, Siraj had Tom Latham out hooking for 10, as the New Zealand stand-in captain's shot found the hands of Shreyas Iyer on the square leg boundary.
Siraj had his third, and second in as many balls at the start of the sixth over, as Ross Taylor was beaten by a ball that nipped away and took off-stump to send New Zealand's all-time leading run scorer on his way back for just one.
Henry Nicholls survived Siraj's hat-trick ball, but it only delayed the inevitable, as India hadn't even had to turn to their spin trio to have New Zealand at 17/3.
Playing in place of the injured Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell made only eight runs, before Axar Patel trapped him lbw as the fourth Kiwi wicket to fall.
Entering the attack, Ashwin struck with his first ball, as Nicholls played all around a ball that didn't spin, losing his stumps for seven.
Playing his first test since 2016, Jayant struck in his first over back in Indian colours, removing New Zealand's first test saviour Rachin Ravindra for four, as the Blackcaps entered tea at 38/6 - still 88 runs adrift of avoiding the follow-on.
In the final session, Blundell departed thanks to a smart catch from Cheteshwar Pujara at leg-slip off Ashwin, out for seven, while Tim Southee's stay at the crease lasted two balls, caught at short-leg for a duck at 53/8.
Will Somerville combined with Jamieson for 48 balls, adding just nine runs together as New Zealand's longest surviving partnership. But he fell for a 26-ball duck, attempting to loft Ashwin over mid-on, and was caught by Siraj.
And when Jamieson was the last man out thanks to a freak dismissal that saw Shreyas Iyer take a catch diving forward at silly point after the ball deflected off Saha's gloves, the Blackcaps were all out for 62 - 263 runs behind.
Ashwin finished as New Zealand's chief destroyer with figures of 4/8, supported by Siraj's 3/19, 2/14 to Axar, and 1/13 to Jayant. Umesh Yadav was the only Indian bowler not to take a wicket.
However, India opted not to enforce the follow-on, seeing Agarwal return to the crease for the second time in the day, joined by Pujara thanks to an injury picked up in the field by opener Shubman Gill.
Batting out the final 21 overs of the day, Agarwal (38 not out) and Pujara (29 not out) were hardly troubled, with the exception of the latter being trapped lbw by Ajaz, only for Latham to turn down the chance of an umpire review.
India will undoubtedly look to bat into day three, with ample time on their side as more than one of their batters, including captain Kohli, looks to find form before their tour of South Africa later this month.
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