'Olympus has fallen': India fears end of an era after New Zealand loss

Pune, India: Indian media feared on Sunday that the cricketing powerhouse s first home Test series defeat in 12 years might herald the end of a golden...

Pune, India: Indian media feared on Sunday that the cricketing powerhouse's first home Test series defeat in 12 years might herald the end of a golden era of players such as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

India went down to New Zealand by 113 runs inside three days in the second Test in Pune on Saturday as the Black Caps took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

It was New Zealand's first Test series win on Indian soil since they began touring there in 1955.

Tom Latham's men ended India's record of 18 consecutive bilateral home series wins, the home team's previous series loss coming against England in December 2012.

"End of a golden era for Rohit Sharma's India as Tom Latham does an Edmund Hillary," a headline in the Indian Express newspaper said, likening the visitors' achievement to their countryman's ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.