Ind vs NZ Live Score: Ashwin overtakes Lyon
Sundar’s first wicket came when he bowled Ravindra for 65 to break a 59-run fourth-wicket stand with Daryl Mitchell as New Zealand collapsed from 197-3.
“Washington bowled really well,” New Zealand batting coach Luke Ronchi said.
“Towards the back end (India) started to slow their pace,” he added.
“That made for more turn and bounce and variable reactions off the surface and I think that is something what we can use in our bowling.”
Conway reached his 11th Test fifty with a four soon after lunch and put on 62 runs with fellow left-hander Ravindra to thwart the Indian attack.
Ashwin, who took two wickets before lunch, broke through to get Conway caught behind on a delivery that turned from a good length outside the off-stump.
The wicket took Ashwin past Australian spinner Nathan Lyon’s 530 wickets to place him seventh in the list of leading Test bowlers.
Latham and Conway blunted the opening pace attack of Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep prompting Rohit to bring on Ashwin in the eighth over.
He struck with his fifth ball to trap Latham lbw for 15.
Conway then put on 44 with Will Young and the two looked comfortable before Ashwin struck again to get Young caught behind for 18.
New Zealand won the opener for their first Test victory in India since 1988 and are looking to clinch the three-match series.
The eight-wicket win in Bengaluru was New Zealand’s third Test victory in India, but they have never won a series in the country.