Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Co should be lauded for their clean sweep in the two-match Test series against New Zealand at Bangalore yesterday

Though New Zealand were never favourites to win this contest considering their recent form (they lost in the West Indies before setting foot in India), honours in yesterday’s Day Four battle at the Chinnaswamy Stadium could well have been theirs had it not been for some splendid batting by the skipper (48 not out)u00a0and Virat Kohli (51 not out). The batting star is now India’s Most Valuable Player in the middle order in both forms of the game.