It was just India's second Test match win at the Oval, coming 50 years after a four-wicket triumph at the south London ground gave them a first such success on English soil
*And while star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has remained on the sidelines, India's all right-arm pace attack has had plenty of variety, be it the awkward angles generated by Jasprit Bumrah, the accuracy of Mohammed Shami or the swing of Mohammed Siraj
Indian quicks including Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Ishant Sharma shared 10 wickets between them to bundle out England for 120 in the final session on Monday's fifth day to go 1-0 up in the five-match series
Shami removed Ross Taylor and BJ Watling, either side of Ishant Sharma dismissing Henry Nicholls, to leave New Zealand still 82 runs behind India's first innings 217 at lunch on the fifth day.
"I think 'Nattu' bowled really well today," said fellow Tamil Nadu player Washington Sundar, who also made his test debut in the match replacing injured spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
The visitors were skittled for a humiliating 36 in their second innings -- their lowest Test score of all time -- to lose the day-night game in Adelaide by eight wickets inside three days.
India A made 194 in their first innings of the pink-ball warm-up match in Sydney, before Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Navdeep Saini skittled Australia A for 108.