India defeat New Zealand by an innings and 115 runs to win the first cricket Test in Hyderabad and take 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series on Sunday.India, after posting 438 on the board in their first innings, dismissed New Zealand twice to inflict on them an innings defeat.India's ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin produced a career-best 12-wicket match haul and crushed the visitors. New Zealand bundled out for a meagre 164 in the second innings, shortly after the tea break to give the hosts an easy victory with more than a day to spare.Ashwin's match figures of 12 for 85 is the best by an Indian in a Test match against New Zealand, eclipsing S Venkatraghavan's 12 for 140. The Tamil Nadu spinner foxed the inexperienced Kiwi batsmen by extracting a lot of turn and bounce from the strip as he capped 6/54 to follow up his first innings tally of 6/31. Ashwin was adjudged as Man of the Match.The two teams will now travel to Bangalore for the second Test to begin from August 31.