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 today.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.