India vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 3 LIVE: It was light work as expected for Jadeja at the start of Day 3, as he scalped Ajaz Patel to bundle the Kiwis for 174.
Jadeja claimed his second fifer of the match, and an overall ten-for to register his third-best Test bowling figures of his career.
IND Need 147 Runs to Win
Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin triggered an opposition collapse in a keenly fought at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The tourists were 171/9 on day two after Jadeja bowled Matt Henry for his fourth wicket of the innings at the stroke of stumps on a sharply turning track in Mumbai.
Ajaz Patel was batting on seven after he took five wickets to help bowl out India for 263, with the hosts taking a slender lead of 28.
New Zealand won the first two matches to seal their first-ever Test series triumph in India and now eye a 3-0 sweep.