MOUNT MAUNGANUI: India bowled New Zealand out for 187 in 48.1 overs to win the fifth and final ODI by 22 runs at Bay Oval on Sunday and clinch the five-match series 3-1, PTI reported. Arshdeep Singh, who took 3 for 30 in 10 overs with two maidens, was named Player of the Match.

Source: PTI via Dailyworld

The result completes the development reported earlier on Sunday, when India were bowled out for 209 in 42.1 overs — Axar Patel and Ishan Kishan top-scoring with 46 each, and Mitchell Santner and Jacob Duffy taking three wickets each — leaving New Zealand 210 to chase to level the series 2-2.

Source: CricketTimes

Earlier in the day, India's batting had folded for 209 at the same ground. Read the innings report

209India's total in 42.1 overs
187New Zealand all out in 48.1 overs
22 runsIndia's winning margin
3/30Arshdeep Singh — Player of the Match
3-1Series result in India's favour

Chasing 210, New Zealand slipped from 64 for 1 to 83 for 4. Mohammed Siraj removed Tim Seifert for 14 and Finn Allen for 1, Arshdeep dismissed Will Young for 22 — caught by Ruturaj Gaikwad with a diving catch in the deep — and Nick Kelly for 24, according to CricketTimes. Dean Foxcroft resisted with 31 and captain Santner made 24, but wickets kept falling; debutant Yash Thakur took one wicket and Axar Patel dismissed last man Blair Tickner for 14 to end the match.

Inshorts, citing Cricinfo, noted that 209 is India's lowest total successfully defended in a full ODI on New Zealand soil, and that India had last won an ODI series in New Zealand in 2019. The win is a sharp turnaround from Friday's fourth ODI at the same venue, where India were bowled out for 89 and lost by 244 runs. The teams now move on to a two-match Test series starting November 19.

Source: Inshorts / Cricinfo