New Delhi. The fifth ODI match was played between India and New Zealand at Mount Maunganui. The Indian team defeated New Zealand by 22 runs in this match and won the series 3-1. By defeating New Zealand at home, the Indian team has ended their wonderful record of winning 11 consecutive ODI series for the last 7 years. In this match, Team India, batting first, was all out after scoring 209 runs in 42.1 overs. Not a single batsman from India could score a half-century in this match. In this match for Team India, Ishan Kishan and Akshar Patel played innings of 46-46 runs. Both of them were the highest run-scorers for the team in this match. In reply, New Zealand was all out after scoring 187 runs in 48.1 overs.
The Indian team, which came to bat first, had a very bad start. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring 7 runs and Virat Kohli was out after scoring only 5 runs. Within no time, India's 3 wickets had fallen for 34 runs. After this captain Shreyas Iyer contributed 22 runs. From here Akshar Patel and Ishan Kishan took over the innings. Both these batsmen were out after scoring 46-46 runs. There was a good partnership between these two. However, after his dismissal the innings faltered again and Naman Dheer added 22 runs. In the last overs, Mohammed Siraj (14 runs not out) and Arshdeep Singh (14 runs) scored some quick runs and took Team India's score beyond 200. For New Zealand, Jacob Duffy and Mitchell Santner took 3-3 wickets.
Chasing the target of 210 runs, the New Zealand team could not stand in front of the Indian bowlers and the entire team was limited to 187 runs in 48.1 overs. For New Zealand, Dean Foxcroft scored the highest score of 31 runs, while captain Mitchell Santner contributed 24 runs, Nick Kelly 24 and Will Young 22 runs. Apart from these, Michael Bracewell scored 19, Christian Clark scored 16, Tim Seifert and Blair Tickner scored 14-14 runs. The lower order batsmen of the Kiwi team could not do anything special in this match. For India, Arshdeep Singh took three wickets, while Mohammad Siraj and Akshar Patel took two wickets each to ensure the team's victory. At the same time, Aaqib Nabi, Yash Thakur and Naman Dheer also got one success each.