Bowlers step up to lift India to 22-run win over NZ in 5th ODI,3-1 series victory

Pacers Mohammad Siraj and Arshdeep Singh damaged New Zealand top-order with a disciplined spell as India recovered from an insipid batting effort to register a series-clinching 22-run win in the fifth and final ODI at Mount Maunghnui on Sunday. The Shreyas Iyer-led side bagged the series 3-1 to successfully complete the white ball leg of the tour to New Zealand after pocketing the preceding T20I series 3-2. The defeat brought an end to New Zealand's streak of 11 consecutive series wins on home soil.
It will also give Shreyas some breather after his failures with the bat across the white ball series, as he managed just one fifty across nine innings. Put into bat, India were bundled out for 209 in 42.1 overs, with their best contributions coming from Axar Patel (46) and Ishan Kishan (46). In response, New Zealand were bowled out for 187 in 48.1 overs.