India won the final match of the One-Day International series by 35 runs against New Zealand. With that win, India won the series by 4-1, where only defeat came in the fourth ODI on a green pitch. Indian bowlers were right on top of Kiwi batsmen throughout their run chase and successfully defended an average total of 252. Yuzvendra Chahal took three wickets while Mohammad Shami and Hardik Pandya managed two wickets each.
Here are some stats from this ODI series;
Also Read: Stats from the fifth NZ-IND ODI
- This is the first ODI series in which Rohit Sharma has not scored a century, starting from ICC Champions Trophy – 2017, he scored a century in each of the ODI series. He was dismissed by Matt Henry for only 2 runs today. The last series where he failed to score a century was also against New Zealand in 2016.
- Most wickets for spinners in an ODI series against New Zealand in New Zealand:
10 – Muttiah Muralitharan, 2000/01
9 – Anil Kumble, 1993/94
9 – Paul Strang, 1997/98
9 – Shane Warne, 1999/00
9 – Yuzvendra Chahal, 2018/19*
- New Zealand losing four or more matches in bilateral home ODI series:
4 v Australia, 1999/00
4 v Sri Lanka, 2000/01
5 v Australia, 2004/05
4 v India, 2018/19*
- India’s performance in each of their last four overseas bilateral ODI series:
Won in South Africa (5-1)
Lost in England (1-2)
Won in Australia (2-1)
Won in New Zealand (4-1)
- Indian pacers winning Man of the Series awards:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10 wkts @9.70 vs WI/SL,
2013 Jasprit Bumrah 15 wkts @11.26 vs SL,
2017 Mohammed Shami 9 wkts @15.33 vs NZ, 2019
** excluding all-rounders
- India bilateral overseas tours since June 2016:
3-0 in Zimbabwe, Won
3-1 in West Indies, Won
5-0 in Sri Lanka, Won
5-1 in South Africa, Won
1-2 in England, Lost
2-1 in Australia, Won
4-1 in New Zealand, Won
Watch – Hardik Pandya’s three successive sixes to Todd Astle
- The last time before this series India were bowled out in two consecutive ODIs was against Bangladesh in Mirpur in June 2015 – their first two ODIs after WC 2015
