IND vs NZ, 5th ODI: Santner departs as New Zealand lose eighth wicket in chase

India clinch the series - An inspiring bowling display has helped India end their wait for an ODI series win in New Zealand. As for the Black Caps, their bowlers had set the game up for them, but the batting unit failed to rise to the occasion.

With this defeat, New Zealand suffer their first ODI series loss at home since 2019. Axar Patel to Blair Tickner, OUT! STUMPED! And that's done and dusted. India win by 22 runs and they also win the series, sealing it by 3-1.

Yash Thakur to Blair Tickner, Banged in short, angling on the body. Tickner goes for the swing again and pulls it to deep mid-wicket's right for a single. Yash Thakur to Blair Tickner, Well bowled! Tickner, again camped outside the line of the leg stump, is hurried by a short one that follows him in.

He shapes for the pull, but the ball beats him, and the keeper grabs it cleanly. Yash Thakur to Blair Tickner, No ball! Dear me! That's the third time tonight that Thakur has clipped the stumps at the non-striker's end. Thakur bowls from extremely close to the stumps.

Short of a length and angled into the batter, Tickner moves outside leg and attempts the pull again, but gets a fat bottom edge that bounces through to the keeper. Free Hit coming up. Yash Thakur to Blair Tickner, Swing and a miss!

A short delivery following the batter, Tickner, shuffling outside the leg stump line line, backs away and attempts the pull but misses entirely, with the keeper collecting cleanly. Yash Thakur to Matthew Fisher, Short of a length, on middle, Fisher swings hard to pull, gets a top edge and luckily for him, it lands yards in front of the deep mid-wicket fielder for a single.

Yash Thakur to Blair Tickner, Straight up the chimney, but lands safely! A short delivery on the middle and leg stump line. Tickner backs away and goes for the pull, but gets a top edge that flies over Kishan's head. The keeper, Ishan Kishan, backtracks but cannot reach it, and the ball lands safely between him and the two other converging fielders.

A single is taken, and New Zealand need 26 from 16. Yash Thakur to Matthew Fisher, On a good length, angled in on middle and leg, and Fisher weighs back and whips it away to deep backward square leg for a single. Yash Thakur (9-0-33-1) is back for his final over.

Axar Patel to Matthew Fisher, Throws it wide of off and full, Fisher caresses it through cover for a single. New Zealand need 28 runs in 18 balls. Axar Patel to Matthew Fisher, Dishes out a full ball, and it drifts into the pads, Fisher stays back and attempts the flick, but gets an inside edge that rolls back to the left of the keeper.

Axar Patel to Matthew Fisher, Full and drifts in. Fisher gets on the front foot and blocks it to short cover. Axar Patel to Matthew Fisher, Drifts into the batter, on a length, Fisher stands tall and punches it back to the bowler.

Axar Patel to Jacob Duffy, OUT! TAKEN BY KOHLI! Axar strikes now, and that will relieve the tourists a lot. Fuller and outside off, Duffy clears his front leg and launches down the ground, but fails to generate enough height.

The ball goes towards Kohli at long on, who moves a bit to his left and gets on his knees to take a simple catch. New Zealand are 181/9, needing 29 more runs from 22 balls. Axar Patel to Jacob Duffy, A touch short and outside off.

Duffy hangs back and punches it to point. That's Mohammed Siraj done for the night. Yash Thakur, Axar Patel and Naman Dhir are the three options available to Shreyas Iyer. However, with two right-handers at the crease, Naman Dhir is unlikely to be called upon again.

Axar to continue. Mohammed Siraj to Blair Tickner, Very full and outside off, Blair jams the bat down and carves it to the point region, but fails to find the gap there.