IND vs NZ: India wins the series by 4-1, Shami-Rayudu shines, 10 big records demolished

In the fifth and final ODI of the 5-match ODI series between India and New Zealand, which was played in beautiful Westpac stadium in Wellington. India defeated the Blackcaps by 35 runs and won the series by 4-1.

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Earlier, Batting first Team India were all-out for 252 in 49.5 overs. Rayudu played a match-winning knock of 90, apart from him Vijay Shankar scored 45 and Hardik Pandya smacked quick fire 45 off 22 to take India to a challenging total.

In reply, New Zealand couldn't chase the moderate target and bundle out for 217 in 44.1 overs, Chahal was the picks of the bowler with 3 wickets, while Shami and Hardik picked 2 wickets each.

A total of 10 records were achieved in the 5th ODI, Let's see.

1. Lowest scores at which India lost their fourth wicket in an ODI and still won the match:

9 v Zimbabwe, Tunbridge Wells, 1983
18 v New Zealand, Wellington, 2019*
25 v New Zealand, Sharjah, 1986

2. 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*

3. Indian pacers winning Man of the Series awards: (Excluding all rounders)

Mohammad Shami becomes only the 3rd the fast bowler to pick 'Man of the Series' award for India.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10 wkts vs WI/SL, 2013
Jasprit Bumrah 15 wkts vs SL, 2017
Mohammed Shami 9 wkts vs NZ, 2019

4. Batsmen dismissed by Trent Boult most times in ODIs:

5 - Shikhar Dhawan*
4 - Rohit Sharma
4 - Quinton de Kock

5. Team India getting bowled out in successive ODIs:

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.

6. Rohit Sharma failed to score a century:

For the 1st time in 11 ODI series, Rohit Sharma has failed to score a hundred - the last one against New Zealand at home in 2016 (five ODIs). He was dismissed by Matt Henry for only 2 runs today.

7. 5th wicket 50-plus stands for India in ODIs after losing first four wickets inside 20 runs:

Azharuddin/Kapil Dev vs West Indies, Gwalior, 1988
Ajay Jadeja/Robin Singh vs Australia, The Oval, 1999
Rayudu/Vijay Shankar, vs New Zealand Wellington, 2019*

8. Indian Batsmen to be dismissed in 90s in New Zealand:

Ambati Rayudu becomes the first Indian batsman to be dismissed in the 90s in ODIs in New Zealand.

9. Highest SR for batsmen in an ODI v NZ in NZ: (Min.20 balls)

Hardik Pandya has become the fourth batsmen with the highest strike rate in New Zealand.

260.00 - Shahid Afridi, Christchurch, 2011
231.03 - Shahid Afridi, Wellington, 2015
222.50 - Abdul Razzaq, Wellington, 2004
204.54 - Hardik Pandya, Wellington, 2019*

10. Most ODIs for India:

Dhoni (335) has overtaken former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin (334) in the case of most matches played in ODIs for India.

463 Sachin Tendulkar
340 Rahul Dravid
335 MS DHONI *
334 Mohammad Azharuddin
308 Sourav Ganguly