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© Associated PressOn the final match of the tour, India's players sported their mother's names on the backs of their shirts
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© Associated PressThey chose to bat on a slow pitch that didn't lend itself to strokeplay, and were propped up by Rohit Sharma's power-packed 70 off 65 balls
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© Associated PressVirat Kohli's half-century had a bit more finesse. Though he struck only three boundaries, his 65 took only 76 balls
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© AFPWith India 190 for 2, New Zealand were looking at a daunting total to chase
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© Associated PressBut MS Dhoni fell to Mitchell Santner in the 38th over, which gave the visitors an opening to try and limit India's inexperienced middle order
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© Associated PressGaining plenty of turn, Ish Sodhi dismissed Kohli in the 44th over, which tempted New Zealand's quicks to use a lot of offcutters. India combated that well to put 269 on the board
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© Associated PressUmesh Yadav struck in the first over, bowling Martin Guptill
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© Associated PressAnd Jasprit Bumrah got rid of the in-form Tom Latham for 19
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© Associated PressNew Zealand were 63 for 2, hopeful of a revival, when they ran into Amit Mishra
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© Associated PressMishra brought all of his toys to the party - flight, dip, drift, and lots of turn
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© Associated PressHe finished with figures of 6-2-18-5 as New Zealand were bowled out for 79 in 23.1 overs - their shortest completed innings in ODI history. There were five ducks
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© Associated PressIndia took the series 3-2
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This is a pitch where stroke play is not possible and the spinners come into play due to the sluggishness off the pitch. But the New Zealand spinners did not make the slight adjustment needed. Santner bowled too flat and Sodhi bowled too short. In fact, Sodhi beat the bat whenever he pitched up his flighted ball, whereas Mishra used his flighted leg-spinners and googlies slowing them down in the air. That made all the difference.
This is a pitch where stroke play is not possible and the spinners come into play due to the sluggishness off the pitch. But the New Zealand spinners did not make the slight adjustment needed. Santner bowled too flat and Sodhi bowled too short. In fact, Sodhi beat the bat whenever he pitched up his flighted ball, whereas Mishra used his flighted leg-spinners and googlies slowing them down in the air. That made all the difference.
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This is a pitch where stroke play is not possible and the spinners come into play due to the sluggishness off the pitch. But the New Zealand spinners did not make the slight adjustment needed. Santner bowled too flat and Sodhi bowled too short. In fact, Sodhi beat the bat whenever he pitched up his flighted ball, whereas Mishra used his flighted leg-spinners and googlies slowing them down in the air. That made all the difference.