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Five ducks and a five-for

On the final match of the tour, India's players sported their mother's names on the backs of their shirts  Associated Press
They 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  Associated Press
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Virat Kohli's half-century had a bit more finesse. Though he struck only three boundaries, his 65 took only 76 balls  Associated Press
With India 190 for 2, New Zealand were looking at a daunting total to chase  AFP
But 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  Associated Press
Gaining 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  Associated Press
Umesh Yadav struck in the first over, bowling Martin Guptill  Associated Press
And Jasprit Bumrah got rid of the in-form Tom Latham for 19  Associated Press
New Zealand were 63 for 2, hopeful of a revival, when they ran into Amit Mishra  Associated Press
Mishra brought all of his toys to the party - flight, dip, drift, and lots of turn  Associated Press
He 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  Associated Press
India took the series 3-2  Associated Press
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