Indian bowlers fired in unison to reduce New Zealand to their lowest ever total against the hosts, as India beat New Zealand by 8 wickets to clinch the series 5-0 in Chennai on Friday.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and chose to bat against India in the fifth and final ODI at the M A Chidambaram stadium in Chennai on Friday.
High on confidence, a rampaging India would look to rout New Zealand with a 5-0 series whitewash in the fifth and final one-dayer in Chennai on Friday.
All-rounder Yusuf Pathan said his blistering innings during India's five-wicket win over New Zealand in the fourth ODI could be the turning point of his career.
Yusuf Pathan's unbeaten 123 after Parthiv Patel's 53 and Rohit Sharma's 44 led India to a stupendous five-wicket win in the fourth ODI against New Zealand.
India's stand-in-skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to bowl against New Zealand in the fourth ODI of 5-match series at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
India have won the series with a largely second-string squad but skipper Gautam Gambhir is in no mood to test the bench strength further in the remaining two games.
An unassailable lead in hand, the rampaging Indian team will now push for a series whitewash when they take on a grossly mismatched New Zealand in the inconsequential fourth one-dayer of the five-match rubber on Tuesday.
Team India produced a clinical display to register a crushing 9-wicket win over New Zealand in the third ODI and seal the 5-match ODI series 3-0 at Vadodara.
India elect to bowl against New Zealand Indian skipper Gautam Gambhir won the toss and opted to field against New Zealand in the third ODI of 5-match series at the Reliance Stadium in Vadodara.