Santner and Duffy share six wickets as India are bowled out for 209 in the Bay Oval decider

India were bowled out for 209 in 42.1 overs at Bay Oval, leaving New Zealand 210 to win and square a series the tourists still lead 2-1

New Zealand dismissed India for 209 in the fifth and final one-day international at Bay Oval on Sunday, setting themselves 210 to win and level the series at 2-2.

Captain Mitchell Santner and Jacob Duffy took three wickets each. No India batter passed 46, and no stand was worth more than 52.

India came to the decider 2-1 up, having won the first two matches and lost the fourth by 244 runs, with the third in Hamilton washed out. Victory on Sunday takes the series; defeat draws it.

Fisher strikes twice in the sixth over

Santner won the toss and chose to field. "We are going to bowl because of maybe some dew later on," he said.

Matthew Fisher rewarded him in the sixth over, having Rohit Sharma flick a length ball to Dean Foxcroft at mid-wicket for 7, then drawing Virat Kohli into a short ball outside off that Tim Seifert took behind the stumps for 5.

Duffy had already found the inside edge of Ruturaj Gaikwad with a wobble-seam delivery, Seifert diving to his left to remove the opener for 18. India were 34 for 3 inside nine overs.

Rohit’s dismissal closed a series that brought him 30 runs and two ducks.

A fourth-wicket stand that promised more

Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer, captaining in Shubman Gill’s absence, added 52 for the fourth wicket, the largest partnership of the innings.

Both survived chances as they rebuilt. Foxcroft put Axar down at mid-wicket, and Finn Allen spilled Iyer at slip off Duffy.

Neither went on. Iyer pulled a short ball from Blair Tickner to mid-on for 22 from 26 balls in the 18th over, and Axar fell for 46 from 55, caught at mid-wicket by Will Young off Michael Bracewell, who was playing his 50th ODI.

Kishan holds an end through the middle

Ishan Kishan was the one India batter to last, making 46 from 58 balls and surviving until the ninth wicket fell.

He added 39 with Naman Dhir, who was caught at deep cover off Santner for 22 as the New Zealand captain worked through his variations in pace.

Santner struck twice more in short order. Auqib Nabi was caught at cover for 5, and Yash Thakur edged Seifert a catch for a duck on debut, leaving India 166 for 8.

Kishan hit two sixes off Duffy in the 39th over before top-edging a short ball from the same bowler to third man in the 41st.

Late hitting carries India past 200

The tail supplied runs the top order could not. Arshdeep Singh hit Duffy for two sixes in three balls, and Mohammed Siraj took one off Santner.

Duffy ended the innings with a slower ball that bowled Arshdeep for 14, leaving Siraj unbeaten on 14 and the last pair’s work done.

Duffy finished with 3-60 from 8.1 overs and Santner with 3-47 from his 10. Fisher took 2-28 and Tickner 1-24.

New Zealand reshaped without Henry

New Zealand bowled without Matt Henry, whose 6-27 won the fourth ODI, and without Kyle Jamieson, both released to prepare for the two-Test series beginning on 19 November.

Duffy returned in Henry’s place and Fisher shared the new ball. "It is about building the depth," Santner said of a side that again picked four seamers.

India were missing Gill, KL Rahul and Anshul Kamboj for the same reason, Iyer leading the side with Kishan as his deputy.

Scorecard: India 209 all out in 42.1 overs (Axar Patel 46, Ishan Kishan 46; Mitchell Santner 3-47, Jacob Duffy 3-60) v New Zealand, fifth ODI, Bay Oval.