India Vs New Zealand 5th ODI Live Cricket Score: IND take on NZ in series finale. India (IND) Vs New Zealand (NZ) Live Cricket Score, 5th ODI: New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to bowl first against Shreyas Iyer’s India. India’s batting lineup, especially Rohit Sharma’s form, will be under the scanner as India take on New Zealand in the 5th and final ODI at Mount Maunganui on Sunday. This is the same venue where the Men in Blue were skittled out for 89 on Friday while chasing 334
In that match, India were 0/3 in the first over of the chase with Rohit, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer all back in the hut after scoring ducks. Ruturaj Gaikwad did not last long, scoring 5 with India down 9/4 at one point. Ishan Kishan and Axar Patel tried to steady the ship, but after they departed, India suffered another collapse and were all out for 89.
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Matt Henry took 6 wickets for 27 runs there, but he will not be playing the 5th match due to the pacer getting released from the ODI squad to prepare for the upcoming Test series. India, meanwhile, will also have to contend with in-form seamer Gurnoor Brar, who was also called up to the Test squad.
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Rohit Sharma of India during the 4th ODI match between New Zealand and India at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand on November 13, 2026. (CREIMAS)
Before the third ODI at Lord’s in July, the selectors told Rohit Sharma that they were looking beyond him for the 2027 World Cup and that Lord’s could be his last game, this newspaper reported at the time. They gave him the option of announcing his retirement.
Rohit didn’t. Instead, back-alley parleys within the board reportedly ended with Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of selectors, choosing not to seek renewal of his contract. Agarkar had bravely led the phasing out of Kohli and Rohit from Tests. In white-ball cricket, he was stumped on the last lap. (READ MORE)
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