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Mount Maunganui, Feb 11: <\/strong> Colin de Grandhomme smashed an unbeaten 28-ball 58 as New Zealand crushed India by five wickets in the final ODI at the Bay Oval on Tuesday, thereby clinching the three-match series 3-0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Grandhomme came in to bat when the Black Caps, chasing 297, were 220\/4 at the end of 40 overs. The big-hitting all-rounder took the game by the scruff of the neck by taking a liking to Shardul Thakur who went for 83 runs in nine overs as he smacked six fours and three sixes during his stay at the crease.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Besides him, opener Henry Nicholls set the tone of the chase with a well-paced 80 off 103 balls (9x4) with contributions from Martin Guptill (66) and Tom Latham, who was unbeaten on 32 alongwith Grandhomme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For India, Yuzvendra Chahal was the pick of the bowlers returning figures of 3\/47.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For India, K.L. Rahul scored 112 but his effort went in vain in the end as India lost with 17 balls to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In their chase, the hosts were off to a flying start as Guptill and Nicholls shared a 106-run stand before Chahal castled Guptill with a beautiful delivery.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Back leading the side after an injury layoff, Kane Williamson looked good to continue Kiwis' domination but a lapse of concentration cost him his wicket as he whipped a Chahal delivery straight to midwicket where Mayank Agarwal took an easy catch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

From a position of strength, New Zealand suddenly looked in trouble after in-form Ross Taylor (12) was caught by Virat Kohli at short cover off Ravindra Jadeja and in the very next over, Nicholls was caught behind off Thakur.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Allrounder James Neesham joined the steady Latham in the middle but could not last long as he smacked a tossed up Chahal delivery straight to Kohli at mid-wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Grandhomme then took over and sent Thakur to the cleaners with Latham supporting him from the other end.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Earlier, Rahul continued with his prolific run in the ongoing tour as he smashed a brilliant century to help India set a 297-run target.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

While Rahul top scored with 112, Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey made significant contributions of 62 and 42.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Put into bat, India didn't have a great start as they lost opener Mayank Agarwal (1) in the second over itself.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kohli, who came in next, did try to steady India's ship. However, while playing an upper-cut, he was caught at the third man boundary after scoring just 9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Opener Prithvi Shaw didn't let the fall of wickets get the better of him as he kept scoring boundaries and looked determined to play a big innings. However, just when things looked to be getting India's way, Shaw lost his wicket as he was run-out after scoring 40 off 42 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rahul and Iyer then came to India's rescue and shared a 100-run stand to bring the visitors back in the game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Iyer, who had a 100 and fifty to his name in the first two matches, scored yet another half-century. However, after playing a well-compiled innings of 62, he was caught at mid-wicket by Grandhomme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Pandey, who replaced Kedar Jadhav for the dead rubber, came out with positive intent right from the word go and stitched a 112-run partnership off 113 balls as India went past the 250-mark.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Rahul, who scored his fourth ODI ton, got out in the 47th over while trying to up the ante and was caught at long-off. Pandey (42 off 48) also got out the very next ball while trying to go for a maximum against Hamish Bennett.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Bennett was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers as he returned with figures of 4\/64 from his 10 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Brief scores: India 296\/7 in 50 overs (K.L. Rahul 112, Shreyas Iyer 62; Hamish Bennett 4\/64); New Zealand 300\/5 in 47.1 overs (Henry Nicolls 80, Martin Guptill 66, Colin de Grandhomme 58; Yuzvendra Chahal 3\/47)
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