India v New Zealand 2019: 4 reasons why India won the 5th ODI 

#4. Spinners control the middle overs

Chahal and Jadhav gave the breakthroughs at regular intervals

Even though India didn’t have Kuldeep Yadav, Kedar Jadhav sort of took his place and combined with Yuzvendra Chahal to apply pressure on the New Zealand batsmen in the middle overs. Both of them didn’t leak any runs and kept it really tight.

In their initial overs, Williamson and Latham were rotating the strike really well but the spinners didn’t panic. They just bowled good line and lengths, applied pressure through dot balls and forced mistakes. Finally, both Williamson and Latham tried to play some shots and eventually got out. The NZ batsmen succumbed under pressure. Once both of them get out, apart from James Neesham, there weren’t many contributions.

The spinners complemented the pacers really well as they picked up four wickets between them. Chahal was brilliant with his variations. The pacers then came back to finish the game off and win the series 4-1.