Mount Maunganui, Nov. 13 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir has raised alarm about his team's batting struggles, not just after being bowled out for 89 in their crushing 244-run defeat against New Zealand in the fourth ODI at Mount Maunganui, but also following their collapse to 111/7 while chasing a modest target of 135 in the rain-affected second ODI, which India narrowly won via the DLS method.

With India holding a 2-1 lead in the series, Gambhir will be keen to see an improved batting performance in the fifth and final ODI, scheduled to be played at Mount Maunganui on Sunday.

"There's no benefit to sweeping it under the carpet. It isn't just this match. Even in the previous match, we were seven down for 111 or 112. Today we lost, so...