MOUNT MAUNGANUI, Nov. 15 -- Arshdeep Singh gave India the response their batters could not provide, defending a modest total to turn a bruising defeat two days earlier into a series victory at Bay Oval.

The left-arm seamer took 3-30 from 10 overs as India beat New Zealand by 22 runs on Sunday, dismissing the hosts for 187 in pursuit of 210. India won the five-match one-day international series 3-1, with one game washed out. Earlier meetings are covered in our India vs New Zealand scorecard history.

It was a recovery in outcome, not a sudden correction of everything that had gone wrong. India were bowled out for 209 in 42.1 overs after slipping to 34-3, leaving their bowlers to protect a total built around matching scores of 46 from Axar...