Defending the total, the Kiwi bowlers were right on the money as they dismissed India for 251 in 48.3 overs to hand the visitors their second successive defeat. India had lost the first match by four wickets.

Following India's record-achieving 5-0 series win in New Zealand, we take a look at the six key takeaways for the Men in Blue.

In the all-rounder's rankings, R Ashwin improved a place to capture the fourth position with 308 points while Ravindra Jadeja retained his No.3 spot.

Manjarekar didn't look pleased with the decision of KL Rahul being chosen as the Man of the Match in 2nd T20I and took to Twitter and post: "Player of the match should have been a bowler.''

Skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday morning took to Twitter to share a photo with the fittest group of players in the current Indian team - Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul after the top gym session at a meal out in the Auckland.

Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial 39-run knock to steer India to victory in the third ODI, sealing the series 2-1.

Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja played a crucial innings in the final ODI against West Indies in Cuttack, steering the side to a 2-1 series win.

According to the MCC, West Indies were not out of line when they appealed for the run out of Ravindra Jadeja after seeing TV replays.

The incident took place in the 48th over of India's innings, when Jadeja went for a quick single but the fielder affected a direct hit at the striker's end.

The incident took place in the 48th over of India's innings, when Jadeja went for a quick single but the fielder affected a direct hit at the striker's end.

Since Windies did not appeal at the time of direct hit, was it okay for a third-umpire referral after watching the replay on the giant screen? 

The Aussie ODI skipper was also asked about who is the toughest bowler that he has faced in his career to which Finch said: "Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal and Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan."

Team India sits comfortably at the top of the World Test Championship after its final Test in the calendar year. How dominant has the team been in 2019, though?

Indian captain Virat Kohli shared a picture from the team's conditioning sessions, praising his teammate on his running speed.

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While the Indian players have already started preparing for the challenges that await them at the historic Eden Gardens, former India batsman VVS Laxman believes that the bowlers will have their task cut-out 

Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma are expected to be more than a handful during the series but Mithun seemed more wary about the Ashwin-Jadeja threat.

While R Sridhar showered praise on Ravindra Jadeja, he said that an improvement in the 'mindset' and 'fitness' of the players has been the reason behind India's dominance in world cricket.

In the recent series against South Africa which India won 3-0, Ashwin and Jadeja showed their prowess by emerging out as the leading wicket-takers from both the sides.

Play was called off early yet again after bad light forced the player's to go off the field as South Africa ended day two on 9/2, trailing India by 488 runs.