India fans were out in numbers at the Bay Oval but New Zealand defeated the visitors by five wickets in the third and final ODI to claim a 3-0 series clean sweep
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Rahul, supported by Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey, looked set to steer India to a huge total before Black Caps paceman Hamish Bennett slowed the scoring with a late flurry of wickets.
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Tim Southee led the bowling attack but was mostly frustrated with figures of 0-59
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India's Mayank Agarwal went early (1) before Rahul steadied the ship
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New Zealand were already 2-0 up in the series and India skipper Virat Kohli gave his batters licence to thrill before the match, saying he was looking for a big total.
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Rahul duly delivered with his 122 at the Bay Oval to give India a total of 296-7
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New Zealand came out flying and were and Henry Nicholls was among the top scorers
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New Zealand reached their target thanks to half centuries for Martin Guptill, Nicholls and Colin de Grandhomme
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India skipper Virat Kohli was lost for answers after the 3-0 whitewash
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New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme and Tom Latham were the ones celebrating at the end as New Zealand finished on 300-5 with 17 balls remaining
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