Visakhapatnam ODI News
Dhoni, who is known as the walking DRS, this time missed the trick by not going for the review.
India won the series 2-1, and it was their eighth successive ODI series win. Dhawan, in the process, became the second fastest to score 4000 ODI runs for India.
For the record, Dhoni is the only wicket-keeper in the history to have affected a century of stumpings in ODI cricket, a feat which is unlikely to be repeated again.
The ordinary performance in pace-friendly conditions has raised question marks ahead of the South Africa tour beginning early month when India go into the three-match Test series without playing a single warm-up game.
The Islanders' three-match ODI series against hosts India is tied 1-1 ahead of Sunday's decider in Visakhapatnam.
MS Dhoni needs 102 runs to reach the 10,000-run mark in ODIs. If the former captain manages to do so in the match, he will become the fourth Indian (after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Rahul Dravid) and 12th cricketer overall to the landmark.
India have not lost a series at home since the defeat to South Africa in October 2015.
New Zealand's previous biggest loss to India was by 174 runs at Hyderabad in 1999.
Amit Mishra was crowned Man of the Match and Man of the series.
Star players Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Kane Williamson will be key to the fortunes of their respective teams.
This was the second five-for in Amit Mishra's ODI career.
India lost the fourth ODI match at skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's hometown by 19 runs.
India will play New Zealand in the fifth and final ODI match at Vizag on Saturday.
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The only thing that can play spoilsport is the cyclone threat which can lead to complete washout.
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