A bizarre incident took place in the 37th over of New Zealand’s innings which lead the Indian fans to celebrate a dismissal in such animated fashion that is not often seen on the cricket field. The incident took place in the 37th over when Dhoni’s presence of mind took out dangerous Neesham who had struck Kumar for a six and four in the previous over. In the 37th over, Neesham stretched across for a sweep but missed a low-arm slider from Jadhav.
However, Neesham unaware that the ball had hit his left leg and rolled back to Dhoni, he was wandering out of the crease for some reason, probably looking at the umpire than realising he was outside the crease. Taking advantage of the situation, Dhoni ran back, picked the ball and fired a direct-hit to send back Neesham, who looked like winning the game for Kiwis in 8-10 overs.
A disciplined batting effort from Ambati Rayudu (90) supported by Vijay Shankar (45) and late order heroics by all-rounder Hardik Pandya helped India post 252/10 against New Zealand in the fifth and final One Day International match.
After losing four quick wickets for just 18 runs, Rayudu, Shankar and Kedar Jadhav (34) stabilised the Indian innings and then Pandya made a quickfire 45 in 22 balls towards the end and helped India to post a decent score
New Zealand's Matt Henry scalped four wickets while Trent Boult took three.