On their last tour of India in 2016, the ODI series went down the wire and was decided in the fifth and final game. This year as well the deciding third match will name the winner after the hosts came back to win the second ODI in Pune on Wednesday to level the series 1-1. And the Black Caps' spinner Mitchell Santner hopes it's his team that lifts the trophy on Sunday.

India, riding on Shikhar Dhawan's 68 and Dinesh Karthik's 64, made little work of New Zealand's below-par 230/9 after the Indian pacers rocked the Kiwi top order following their decision to bat at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. India won by six wickets. Last year, New Zealand lost the match in Visakhapatnam after leveling the series 2-2, and Santner said his team will look to not repeat the mistake when they play in the third and final game at Kanpur.

"They're very good players of spin and the Indian players have grown up playing a lot of spins, so it makes your job a lot tougher," he said. "I think my job is to be quite economical and try taking wickets through the middle; and if I can take a few, it helps but I guess today (last night) they chased their total pretty well." The third and final ODI will be played in Kanpur on October 29.

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