Opener Smriti Mandhana led the chase for India with familiar panache after a feisty bowling performance steered the side to a series-clinching eight-wicket triumph over New Zealand in the second one-dayer here yesterday.

Opting to field, India produced an excellent effort to bowl out New Zealand for a paltry 161 in 44.2 overs before player of the match Mandhana (90 not out) and skipper Mithali Raj (63 not out) stitched a 151-run unbroken third-wicket stand to guide the team to an easy win. The duo resurrected the Indian run chase from 15-2 after the early loss of opener Jemimah Rodrigues (0) and Deepti Sharma (8).