Christchurch: The Indian men's hockey team won the four-match Test series 2-1 after playing out a 1-1 draw against New Zealand in Christchurch on Sunday.

The first quarter of the game witnessed a series of attacks coming in from the India who dominated the entire session. Without wasting much time, Sardar Singh broke into the hosts defence from the right flank but unluckily his attack was stopped by New Zealand's Alex Shaw. In the 11th minute India was awarded with a penalty corner but Rupinder Pal Singh's effort went off the target. New Zealand started putting some pressure on the Indian defence with a long pass from Blair Tarrant and which Nic Woods found himself in a goal scoring position but an alert Indian defence blocked his attack. Dying moments of the first quarter saw Akashdeep Singh get a chance to open the account but his attempt went wide of the post. The score line remained 0-0 as first quarter saw no goals from either side.