India face New Zealand in the third and final ODI at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.
New Zealand defeated India by five wickets in the third and final ODI at the of the three-match series here at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday (February 11).
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With this victory, the Blackcaps also registered a 3-0 whitewash over the Men In Blue in the three-match ODI series. This is also India's first series loss in any format since March last year.
In chase of target score of 297 runs, Openers Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls gave the home side the perfect start and formed a 106-run stand for the first wicket.
Yuzvendra Chahal finally found the much-needed breakthrough for India in the 17th over and dismissed Guptill on 66.
Skipper Kane Williamson came in next formed a 53-run stand with before Chahal again came up with the required goods and sent Williamson (22) back to the dressing room in the 28th over, reducing New Zealand to 159/2.
Ross Taylor, the man in form, failed to deliver with the bat on the day as he was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja in the 32nd over for just 12 runs.
Soon after, Indian pacer Shardul Thakur removed Nicholls (80) with a claver delivery, reducing Kiwis to 189/4.
Jimmy Neesham and Tom Latham then formed a short 31-run stand for the fifth wicket, but Chahal again found the breakthrough for his side and dismissed Neesham (19) in the 40th over.
However, it was de Grandhomme (58*) and Latham (32*) who guided the Blackcaps to victory in the and by five wickets with 17 balls to spare.
NZ: 300/5 (47.1 overs)
IND: 296/7 (50 overs)
India vs New Zealand Scorecard
New Zealand win the toss and opt to field
For India, Kedar Jadhav is sitting out of this game and Manish Pandey comes in, and as for the Kiwis, Santner comes in for Chapman and Tom Blundell is out.
Teams:
New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Kyle Jamieson, Hamish Bennett
India (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Lokesh Rahul(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
Hamish Bennett sends set batsmen KL Rahul and Manish Pandey back
Two wickets in two balls and two set Indian batsmen - KL Rahul and Manish Pandey - depart courtesy, Hamish Bennett.
This is the first instance since November 2009 that India have had 100 plus stand for both fourth & fifth wicket in an ODI and New Zealand will be happy breaking the partnership.
In the first, KL Rahul was just saved in the previous ball but hit the ball again in the same spot. Jamieson runs in from long-off, puts in the dive and swallows the ball.
Throws the white nut away in disappointment for the previous drop.
Rahul walked forward to this shortish slower delivery and flat-batted it. Nice innings from Rahul.
Rahul c Jamieson b Bennett 112(113) [4s-9 6s-2]
In the second, Manish Pandey tries to launch one over the rope and he doesn't get the distance.
Santner runs forward from long-on and takes a good diving catch. It was right in the slot but Pandey couldn't get the timing.
Manish Pandey c Santner b Bennett 42(48) [4s-2]
Kane Williamson goes for 22
A soft dismissal for Williamson and a harmless half-tracker on middle and leg, he could have put it anywhere on the leg-side but instead, his cross-batted aerial whip finds Mayank at short mid-wicket.
A much-needed breakthrough for India. This partnership was threatening visitors. However, NZ are still well in front.
Williamson c Agarwal b Chahal 22(31) [4s-2]
Kane Williamson vs India at home (ODI):
First six innings: 71, 77, 65, 60, 88, 64
Last five innings: 20, 28, 11, 39, 22