IND vs NZ 3rd ODI Christchurch LIVE: The third and final match of the ODI series between India and New Zealand has been abandoned due to rain. With this, the Kiwis won the three-match series 1-0. Batting first in this match, Team India scored 219 runs. In response, New Zealand scored 104 runs in 18 overs at the loss of one wicket. The hosts needed 116 runs in 32 overs. But the match could not be played due to rain. The umpires decided to call off the match after the ground got wet.
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and invited Team India to bat. The Indian team could not even play the full fifty overs and were dismissed for 219 runs in 47.3 overs. Washington Sundar hit a half-century while batting at number seven. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer played an inning of 49 runs. Earlier India had a slow start. The first wicket fell in the form of Shubman Gill in the ninth over. Then the team's score was 39 runs. Gill scored 13 runs in 22 balls with the help of 2 fours.
After this, captain Shikhar Dhawan also could not play long innings and was clean bowled by Adam Milne. The captain scored 28 runs in 45 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. After this wickets kept falling at regular intervals.
There is grass on the pitch and there will be an extra bounce. A win here is very important for Team India as Shikhar Dhawan's team is trailing 1-0 in the series after the defeat in the first ODI. The second ODI was abandoned due to rain.
IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: Both teams are as follows
India: 1 Shikhar Dhawan (c), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Shreyas Iyer, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Rishabh Pant (wk), 6 Deepak Hooda, 7 Washington Sundar, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Umran Malik, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal
New Zealand: 1 Finn Allen, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson (c), 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Glenn Phillips, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Adam Milne, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Lockie Ferguson
