India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI: Team India’s defeat in Indore… New Zealand created a record by winning the ODI series, Kohli’s century went in vain.

Sports : The decisive match of the three-match ODI series between India and New Zealand was played on January 18 at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, where the Indian team lost by 41 runs. With this victory, New Zealand won the series 2-1. Earlier, India had won the first ODI played in Vadodara, while New Zealand had won the second match in Rajkot.

India’s poor start while chasing the target
The Indian team, which set out to chase the big target of 338 runs, had a very disappointing start. Rohit Sharma was out after scoring only 11 runs. Captain Shubhman Gill looked in good form, but became the victim of Kyle Jameson after scoring 23 runs. After this Shreyas Iyer returned to the pavilion after scoring only 3 runs. KL Rahul, who scored a century in the last match, also flopped in this match and was out after scoring just 1 run. India came under pressure with the fall of four wickets for 71 runs.

Kohli and Nitish took over the innings
After the initial setbacks, Virat Kohli and Nitish Kumar Reddy tried to control the innings. There was an important partnership of 88 runs between the two for the fifth wicket. Virat Kohli completed his half-century in 51 balls, while Nitish Reddy also batted aggressively and scored fifty in 52 balls. However, Nitish was out after scoring 53 runs and after this Ravindra Jadeja also could not play a big innings.

Kohli’s brilliant century, but not enough
After this, Virat Kohli along with Harshit Rana made a partnership of 99 runs for the seventh wicket. Kohli scored a brilliant century in 91 balls, which was the 54th century of his ODI career and 85th century in international cricket. Harshit Rana also scored a useful half-century, but as soon as he was out, India’s hopes were almost over. The entire team could not reach the target and India lost the match by 41 runs.

New Zealand’s innings: Strong comeback after initial setbacks
New Zealand also did not have a good start and the team lost two wickets for 6 runs. After this Daryl Mitchell and Will Young took over the innings. After Young was out, Mitchell along with Glenn Phillips changed the course of the match. There was a huge partnership of 219 runs between the two for the fourth wicket.

Centuries of Mitchell and Phillips
Daryl Mitchell scored his second consecutive ODI century and played a brilliant inning of 137 runs. Glenn Phillips also batted aggressively and scored 106 runs. Thanks to these two innings, New Zealand made a strong score of 337 runs for 8 wickets. For India, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana took three wickets each.

Name of the series New Zealand
With the win in Indore ODI, New Zealand won the series 2-1. Virat Kohli’s century was the biggest positive thing for the Indian team, but the team’s weak start and failure to stop partnerships in bowling became the major reason for the defeat. New Zealand performed better in moments of pressure and captured the series.