Indore: Thanks to brilliant centuries by Darrell Mitchell (137) and Glenn Phillips (106), New Zealand won the third ODI by defeating India by 41 runs. With this, the Kiwi team won the series 2-1. This is New Zealand’s first ODI series win in India, and India’s first defeat at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.
Kiwi team’s bad start
New Zealand, who came to bat first after losing the toss, suffered two major setbacks in the beginning. Arshdeep Singh, who came into the team in place of Prasidh Krishna, dismissed Henry Nicholls for a golden duck. After this, Harshit Rana got Devon Conway caught by Rohit Sharma. In this way, New Zealand lost two wickets on the score of 5 runs.
Century partnership between Mitchell and Phillips
After this, Will Young and Darrell Mitchell took over the innings and made a partnership of 53 runs. However, Rana ji broke this partnership. Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Young with a brilliant catch. Glenn Phillips supported Mitchell and there was a partnership of 219 runs on 186 balls for the fourth wicket, in which both scored centuries.
Virat Kohli’s struggling innings for India
India got the target of 338 runs and Team India had a disappointing start. Rohit Sharma, who had not been able to play any big innings so far in this series, was caught out in the fourth over after scoring only 11 runs. Captain Shubhman Gill also got out early after scoring 23 runs in 18 balls with the help of 4 fours.
Failure of Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul
Vice-captain Shreyas Iyer’s bat remained silent and KL Rahul also failed. Rahul scored only 1 run and gave a simple catch. Nitish Kumar Reddy, who came at number 6, formed a good partnership with Virat Kohli. There was a partnership of 88 runs on 88 balls between the two, but Nitish also got caught out after scoring 53 runs.
India’s defeat and New Zealand’s historic victory
India failed to chase the target of 338 runs and lost by 41 runs. New Zealand has registered its first ODI series win in India by winning the series 2-1.
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