India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Mohammed Siraj joins the party and he ends Daryl Mitchell’s stay with a short ball.
India have bounced back well in the last three overs with some crucial wickets to hurt New Zealand. NZ 286/6 in 45.2 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Mohammed Siraj joins the party and he ends Daryl Mitchell’s stay with a short ball. Good delivery here and Mitchell pulled it only to find Kuldeep Yadav in the deep to get caught for 137. NZ 283/5 in 44.1 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Arshdeep Singh strikes on the first ball of the over here to get rid of Glenn Phillips. A crucial wicket for India as Phillips was going all guns blazing there. NZ 283/4 in 44 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Glenn Phillips is in a serious mood here as he continues to smash the bowlers after reaching the century. while Daryly Mitchell finishes the over with a four. There was a chance on the last ball but Rohit Sharma failed to grab it. NZ 277/3 in 43 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Glenn Phillips brings up his century with a single on the last ball of Arshdeep Singh’s over. A hundred to remember as he completely stamps his authority over the Indian bowlers. NZ 266/3 in 42 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Kuldeep Yadav into the attack and he straightaway got punished by the two batters in the middle. 250 up for New Zealand. Glenn Phillips is just not stopping for anyone and smashed Kuldeep for a couple of sixes. 19 runs off the over despite the last two balls being dots. NZ 257/3 in 41 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Darly Mitchell takes charge after century and smashes Ravindra Jadeja for a boundary while Glenn Phillips continues to flex his muscle with a maximum. 13 runs came off the over and India are on the backfoot completely. NZ 238/3 in 40 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Harshit Rana continued from the other end and got hammered for a couple of boundaries from both ends. Mitchell hit two, while Phillips one as 15 runs came off the over a big one for the Kiwis. NZ 216/3 in 37 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Daryl Mitchell brings up his back-to-back centuries with a single. Sensational from the kiwi batter as he continues to frustrate the Indian bowlers. He brings up the mark in 106 balls and New Zealand are set for a big total. NZ 201/3 in 36 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Harshit Rana replaces Nitish Kumar Reddy and Glenn Phillips welcomed him with a boundary. He finished the over with another four after Rana missed the line and gave him enough room to free his arms. NZ 197/3 in 35 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Glenn Phillips completes his half-century with a single! Another good knock from the New Zealand all-rounder. 6th ODI fifty for Phillips. 6 runs came off Nitish Kumar Reddy’s over. NZ 183/3 in 33 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Daryl Mitchell is into his 90s with a boundary off a free hit after Ravindra Jadeja committed a no-ball. Eight runs came off the over here as both batters are marching towards the milestones. NZ 177/3 in 32 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Ravindra Jadeja is finally in the attack! A 100-run partnership between Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips, with a boundary coming off the former’s delivery. 7 runs came off the over as New Zealand kept scoring. NZ 159/3 in 30 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Cricket Score IND vs NZ: Another boundary for Glenn Phillips as this time he punches Nitish Kumar Reddy straight down the ground for a boundary. Bouncer from NKR and Phillips follow it up with another four. NZ 152/3 in 29 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score IND vs NZ: Glenn Phillips continues to hurt the Indian bowlers’ ego with some power-packed shots to stamp his authority. He smashed Arshdeep straight down the ground with a short-arm jab for a maximum. NZ 141/3 in 28 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score IND vs NZ: Short ball from Siraj, and there was enough room for Glenn Phillips to smash it in the gap for a boundary. 6 runs came off the over as there is no stopping for New Zealand at the moment. NZ 131/3 in 27 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score IND vs NZ: Arshdeep Singh back into the attack and Daryl Mitchell continues to frustrate him and others. He found a cheeky boundary to make it 6 runs off the over. 50 runs have come off the last 10 overs and New Zealand will look to up the ante. IND 125/3 in 26 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score IND vs NZ: Mohammed Siraj turned up the intensity, engaging Daryl Mitchell in a gripping contest as India searched for a breakthrough. With New Zealand’s stand threatening to stretch the game, the hosts went all out to force an opening. NZ 119/3 in 25 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score IND vs NZ: Nitish continues with his fifth over and Daryl Mitchell straightaway smashed him for a six to stamp his authority. 9 runs came off NKR’s over, as it seems New Zealand have decided to shift gears. NZ 117/3 in 24 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score IND vs NZ: Mohammed Siraj is back into the attack here as India’s desperation for a wicket grows with Daryl Mitchell bringing up another half-century. 2 runs came off the over, which brings up a 50-run stand between Mitchell and Phillips. NZ 108/3 in 23 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score IND vs NZ: Rohit Sharma with an excellent effort at the cover. A bit of extra bounce there, but Rohit managed it well to grab the awkward ball. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Yadav has not produced any magical delivery here to cause some trouble for the Kiwi batters. Darly Mitchell reached his fifty with a boundary on the last ball. NZ 101/3 in 21 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score IND vs NZ: A tidy over from Kuldeep Yadav here to keep things tight from one end here. India desperately need a wicket here to strengthen their position as Darly Mitchell has been in outstanding form here. NZ 92/3 in 19 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Nitish Kumar Reddy continues from the other end and he delivered a tidy five runs over here. There was a lot of talk about Nitish’s bowling before the match and it will be interesting to see how many overs will he bowl today. NZ 89/3 in 18 overs
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: A flighted delivery by Kuldeep, Mitchell goes down the pitch and launches it over the bowler for a six! SHOT! Kuldeep resopnds with a dot. Then Kuldeep concedes a streak of three singles, and then ends the over with a dot.
NZ – 84/3 (17)
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: A full delivery by Nitish, Phillips drives it to sweeper cover for a single. Nitish gets a dot in the second delivery, followed by another. Then Mitchell carves Nitish to long on for a single. Phillips also gets a single in the fifth ball.
For the final ball, Nitish is hit by Mitchell, to long on for a single.
NZ – 75/3 (16)
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Siraj begins the 14th over with a full length delivery, on off. Phillips taps it in the gap, past cover point for a single. Mitchell does the same, hits it to the left of mid-off for a single. Siraj responds with a dot, followed by a single for Phillips, gives Mitchell strike.
Siraj sends it short, wide of off. Mitchell taps it to short extra cover, no run. Ends the over with a dot!
NZ – 64/3 (14)
India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Back of a length delivery by Rana, wide of off. Young waits for it ad then cuts it, but it goes high for a catch to Jadeja at backward point. OUT!
Young c Jadeja b Rana 30 (41)
NZ – 58/3 (12.1)
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: A full length delivery by Rana, outside off. Mitchell drives it to the left of Kohli at mid-off, he manages to get his hand to it, but it races away to the ropes for a four! Rana responds with a dot, and then Mitchell takes a single. Rana responds with a dot, and then Young takes a single.
Rana ends the over with a dot.
NZ – 53/2 (11)
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: A short delivery by Arshdeep, and Mitchell pulls it down to long leg for a single. Then he sends it short, and gets a dot.
Arshdeep sends it back of a length, wide of off. Young clobbers it square on the off side, wide of backward point, for a four! SHOT!
Arshdeep responds with a dot and then is again smacked for a four, this time to deep square leg. Ends the over wih a dot.
NZ – 42/2 (9)
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: A full length delivery by Arshdeep, at the stumps. Mitchell waits for it and then on-drives it wide of mid-on for a four! SHOT! Then he takes a single. Arshdeep keeps it tight, concedes a streak of dots. 5 conceded in this over.
Mitchell (10*) and Young (16*) are building a slow and steady partnership.
NZ – 32/2 (7)
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: Arshdeep is keeping tight, concedes only a single in the first four balls of this over. Then he sends it back of a length, and Mitchell slams him past mid-off for a four! The over ends with a dot.
NZ – 21/2 (5)
Rana begins with a good length delivery in the fourth over, Young defends it and lets it go. No run. Another dot for Rana and then he sends it back of a length, and Young smacks it past cover for a four.
He takes a single to give Mitchell strike. The over ends with two dots.
NZ – 16/2 (4)
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: Short of a good length delivery by Rana, wide of off. Young goes on the front foot, cuts it in the gap square past point, for a four! Rana shortens his length and responds with a dot. He ends the over with another dot.
NZ – 11/2 (2)
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: THE EDGE IS TAKEN AND RANA REMOVES CONWAY!
Rana sends it back of a lengh, in the channel, around off. Conway is unsure if he should leave it or not. He ends up hanging his bat, and the ball nicks it to fly to Rohit for a catch at first slip! OUT!
Conway c Rohit b Rana 5 (4)
NZ – 5/2 (1.1)
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: OUT! A WICKET IN THE FIRST OVER! In the third delivery, Arshdeep sends it on good length, it nips away from off. NIcholls gets an inside edge, and it rattles his own stumps! OUT!
Nicholls b Arshdeep 0 (1)
NZ – 5/1 (0.4)
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: The action begins! Conway and Nicholls to open for NZ. Arshdeep will bowl the opening over for IND.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: The pitch has grass, and underneath, it is rock hard. The grass will give nice pace onto the bat. It is not fresh grass, but it ensures that the top soil wont crumble. It will be batting friendly and dew factor later in the evening.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: IND Playing XI – Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj
NZ Playing XI – Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay(w), Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Kristian Clarke, Jayden Lennox
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: After winning the toss, Gill revealed that Arshdeep has returned to the playing XI. Meanwhile, NZ will go with the same squad.
“That’s what we spoke about. Great challenge for us, NZ put us under pressure but this is what the players expect. Not a lot of dew expected but we want to bowl first and see a score that we can chase. [What went wrong in Rajkot?] We need to vary our lengths a bit in the middle overs, and that is one area we want to improve. We have one change, Arshdeep comes back for Prasidh”, said the India captain.
Meanwhile, NZ skipper Bracewell said, “We have to quickly switch back to batting first. It is an exciting time. Good chance for us to win out first ODI series here in India. With the series on the line, hope the youngster do well again. No changes.”
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: India win the toss and Gill opts to bowl.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: We could see Arshdeep return to the playing XI, in place of Krishna. Reddy is expected to keep his place in the playing XI. Jadeja could get another chance to prove his worth.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: The Holkar Stadium in Indore is known to be batting friendly. The small boundaries will aid batters. All eyes will be on Kohli and Rohit. But NZ also have big hitters like Daryl Mitchell.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: Since the SA series, Kohli changed his batting style. Since the start of the SA series, he has been striking at 104.0 inthe first 10 balls, hitting a boundary every six balls. In the past, post the last WC till the SA series, he was striking at only 60.71 in the first 10 balls, and a boundary every 11 deliveries.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: Will Arshdeep make his retrn to the playing XI? The pacer is well-deserving of a spot, and needs to get his confidence back. He was dropped for the first and second ODis. Even R Ashwin urged Gambhir and Gill to include him in the playing XI.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: Indore’s Holkar stadium remains the only second venue in the world where India have enjoyed a clean ODI record – seven matches and seven wins. The other is at the Pallekele stadium, where they won all their four completed ODI games.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: New Zealand have never won an ODI series against India in India. They did come close to the feat on four occasions – 1995, 1999, 2016 and 2017, but lost in the series decider on each occasion.
Not to forget, a little over a year back, New Zealand had scripted an unprecedented 3-0 whitewash against India in India in a Test series. It was India’s first Test series loss at home since 2012.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: It was the first time a chasing side won an ODI in Rajkot. The 285-run chase was also New Zealand’s highest successful pursuit in India, surpassing their previous best of 283 against England in Ahmedabad during the opening match of the 2023 World Cup, and their highest against India, going past the 281 they chased at the Wankhede in 2017.
The win was also New Zealand’s first ODI victory over India since 2023, snapping an eight-match losing streak. In India, it marked their first ODI win against the hosts since 2017, ending an eight-match losing streak.
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI Live Score: After the openers gave India a promising start, Virat Kohli flirted with a second consecutive century, hammering a fluent 93. But as the Rajkot surface began to slow down, India found boundary-hitting increasingly difficult and slid from 99/1 to 118/4 over a lean 10-over phase.
KL Rahul then steadied the innings with a composed century, stitching together a vital 73-run stand with Ravindra Jadeja, though New Zealand’s spinners continued to keep the scoring in check.
While 284 appeared a competitive total, New Zealand chased it down in clinical fashion, powered by a sublime century from Daryl Mitchell, who added a decisive 162-run partnership with Will Young.
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