Ind vs NZ: New Zealand won by 5 wickets, India's ODI series clean after 31 years - watsupptoday.com
Ind vs NZ: New Zealand won by 5 wickets, India's ODI series clean after 31 years
Posted 11 Feb 2020 03:16 PM

Source : India Tv

India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI Match Report: The Indian team, which has cleared New Zealand sweep in the 5 match T20 series, has suffered a clean sweep in the 3 match ODI series. The last match of the 3-match ODI series between India and host New Zealand was played at Mount Mongui, which New Zealand won by 5 wickets and won the series 3–0. Now a 2-match Test series will be played between the two countries.

In the last ODI of the series, New Zealand team captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl first. In such a situation, batting first, the Indian team scored 296 runs losing 7 wickets in the prescribed 50 overs. For Team India, KL Rahul scored 112 runs, Shreyas Iyer 62, Manish Pandey 42 and Prithvi Shaw scored 40 runs. Hamish Bennett took 4 wickets from Kiwi team, while Kyle Jamieson and James Neesham got one wicket each.

Chasing a target of 297 runs, New Zealand achieved this target easily by losing 5 wickets in 47.1 overs. With this defeat, the captain of Indian team Virat Kohli has an embarrassing record.

India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI Match

New Zealand's innings, got a good start

Chasing a target of 297 runs, the hosts got off to a good start. Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholls added 50 runs for the team in the first 7 overs. After this Martin Guptill completed his half-century off just 29 balls. However, Guptill became clean bowled by Chahal on a personal score of 66 runs. Henry Nicholls completed his half-century in 72 balls.

The hosts received a second setback as captain Kane Williamson. Williamson scored 22 runs and was caught by Mayank off Chahal. The third shock came in the form of Ross Taylor, who scored 12 runs and was caught out by Jadeja at the hands of Virat. The hosts received a fourth blow in the form of Nichols, who was caught out by Rahul at the ball of Shardul on a personal score of 80 runs.

The fifth wicket of the New Zealand team fell in the form of James Neesham, who scored 19 runs and was caught out by Kohli at the ball of Chahal.

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