India vs New Zealand: After securing the ODI series with an easy win against New Zealand in the second ODI, team India is ready for another whitewash in the 3-match ODI series at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore on 24th January 2023 at 1.30 pm. Team India is fully confident about the match with the previous 8-wicket victory as the Kiwis were restricted to 108 runs.
Match: India vs New Zealand ODI 3 of 3
Date: 24th January 2023
Time: 01:30 PM IST
Venue: Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore.
Pitch Condition: The third and final ODI match will be played at Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore. The pitch here is a batting friendly one and the batters will dominate the game. With the smaller boundary dimensions, the bowlers will struggle to bowl short at this pitch. The last ODI take place here in 2017, an India vs Australia match, where the hosts won by 5 wickets.
India vs New Zealand – The Squad
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat, Hardik Pandya, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik.
New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Finn Allen, Doug Bracewell, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Daryl Mitchell, Lockie Ferguson, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Henry Shipley, Blair Tickner.
India vs New Zealand – Team Performance in the Past Matches
India made an easy 8-wicket win in the second ODI to secure another ODI series as Indian bowlers humiliated the New Zealand batters in the match. Choose to field first, India was dominating throughout the match. Indian bowlers were excellent in the match as they bowled out New Zealand for 108 in 34.3 overs. Mohammed Shami led the bowling unit as he started it off with Finn Allen in the 5th over.
Kiwis lost all 5 high-order batters between the first 10 overs as they never crossed a 2-digit. Kiwis were on 15/5 at that point. Then Glenn Phillips (36 off 52), Michael Bracewell (22), and Mitchell Santner (27) helped New Zealand cross the 100-run mark. But they also couldn’t find a grip in the game as Shami, Pandya, & Sundar got wickets each time.
Shami has got three wickets while Pandya and Sundar have got 2 wickets each. While chasing, India never had to wait for long as they had done it in 20.1 overs. Skipper Rohit has got a half-century while Shubhman Gill stayed unbeaten on 40. Virat Kohli got 11 runs while Ishan Kishan was unbeaten on 8. India chased down the target without breaking much sweat.
With the win, India sealed the series 2-0. Now they will look for a white-wash against the World’s first ODI team.
India vs New Zealand – Face to Face
India and New Zealand faced each other in 115 ODI matches. Out of these 115 games, India has won 57 times whereas New Zealand has come out victorious on 50 occasions. 7 matches ended without a result and 1 match ended with a tie.
Here our experts at FCL are giving a prediction for the coming match. Hope you could find it helpful by any means.
Wicket-Keeper: Ishan Kishan, Tom Latham.
Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma.
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell.
Bowlers: Mohammed Siraj, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav.
Captain: Shubman Gill.
Vice-Captain: Michael Bracewell.
Wicket-Keeper: Tom Latham.
Batsmen: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Devon Conway.
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya, Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner.
Bowlers: Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammad Shami.
Captain: Rohit Sharma.
Vice-Captain: Hardik Pandya.
