IND vs NZ 3rd ODI Live: New Zealand 58/3 (12.1 ovs), Rana removes Young

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Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana have dismissed both the New Zealand openers 🙌

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Despite not expecting much dew, Shubman Gill trusts the surface to remain true and get better as the game progresses. During the toss, he said:

"We will bowl first. That's what we spoke (on the decision to bolw), batting first, New Zealand put us under pressure. One of the decisions we're bowling first is that the surface looks good, don't expect a lot of dew, runs on the board would let us chase better. Need to vary our lengths in the middle-overs, that's what we want to do. One change, Arshdeep comes in place of Prasidh."

Meanwhile, Michael Bracewell trusts his winning combination and knows that the batting group would need to play a bit aggressively today.

"We would have bowled first, but I think it looks like a good surface and I guess we're going to quickly shift to the mindset of batting first. That's right, it's a big exciting opportunity for us to win a series over here in one-day format. I think they've shown good temperament. They're getting used to international cricket and have made a good fist of it so far (on the new faces). With the series on the line you want to be able to do that stuff under pressure. So I'm looking forward to seeing how they go again tonight. No changes from the last game."

Finally, a game for Arshdeep Singh, who comes back into the team for the third ODI in place of Prasidh Krishna. It was a predictable call after India lost the Rajkot ODI due to lacklustre bowling. Arshdeep will add his left-arm variety to the side and will hopefully do well against a potent NZ batting lineup. 

India Playing XI: Shubman Gill (C), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh.

New Zealand Playing XI: Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay (WK), Michael Bracewell (C), Zakary Foulkes, Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Jayden Lennox

India have won the toss and have elected to bowl first. No surprises to chase down on a batting deck. 

🚨Attention please

• Virat Kohli is averaging 63.91 at SR of96.23 since 2025 in ODis. 

• Ravindra Jadeja's last 50+ score in ODIs in India came more than 10 years ago. 

• Shubman Gill needs 70 runs to become the 2nd fastest batter to score 3000 ODI runs.

• Harshit Rana is India's dark horse, as he has 23 wickets in 13 ODIs 27.3.

• Spinners have taken 35 wickets in Indore in 2nd innings as compared to just 9 in 1st. 

From stats to facts, catch the match prediction for the upcoming third ODI between India and New Zealand below. 

India have started their warmup at the Holkar Stadium before the toss, which is just 20 minutes away from us. Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill were seen chatting about something during the shadow practice. 

Skipper Shubman Gill received some crucial batting advice from none other than Virat Kohli ✨🏏

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