By Admin 
IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: India vs New Zealand third and decisive ODI played at Holkar Stadium, Indore gave a big shock to the Indian fans. Team India had to face defeat by 41 runs and with this New Zealand won the series 2-1. This is the first time that New Zealand has given a crushing defeat to India in an ODI series at its own home. Despite Virat Kohli’s brilliant century, India remained away from victory. The biggest turning point of the match proved to be not Virat’s wicket, but another wicket that came before it.
Virat Kohli showed a ray of hope
The Indian team, which came to chase the big target of 338 runs, had a very bad start. Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs and Shubman Gill 23 runs. After this, Virat Kohli took one end forward and took the innings forward. He batted brilliantly under pressure and scored the 54th century of his ODI career. Virat scored 124 runs in 108 balls, which included 10 fours and 3 sixes.
The atmosphere of the match changed with Harshit Rana
When India’s score was 178/6 and victory was looking difficult, then Harshit Rana came on the field to bat. No one expected a big innings from him, but Harshit changed the situation. He completed his half-century in just 41 balls and made an important partnership of 99 runs with Virat for the seventh wicket. This partnership gave hope of victory to the fans present in the stadium. Kiwi players also started appearing under pressure.
Harshit’s wicket became the real turning point
The biggest turning point of the match came in the 44th over, when Harshit Rana was out after scoring 52 runs. As soon as he was out, all the pressure came on Virat Kohli. On the very next ball, Mohammad Siraj was also out without opening the account. After this, New Zealand made a comeback and soon Virat Kohli also returned after getting caught at the boundary while trying to play a big shot. From here all hopes of India’s victory ended.
New Zealand’s strong batting
Earlier, New Zealand had scored 337 runs for 8 wickets on the basis of brilliant innings of Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips. Mitchell played an excellent inning of 137 runs and Phillips played an excellent inning of 106 runs. There was a partnership of 219 runs between the two. For India, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana took 3 wickets each.
In reply, the Indian team was all out for 296 runs and lost the match as well as the series.