For the first time, New Zealand has defeated Team India in an ODI series in India. In the third ODI played in Indore, the Kiwi team defeated India by 41 runs. Virat Kohli, Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips were the three century winners of this match. Team India had got the target of 338 runs, Virat remained at the crease till the last overs but his innings of 124 runs could not give victory to India. Know here about those 5 big reasons which became the reason for India’s defeat in Indore.

Nitish Reddy is becoming a burden on Team India

The Indian team is looking for another Hardik Pandya. In his absence, Nitish Kumar Reddy got a chance in the ODI series. In Indore ODI, he gave 53 runs in 8 overs and could not take any wicket. He bowled most of the time in the middle overs, where Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips were seen hitting his balls with ease. With his bowling speed of 125-130 km per hour, he was neither able to beat the batsmen nor take any wicket.

India could not find Christian Clarke’s break

Christian Clarke’s bowling dominated the Indian batsmen in both the ODI matches in Rajkot and Indore. His 3 wickets in Rajkot became a major reason for Team India’s defeat. Now in the third ODI match also he took the wickets of Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Nitish Kumar Reddy.

Poor bowling in death overs

Glenn Phillips and Daryl Mitchell had rescued New Zealand from a bad start. Indian bowlers had given away 99 runs in the last 10 overs. Harshit Rana also suffered a lot in the death overs, who took 3 wickets but gave away 84 runs in 10 overs.

batting ran out of steam

The Indian team had to chase the target of 338 runs. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, these three main batsmen of India were flops. In-form batsman KL Rahul could also score only one run. New Zealand’s fast bowlers made good use of variations and within no time India had lost 4 wickets at the score of 71. Virat Kohli tried to fight the battle alone, but failed.

Spin bowling did not work again

Fast bowlers have dominated this entire series. Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja proved expensive in all three matches. Indian spinners had proved expensive in the last two matches, so couldn’t the Team India management go with an additional fast bowler in the third match? In Indore ODI, Jadeja and Kuldeep bowled a total of 12 overs, in which they gave away 89 runs.

IND vs NZ 3rd ODI Highlights: New Zealand has defeated India by 41 runs in the third ODI match. This is the first time that New Zealand has come to India and defeated Team India in an ODI series. The third ODI match was played at Holkar Stadium, Indore, in which the Kiwi team batted first and scored 337 runs. Team India, chasing the huge target, was all out for 296 runs. Virat Kohli played a century inning of 124 runs in the match.

New Zealand won the ODI series in India for the first time

For the first time in the history of ODI cricket, New Zealand has come to India and defeated Team India in an ODI series. The biggest contribution in this historic victory was made by Daryl Mitchell, who scored centuries against Team India in the second and third matches also. Mitchell played an inning of 137 runs in Indore ODI, along with him Glenn Phillips also batted, who scored 106 runs. This is the same New Zealand team, which came to India in the year 2024 and gave a clean sweep to Team India in the Test series.

Virat could not win

While chasing the target of 338 runs, the Indian team lost 4 wickets till the score of 71. It is very difficult to make a comeback when there is a big target in front. Virat brought India back into the match by making a partnership of 88 runs with Nitish Kumar Reddy. Rohit Sharma scored only 11 runs, while captain Shubhman Gill, who had scored half-centuries in the last two matches, could score 23 runs. Shreyas Iyer scored 3 runs and KL Rahul scored only one run.

Ravindra Jadeja is continuously flopping, this time the team needed a big innings from him, but only 12 runs came off his bat. Harshit Rana definitely played an inning of 52 runs and took Team India closer to victory. He added 99 runs with Virat Kohli. After Harshit’s dismissal, all the hopes of the Indian team were pinned on Virat Kohli. He was also out in the 46th over on the score of 124.

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New Zealand created history by registering victory in the third ODI played in Indore. For the first time the Kiwi team won the ODI series in India. Batting first, New Zealand had scored 337 runs, in reply the Indian team was reduced to 296 runs. Virat Kohli fought till the end, but many big players could not even stay at the crease with him. Whereas Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana also fought to a great extent.

Shreyas Iyer

Vice-captain Shreyas Iyer could score only 3 runs in the decisive ODI, even though he came on the field after both the openers were out. After Rohit (11), India’s second wicket in the form of Shubman Gill (23) fell at 45 runs. Kohli was looking in good form, Iyer just had to play a little more carefully. But he was caught out on the ball of Chris Clarke. A sensible innings was expected from him.

KL Rahul

KL Rahul, who scored a century in the last match, got soft dismissal. The ball on which he was dismissed by Jaden Lennox had come to a stop. Rahul dodged this completely, he just threw the bat forward. He did not play this shot completely, due to which it became an easy catch for Glenn Phillips. Rahul scored only 1 run in 6 balls.

Ravindra Jadeja

All-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who came after 4 wickets fell for 71 runs, played a brilliant inning, he not only supported Virat Kohli but also hit good shots himself. Along with Kohli, he made a partnership of 88 runs for the fifth wicket. He was out after scoring a half-century (53). At this time India’s score was 159, Ravindra Jadeja was the new batsman.

When young all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy played a sensible innings, everyone was expecting a similar innings from experienced Ravindra Jadeja. But Jadeja got caught out after playing an unnecessary shot. He moved forward and hit the ball of Jaden Lennox, which became an easy catch for Will Young on the boundary line. Jadeja scored 12 runs in 16 balls.

India’s hopes were almost over after the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja. Although Harshit Rana’s half-century had definitely given life to the match, but in the end India lost the match due to continuous fall of wickets. Virat Kohli scored the highest 124 runs for India. In this innings played in 108 balls, Kohli hit 3 sixes and 10 fours.