India vs New Zealand 2019: 3rd ODI, Bay Oval - Toss Report
Updated - 28 Jan 2019, 08:09 AM
India vs New Zealand 2019: 3rd ODI, Bay Oval – Toss Report.
New Zealand has won the toss in the third ODI at Bay Oval and has decided to bat first.
Here is what both the captains had to say at the time of toss:
Virat Kohli: Same thing, we would’ve wanted to bat first. Under the lights, we felt the ball came on better. We were quite satisfied, I personally would like to get the scoring rate up. In the last game, we could’ve got to 340. A couple of changes. MS has got a sore hamstring, Karthik comes back. Hardik comes in place of Vijay Shankar. It’s brilliant, especially if you look at our away performances. It’s great to have two guys who can pick wickets in the middle overs.
Kane Williamson: We are going to bat. Looks like a good surface, a used surface so hopefully, we can make use of the first hour. One change for us. Santner comes in for CDG. The spin throughout the series has been effective. This pitch will also help the spinners I guess. There has been glimpses, we need to get some partnerships with the bat and need to step up. We do know that If we play our best cricket, we can beat anybody. It’s important we execute our plans as best as we can.
Preview:
India is 2-0 up in the series and would like to continue with their momentum. The visitors have been dominant in ongoing India vs New Zealand 2019 series. Men in Blue won the first ODI by eight wickets whereas won they won the second by 90 runs.
Meanwhile, this is going to be the last match of the tour for Indian skipper Virat Kohli. Kohli is going to get the well-deserved rest as he has played continuously.
Rohit Sharma scored a free-flowing knock of 87 runs in the first innings and he was awarded the Man of the match. Shikhar Dhawan also scored his second consecutive fifty to continue his good form. The opening pair added 154 runs to give a fine platform to the side.
MS Dhoni also continued his good form going as he provided the finishing touches to the innings. Dhoni scored 33-ball 48 to end the innings on a high. Furthermore, Kedar Jadhav scored a good knock of 22 runs off just 10 balls.
Subsequently, Indian spinners were too good for the New Zealand batsmen. Kuldeep Yadav scalped four wickets to continued to breathe down the neck of the Kiwis batsmen. Furthermore, Yuzvendra Chahal took two wickets and Kedar Jadhav scalped one wicket.
India was able to seal the series against Australia and would like to clinch the series against the Blackcaps.
Here is the playing XI of both teams for third India vs New Zealand 2019 ODI Match.
India’s Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli(c), Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik(w), Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal
New Zealand (Playing XI): Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Doug Bracewell, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
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