Team India, led by Shikhar Dhawan, was unable to achieve equality in the ODI series due to the rain. In the third and final match of the series played in Christchurch on Wednesday, New Zealand won the toss and invited India to bat first. It was in such a situation that Team India scored 219 runs in 47.3 overs on a pitch that favored fast bowlers.
After this, the New Zealand team, chasing the target of 220 runs for the win, scored 104 runs at the loss of 1 wicket in 18.overs. This was despite batting brilliantly. Finn Allen was caught after scoring 57 (54). On the other hand, Devon Conway was unbeaten after scoring 38(51) and Kane Williamson was unbeaten after scoring 0(3).
After losing the toss, Team India came out to bat first and the condition of the fast bowling pitch became very difficult. Adam Milne made both Team India openers Shikhar Dhawan (28) and Shubman Gill run for 55 runs. Dhawan got bowled and was caught by Gill Santner.
Shreyas Iyer took over the business after the two were dismissed. But wickets kept falling from the other end. Rishabh Pant scored 10 (16)10(16) and Suryakumar Yadav were dismissed after scoring 6(10) runs and the team’s difficulties increased. Amidst the fall of wickets, Iyer missed out on completing his half-century. Low was caught after playing an innings of 49 runs off 59 balls. He hit 8 fours. Team India’s score became 5 wickets for 121 runs as soon as Iyer was dismissed.
As a result, Washington Sundar played one end, and by playing a half-century innings, the team reached 219 runs. As soon as he was dismissed, the Indian innings collapsed after scoring 219 runs in 47.3 overs. Sundar scored 51 runs. Adam Milne and Daryl Mitchell took three wickets each for New Zealand. At the same time, we awarded victories to Jim Southee and one each to Lockie Ferguson and Mitchell Santner. Washington Sundar was India’s most successful batsman.
Allen-Conway gave a bang to New Zealand Chasing the target of 220 runs for the victory, the opening pair of Finn Allen and Devon Conway gave a bang to the Kiwi team. Both shared a 97-run partnership for the first wicket in 16.3 overs. Umran Malik broke this partnership. Over the course of an innings, he batted 57 times from 54 balls. He completed his half-century in 50 balls and during this he hit 8 fours and 1 six.
Kane Williamson entered the fray after Allen was dismissed, but due to rain, the game was stopped after only a few balls, so he could not bat.d. In such a situation, the Kiwi innings stopped for 104 runs in 18.1 oThe Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Rule ofn Rule 20 overs could not be implemented due to the non-completion of New Zealand’s innings and thus New Zealand, who won the first match, took the series 1-0.
