India became No.1 in ODIs – beat New Zealand by 90 runs and did a clean sweep on the Kiwis for the third time
IND vs NZ 3rd ODI / India became No.1 in ODIs – beat New Zealand by 90 runs and did a clean sweep on the Kiwis for the third time
IND vs NZ 3rd ODI - India became No.1 in ODIs – beat New Zealand by 90 runs and did a clean sweep on the Kiwis for the third time
IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: Team India has defeated New Zealand by 90 runs in the third ODI. With this, the Indian team has made a clean sweep in the series by 3-0. This result means that the Indian team has now also become the number-1 team in the world in ODI cricket. We are already number-1 in T20. Our ranking in Test is number-2.India has clean swept New Zealand for the third time.It did so in 2010 and 1988 as well. He has also won the 7th ODI match in a row.Batting first, India scored 385/9 after losing the toss at the Holkar ground in Indore. Gill scored 112 off 78 balls, while Rohit scored 101 off 85 balls. Apart from these two, Hardik Pandya also batted well. He scored 54 off 38 balls. Virat Kohli added 36 runs in the middle. Jacob Duffy and Blair Tickner took 3-3 wickets from New Zealand.In response, New Zealand's team was all out for 295 runs in 41.2 overs. Dwayne Conway (138 runs) played a century from his side, but could not win his team. Apart from Conway, Henry Nicholls scored 42 and Michael Bracewell scored 26 runs.Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav took 3-3 wickets from India. While Yuzvendra Chahal got 2 successes. Hardik Pandya and Umran Malik got one wicket each.This is how New Zealand's wickets fellFirst: Pandya bowled Finn Allen on the second ball of the first over.Second: In the 15th over, Kuldeep got Nicklas LBW.Third: On the first ball of the 26th over, Shardul got Mitchell caught by Ishaan.Fourth: On the second ball of the 26th over, Shardul got Tom Latham caught by Pandya.Fifth: On the fourth ball of the 28th over, Shardul got Glenn Phillips caught by Kohli at midwicket.Sixth: On the fourth ball of the 32nd over, Umran Malik got Conway caught by Rohit Sharma.Seventh: Ishaan Kishan stumped Bracewell on the ball of Kuldeep Yadav.Eighth: On the 5th ball of the 39th over, Kuldeep got Ferguson caught by Rohit Sharma.Ninth: On the fourth ball of the 40th over, Chahal made Jacob Duffy LBW.India made the second highest score against New ZealandBatting after losing the toss, India scored 385/9 at the Holkar ground in Indore. Gill scored 112 off 78 balls while Rohit scored 101 off 85 balls. Apart from these two, Hardik Pandya also batted well. He scored 54 off 38 balls. Jacob Duffy and Blair Tickner took 3-3 wickets from New Zealand.India's score in 26 overs was 212 runs without losing wickets. Then Rohit got out. After some time, Shubman Gill also returned to the pavilion. Virat Kohli (36), Ishaan Kishan (17) and Suryakumar Yadav (14) could not stay at the crease for long. Hardik and Shardul Thakur added 54 runs for the seventh wicket to put India back on track.This is India's second highest score against New Zealand in ODI cricket. Team India made the biggest score against this opponent on 8 March 2009 in Christchurch. Then India had scored 392 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs.Team India's wickets fell like thisFirst: Bracewell bowled Rohit Sharma.Second: Gill was caught by Blair Tekner at the hands of Conway.Third: Ishaan Kishan got runout.Fourth: On the ball of Jacob Duffy, Virat Kohli caught Finn Allen standing in the wide mid-off.Fifth: Caught by Conway at long on off Surya Jacob's ball.Sixth: Tekner caught Sundar by Daryl Mitchell.Seventh: Shardul Thakur wanted to play Tekner's ball behind the wicket, but was caught by Tom Latham.Eighth: Pandya caught Conway on Duffy's ball.Ninth: Kuldeep Yadav was run out on the last ball.Rohit-Gil gave a strong startCaptain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a strong start to Team India. Both made an opening partnership of 212 runs in 157 balls. Rohit scored the 30th century of his ODI career. So Gill completed his sixth century.ODI century has come after three years from the bat of Captain Rohit. So Gill has scored his third century in the last four matches. Since 2019, both India openers have scored centuries. Earlier Rohit and Rahul had done this.Rohit completes 10 years as a full-time openerIndian captain Rohit Sharma has completed 10 years as a full-time opener in ODIs. Starting the innings, he has scored 7663 runs at an average of 55.93 and a strike rate of 92.71.Playing-11 of bothIndia: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Umran Malik, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal.New Zealand: Dwayne Conway, Finn Allen, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Lockie Ferguson, Jacob Duffy, Mitchell Santner, Blair Teckner.