IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli’s hundred goes in vain as New Zealand win in Indore to clinch ODI series
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IND vs NZ: Virat Kohli’s hundred goes in vain as New Zealand win in Indore to clinch ODI series Photograph: (AFP)
New Zealand beat India by 41 runs to win the Indore ODI and thereby conquer the series. The series win comes despite Virat Kohli scoring his latest ODI ton, as the former India captain could not prevent the embarrassment of defeat on home turf.
New Zealand once again gave India a reality check on their home turf as they beat the Men in Blue in the three-match ODI series 2-1 on Sunday (Jan 18). New Zealand beat India by 41 runs to win the Indore ODI and thereby conquer the series. The series win comes despite Virat Kohli scoring his latest ODI ton, as the former India captain could not prevent the embarrassment of defeat on home turf.
Daryl Mitchell smashed his consecutive century in the series. The right-handed batter hammered 137 runs off 131 deliveries, including 15 fours and one six.
Glenn Phillips played a superb knock of 106 runs off 88 deliveries, with nine fours and three sixes.
Towards the end, captain Michael Bracewell's unbeaten 28 off 18 deliveries, including four boundaries, guided New Zealand to 337/8 in 50 overs. With the ball, Arshdeep Singh (3/63) and Harshit Rana (3/84) scalped three wickets each for India.
The three-match ODI series is levelled 1-1, with India winning the first and New Zealand clinching the second.
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While chasing, an incredible lone warrior century from Virat Kohli and his 99-run stand with lower-order batter Harshit Rana, who scored his maiden ODI fifty, went in vain as New Zealand downed the Men in Blue in the third and final ODI at Indore to secure their first-ever ODI series win in India.
Kohli played a fighting knock of 124 runs off 108 deliveries, including 10 fours and three sixes. Harshit Rana scored 52 runs off 43 balls, with eight boundaries.
Nitish Kumar Reddy made 53 off 57 deliveries, along with two fours and as many sixes as India were bundled out for 296 in 46 overs, and lost the contest by 41 runs.
Kristian Clarke (3/54) and Zakary Foulkes (3/77) were the pick of the bowlers for New Zealand, while Jayden Lennox bowled an impressive spell of 2/42.
