India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI Match LIVE Update: The last match of the 3 match ODI series is being played between India and hosts New Zealand. In this match, the Indian team has set a target of 297 runs to win in front of New Zealand. KL Rahul has played a century in India.

In the last ODI of the series, New Zealand team captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl first. In such a situation, batting first, the Indian team scored 296 runs losing 7 wickets in the prescribed 50 overs. For Team India, KL Rahul scored 112 runs, Shreyas Iyer 62, Manish Pandey 42 and Prithvi Shaw scored 40 runs. Hamish Bennett took 4 wickets from Kiwi team, while Kyle Jamieson and James Neesham got one wicket each.

India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI Match Live scorecard

Indian innings, KL Rahul's century

The first blow to the Indian team after losing the toss and batting first, Mayank Agarwal was bowled in the second over of the innings. Mayank scored just 1 run. At the same time, captain Virat Kohli scored 9 runs and was caught out at the hands of Jamieson off Bennett. India got the third blow as Prithvi Shaw, who was run out after scoring 40 runs off 42 balls.

Shreyas Iyer completed his half-century in 52 balls. This is his third Fifty Plus score in this three-match series. However, on a personal score of 62 runs, he was caught by Degrandom off James Neesham. KL Rahul completed his century in 104 balls, which is the fourth century of his ODI career. KL Rahul was dismissed for 112 runs in 113 balls.

The sixth blow to the Indian team was in the form of Manish Pandey, who became a victim of Bennett by scoring 42 runs in 48 balls. The seventh blow fell to India as Shardul Thakur, who scored 7 runs and became a victim of Bennett. Saini's catch was caught by Digrandholm. Ravindra Jadeja and Navdeep Saini returned unbeaten by 8-8 runs for India.

A change in the Indian team

Indian team captain Virat Kohli has made a change for this match. Manish Pandey has been included in the team in place of all-rounder Kedar Jadhav. Meanwhile, the regular captain of the New Zealand team, Ken Williamson, is back in the team. The Kiwi team has undergone two changes. Mitchell Santner has been included in the playing eleven in place of Mark Champman, while Williamson has replaced Tom Blundell.

India's playing eleven

Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul (wicketkeeper), Manish Pandey, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Navdeep Saini and Jaspreet Bumrah.

New Zealand's playing eleven

Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson (captain), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), James Neesham, Coleen Digrandholm, Mitchell Santner, Hamish Bennett, Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southey.

The third and final match of this series is being played at Mount Mongui. The Indian team, which lost the ODI series after losing the first two matches of the series, would like to save the match in the series by winning this ODI match. However, earlier India had made a clean sweep of the host team in the 5 match T20 series.

The Indian team would also like to win this match, because after this, the two-match Test series between the two countries is to begin. In such a situation, Virat Kohli would not like the Indian team to enter the Test series with low morale. They can also make some changes in the team for this match. The first match of the two-match Test series will begin on February 21, while the second match will begin on February 29.