India vs New Zealand ODI series finally ended with a historic win in Indore with New Zealand hitting India by 41 runs in the third and final match to win the series by 2 goals to 1. It was the initial instance that New Zealand have been able to win an ODI series in India.
New Zealand batted first and made 337 runs and 8 wickets. In the process, the Indians bowled out at 296, despite an excellent hundred by Virat Kohli who got 124 runs on 108 balls. It was his 85 th century world but this was not enough to rescue the match.
The first order in India floundered. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul had also been sacked inexpensively, and India was already in trouble. Kohli made a attempt to salvage the innings with the backing of Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana, but later the team ran out of the overs.
In the case of New Zealand, the game was altered by Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips, through an enormous partnership in the fourth wicket which totalled 219 runs. Mitchell with 137 and Phillips with 106 had scored the runs. Their performance rescued New Zealand after they lost some of their initial games and registered a substantial figure.
This loss also terminated the Indian undefeated record in ODI in Holkar stadium where they had been winning all the other matches. This triumph made New Zealand win not only the series in India vs New Zealand ODI, but this was also one of the greatest performances that the country has accomplished in Indian conditions.