Indore: Enthused by winning the first two matches, the Indian team will go on the field against New Zealand (India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI Match) with the intention of a clean sweep in the third and final ODI cricket match to be held here on Tuesday, in which its middle-order batsmen Will try to do well.
India can make some changes in their bowling in this match due to their first name in the series. Opener Shubman Gill is in excellent form. He scored a double century in the first match and scored an innings of 40 runs in the low-scoring second match.
Skipper Rohit Sharma has also got off to a good start and would like to convert it into a big score. The Indian team will be well aware that despite having an unassailable lead in the series, only Gill and Rohit have been able to score runs so far. It is also a fact that other batsmen haven’t got enough opportunities so players like Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav will get a good chance to get some batting practice in match conditions.
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Virat Kohli is once again finding it difficult to play left-arm spinners. This charismatic batsman has been consistently dismissed by Mitchell Santner. Kohli, who scored three centuries in four innings before the ODI series against New Zealand, was dismissed cheaply in the last two ODIs as the New Zealand left-arm spinner exposed his weakness. When the World Cup is to be held this year, when will Kohli want to overcome this weakness as soon as possible.
In the absence of Shreyas Iyer, good innings were expected from Suryakumar but this batsman who made a splash in T20 failed in the first match of the series. Hardik is also not able to contribute enough in the middle order. India also have a T20I series against New Zealand later this week followed by a series against Australia next month and the team management may rest some players and give Rajat Patidar a chance to make his debut. Patidar has impressed with his performances at the domestic level. Changes can also be made in the bowling department and fast bowler Umran Malik and leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal can be kept in the team.
Indian bowlers had given New Zealand chances of scoring more than 300 runs after bowling out New Zealand for 131 for six in the first ODI but they did well in the second match in Raipur. Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami and Hardik have done well so far while the spinners have also played their part well. By winning this match, New Zealand will try their best to stop India from cleansweeping and will also want to boost their morale ahead of the T20 series. New Zealand is missing former captain Kane Williamson in batting.
New Zealand’s top six batsmen have scored 40 or more on only seven occasions in their last 30 innings. In their batting line-up, only Michael Bracewell has been able to make an impact so far. Apart from him, Santner also batted well in the first match in Hyderabad. The pitch at Holkar Stadium is known to be batsmen friendly and here the bowlers will have to work hard to contain the batsmen.
The team is as follows:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suryakumar Yadav, KS Bharat (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik.
New Zealand: Tom Latham (captain), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Satner, Henry Shipley, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner.
The match will start at 1.30 pm. (agency)