Get highlights of India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI here Updated: Oct 29, 2017 22:22 IST Virat Kohli-led India beat New Zealand by six runs in Kanpur to win the three-match series 2-1. Thank you for joining us. They challenged us in all three games, and forced us to play our best in every game. Credit to the skill and character they possess. Congratulations to them for playing that way. There was dew too, just glad the boys pulled through. Happy how we played through this series. We had to be at our best to win. I was watching the pre-match analysis where they said my head was falling off, so I worked slightly on it. The quickly you rectify, the better it is. I enjoyed playing today in Kanpur, have good memories personally. Credit to Kohli and team, they were the better team, although by just a little bit. Lots of promising signs from our end. Losing from this close is frustrating, but good signs. The surface was good throughout, and the team that played better on that day won the games in this series. But against these guys, you have to be at your best to cross the line. Coming over here is tough but for us it was to stay in the game as deep as possible. The score India posted was really good, and the fact that we got really close was good. The openers played well, and we probably left a little too much for the end. Great to be part of this series. If you try to complicate, then lot of things happened. Stayed calm, and job was to execute. I should have probably gone to the stumps and broken it on the Latham wicket , but decided to throw it down anyway. I was just focusing on ball-by-ball and kept expectations of people away. India clinch thriller by six runs, win series 2-1. And Bumrah strikes, removes Santner. New Zealand need 12 off 2. New Zealand need 14 off 4. New Zealand need 15 off 5. New Zealand need 15 off 6. Bumrah to bowl the final six balls. Full-toss from Bhuvi and Santner just manages it to clear the long on boundary. Wicket of Tom Latham and just five runs off it. New Zealand need 25 off 12. But is it too late? Gets rid of Nicholls. Colin de Grandhomme is the next man in. New Zealand are 35 off 24. New Zealand need 50 off 30. Needs to stay till the end. New Zealand need 66 off 42. Wrong decision from Kohli to bring in Jadhav. New Zealand need 78 off 48. Ross Taylor c Kedar Jadhav b Bumrah 39 47. Henry Nicholls is in at No. New Zealand need 91 off 60. Length ball from Bhuvi, outside off, Latham just helps it past the backward point region. New Zealand need 99 off 66. Moves to 38 off just 29. New Zealand need 101 off 72. Dew is making it difficult for the Indian bowlers. Seems all too easy for the Kiwis currently. Short and wide from Pandya and Latham slashes it past the point region. Gentle half-volley from Pandya and the New Zealander times it straight down the ground. Advantage India if they can get him in the next 3-4 overs. And just what India need at this stage. Chahal strikes again, removes Williamson. Tom Latham is in at No. Follow live score 19:21 hrs IST: WICKET! And the leggie strikes, gets rid of the danger-man Munro. Much needed breakthrough for the hosts. Ross Taylor is the next man in. Tossed up from Jadhav and Munro sweeps it over mid-wicket for a maximum. New Zealand well on course now. Pure class from the NZ skipper! Can he lead his side to a historic series win? Flighted delivery from Chahal and Williamson slog sweeps it over mid-wicket for a boundary. This is the second highest score for Williamson in 13 innings in India. Needs to hang in till the end. Yuzvendra Chahal comes into the attack. Fullish delivery from Axar, Munro steps out and hits it straight down the ground. Another great over for India, Jadhav gives away only two runs. Spin from both ends now. Kedar Jadhav to bowl his offies. By no means, 337 looks safe here. One or two big partnerships and the Kiwis could be successful in doing what South Africa did in 2015. Hardik Pandya comes into the attack. With this, he becomes the second fastest Indian to 50 ODI wickets. Poor cricket from Guptill, there was no need of that shot given how Munro has played so far. Bhuvi clearly under pressure after that costly first over. Stand and deliver from Guptill. Too short from Bhuvi and he punches it through the cover point region. Length delivery from Bumrah, Munro comes down the track and lofts it over mid off. At first, Munro flicked a length delivery over mid-wicket for a maximum and then smacked consecutive boundaries. Four overthrows from Kohli added insult to injury for the hosts. Will take some effort from NZ to chase it down. Short delivery from Southee and Jadhav smashes it over backward square leg for a maximum. Kedar Jadhav comes to the crease. Slower delivery from Southee and Kohli hammers it in the gap between deep mid-wicket and long on. But he stopped near the square leg umpire and kept waiting for someone to come and take him out of the ground. Can they get past 350? Too short from Milne and Dhoni pulls it away to deep backward square leg boundary. H Pandya c Southee b Santner 8 6. In walks MS Dhoni at No. The partnership has been broken. Rohit falls to Santner as Southee completes a neat catch at long off. Hardik Pandya is the next man in. Slower delivery from Southee and Rohit smacks it over extra cover. Another 200 coming up? This is extraordinary stuff from Kohli. Too full from Santner, the Indian skipper dances down the track and hits it over long off. Becomes the fastest to 9000 ODI runs, surpasses AB de Villiers, who achieved the same in 205 innings. Half-volley from de Grandhomme and Kohli slams it over mid off. Both batsmen are toying with the Kiwi bowlers. Juicy full-toss from Boult and Rohit hits it over long off and then deposits one over deep extra cover. Slightly short from Milne and Rohit pulls it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Colin de Grandhomme comes back into the attack. Overpitched delivery from Southee and Kohli drives it to the right of the fielder at covers. Cometh the hour, cometh the champion! Too full from Santner and Rohit creams it over long on for a maximum. This is the 12th 100 plus stand between Kohli-Rohit, putting them behind only Tendulkar-Ganguly 26 and Tendulkar-Sehwag 13 in Indian cricket. New Zealand in desperate need of wickets here. Colin Munro comes into the attack. Cross seam delivery from Milne, outside off, Rohit slashes it away past the point fielder. Outstanding batting from two of the best of this generation. Works a back of a length delivery to third man to reach the landmark. Here comes another change in bowling - Trent Boult. Overpitched from de Grandhomme and Rohit lofts it over mid-off. Short ball, Rohit stays in the crease and he pulls it over square leg. Short and wide from de Grandhomme and Rohit cuts it powerfully past the point region. Moves to 57 with that. Needs to keep going. Generates some sharp turn and bounce. At first, Rohit sweeps a delivery down leg past the short fine leg fielder. The last ball, Rohit waits and cuts it past the backward point fielder. Poor length from de Grandhomme, too short, Rohit pulls it easily to backward square leg boundary. Two runs off the next two balls. The only thing not needed is a run-out. India need 2-3 big overs here. He dismissed Kohli in the second ODI. Touch short from Adam Milne and Rohit will not miss those. Gets into position well and pulls it over mid-wicket for a maximum. As good as it gets! The NZ seamer follows it up with two dots. The hosts need to get anything around 320-330 to put pressure on the Kiwis. The dew factor could very well play its part in the second innings. Flicks a good length ball through mid-wicket for his first boundary. Sign of things to come? Just what New Zealand would have wanted at this stage. Good length delivery from Southee, Dhawan looks to loft it over long-off but the extra bounce does the trick. Ends up hitting it towards mid off and Williamson does the rest. Rohit still a bit cautious while facing the left-arm paceman. This is excellent stuff from Dhawan. Length ball from Boult, the Indian opener steps out and drives it through the covers. Attempted bouncer from Southee, Rohit adjusts well and helps it to third man boundary. Only one run off the next two deliveries. Five dot balls from Boult and the Indian smacks a good length delivery through covers to deny Kiwi paceman a maiden. Can the Mumbaikar get a big one today? Nothing much wrong with the delivery, good length outside off, Dhawan cuts it late and really well to the wide of the backward point fielder. Boult finishes the over with a dot. He took a four-wicket haul in the Wankhede ODI. Shortish delivery from Southee, width on offer too, Rohit slashes it over point for his first boundary of the day. The NZ seamer follows it up with a wide and a dot. Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma make their way out in the middle, and so do the Kiwis. Tim Southee to start the proceedings. Had a day off. Mostly, the team that wins the toss will look to bowl. In the last 10 ODIs at this venue, India have lost only three. At the Wankhede, they were great. At Pune, they struggled. How will the Kiwis fare in Kanpur? In what was the 500th Test for India, they easily blew away New Zealand at Green Park and established a blueprint of dominance. On three occasions, New Zealand headed into the final game level but they lost the decider. Will 2017 be any different? This could be the last time that the stadium hosts a limited-overs game. Mostly, the ODIs and T20Is might be played at the new Ekana stadium in Lucknow. For the fourth time, a series between these two teams has gone to a decider. Who will hold their nerve? The match is all set to begin shortly. This is the first Day-Night encounter in Kanpur and it could also probably the last international encounter at this venue, in the shorter format, as the action is likely to shift to Ekana International cricket stadium in Lucknow. For New Zealand, this is a sense of deja-vu. This is the fourth time that they will play a series decider in an ODI bilateral series against India. In 1995, 1999 and 2016, they had leveled the game heading into the final match but they have lost on all three encounters. India have demonstrated their ability bounce back after suffering a loss in the Wankhede ODI. Virat Kohli needs 83 runs more to become the fastest batsman to reach 9000 ODI runs. First Published: Oct 29, 2017 11:27 IST.
