IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: Team India lost the ODI series 1-0 after winning the T20I series. This is not good news for Team India ahead of the ODI World Cup to be held in India next year. The hosts avenged their T20I series loss to India by clinching the three-match ODI series 1-0. Along with this, under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan, Team India had to face series defeat for the first time in ODIs. Had the match not been abandoned due to rain, it would have been New Zealand’s 14th consecutive win at home and their sixth consecutive win against India seemed almost certain. If the reasons for Team India’s poor performance in this match are reviewed, then many shortcomings will emerge. But we tell you about the mind game of Kiwi captain Kane Williamson, due to which the Indian batsmen could not show anything special.
Luck favors the Kiwi captain:
Team India’s luck also did not support in this series. In two T20s and three ODIs, only the captains of the host team won the toss. Light rain started on the ground before the start of the decisive match played on Wednesday. He saw help for the fast bowlers on the pitch. Keeping this in mind, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl first without delay. In all three ODIs, Williamson won the toss and decided to bowl first. At present, the rainy season is going on in New Zealand. In such a pitch, the bowlers get a lot of help in the initial overs, after that the pitch becomes easy. Kiwi fast bowler Adam Milne took advantage of this today. However, after 25 overs, there was no support for the bowlers from the pitch. But by then India had lost six of its big batsmen.
Milne was chosen over Bracewell:
In this match, Team India landed on the field without any change. Due to which Team India had to suffer. In this match, Indian team captain Shikhar Dhawan could not know the mood of the pitch. Team India landed on the ground with three spinners on a fast pitch. This mistake of Team India became the main reason for their poor performance. Team India should have included Sanju Samson in the team instead of Deepak Hooda. This would have given a lot of depth to India’s batting and the team would have been able to cross their score of 250 easily. But Williamson, the captain of the Kiwi team, did the whole match in his favor with the mind game. They decided to keep their second spinner out due to rain before the toss. Instead of Bracewell, he included Adam Milne in the team. With his fast bowling, Milne bundled out the Indian top order cheaply. In such a situation, Team India has been forced to face this situation due to its strategy in this match.
Kiwi opener’s stormy start after the bowlers:
Kiwi bowlers bowled very well in this match. After this, their openers also gave a bang to their team by batting tremendously. Chasing the target of 220 runs for Team India, the opener batsmen of the Kiwi team got off to a great start. The New Zealand batsmen, however, got off to a slow start. But despite this, he did not lose wickets in the initial overs. Finn Allen and Devon Conway came out to bat as the opening pair for the Kiwis. Both started their innings very cautiously. New Zealand were 15 for no loss after the first five overs. After this, in the next few overs, the Kiwi batsmen started batting furiously.
Source: newstrack.com”