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Mount Maunganui, February 11: Henry Nicholls and Colin de Grandhomme smashed match-winning fifties as a dominant New Zealand side crushed India by five wickets in the third and final ODI here at Bay Oval on Tuesday (February 11) to consign the visitors to a humiliating 3-0 defeat.
This was the first occasion when Virat Kohli faced the humiliation of a clean sweep at the hands of his opposition.
Chasing a target of 297, the hosts looked in control for the most part of the run chase and cruised home with 17 balls to spare. Nicholls was adjudged the man of the match for his impressive knock of 80.
De Grandhomme, however, deserved the credit for finishing the game for his team as he and vice-captain Tom Latham ensured the tourists were always in control despite suffering a mini-collapse in the middle order. De Grandhomme (58* off 28 deliveries) first notched up a fifty off 21 deliveries and also hit the winning runs for his team.
Earlier in the day, KL Rahul slammed an imperious century while coming in to bat at number five. Rahul along with Shreyas Iyer (62) helped the tourists post a respectable 296/7 in stipulated 50 overs after the tourists were invited to bat first.
Prithvi Shaw (40) and Manish Pandey (42) also played some fine knocks but the former should have converted the good start into a big score to help India post a huge total on a track where batting seemed easy.
Bowlers, however, were the major let down for India as barring Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravindra Jadeja none of them were effective enough in putting the hosts on the backfoot in the run chase.
Here's how the 3rd ODI between India and NZ panned out at Mount Maunganui:
This is the first time that India have lost a three-match bilateral ODI series 0-3.
A big reason for Team India's dismal show in the series.
Jasprit Bumrah's average Bowling Impact in this series was -11.6.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) February 11, 2020
That's the worst figure he has ever recorded in an ODI series or tournament. #NZvIND
Done and dusted! New Zealand beat India by 5 wickets and with this win they've clean swept the series 3-0. This is a humiliating series defeat for Kohli & Co.
Fewest balls to 50 vs India (ODI): 18 G Maxwell Bengaluru 2013 20 Shahid Afridi Kanpur 2005 21 D Marillier Faridabad 2002 21 C de Grandhomme Mount Maunganui 2020 *
Fifty! Colin de Grandhomme brings up a sensational half-century. He took just 21 balls.
New Zealand are 273/5 in 45 overs. They need 24 more runs to win from 30 deliveries.
52-run partnership between De Grandhomme and Latham. The hosts are in control.
New Zealand reach 265-5 44 overs. They are in cruise control.
0,4,0,1,6,4! 15 runs came from that Shardul Thakur over and Colin de Grandhomme has eased the pressure off his team's shoulders. NZ - 255/5 in 43 overs.
Wicket! Jimmy Neesham (19) gives a simple catch to Virat Kohli at short mid-wicket. Chahal gets another wicket and NZ reach 220/5 in 39.3 overs. This wicket will certainly put the hosts under some pressure. The reaction from Kohli after taking the catch was priceless.
After 37 overs, New Zealand reach 207/4. They might have lost Taylor and Nicholls in quick succession but the hosts still look in control in this run chase.
Four! Backfoot punch from Tom Latham towards cover off Jadeja and the batsman gets a boundary.
SIX!! Jimmy Neesham takes the aerial route as he hits Shardul Thakur over point for a maximum. New Zealand reach 199/4 in 35 overs.
Wicket! Dangerous looking Henry Nicholls (80) goes for a drive off Shardul Thakur and KL Rahul doesn't make any mistake to catch this one. NZ - 189/4 in 32.5 overs.
India clawing back into match with wickets of Williamson, Taylor and Nichols. Top order gone. With all-rounders Grandhomme and Neesham in the side, New Zealand bat deep. But Kohli will sniff a chance. Bumrah, wicketless in the series yet, is the man he'll look to pull this off
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 11, 2020
Wicket! Ross Taylor (12) gives a simple catch to Virat Kohli at cover. Jadeja gets his first wicket of the match. NZ - 186/3 in 31.5 overs.
New Zealand are cruising at the moment as they've reached 180/2 in 31 overs. Nicholls - 79* & Taylor - 7* are present into the middle.
Wayward bowling from Saini as he concedes 11 runs from that over. New Zealand reach 170/2 in 29 overs.
Wicket! Chahal strikes again. Kane Williamson (22) gives a simple catch to Mayank Agarwal at short mid-wicket. Low catch from Mayank. Williamson was angry with himself after that soft dismissal. NZ - 159/2 in 27.2 overs.
Four! Henry Nicholls welcomes Yuzvendra Chahal with a boundary. NZ reach 147/1 in 25.1 overs.
Fifty! A boundary for Henry Nicholls on the last delivery from Jasprit Bumrah and he gets to his 11th ODI half-century.
New Zealand reach 120/1 in 20 overs. Williamson - 11* & Nicholls - 40* are present into the middle.
Bowled him! Yuzvendra Chahal bowls a beauty which Guptill (66) failed to read completely and the ball crashes through his gates. NZ - 106/1 in 16.3 overs.
Four! A brilliant boundary from Nicholls off Shardul and with that shot New Zealand get to 100 without loss in 14.3 overs.
Guptill vs Bumrah in white-ball cricket: Before this series: 53 balls | 50 runs | SR 94.40 | Four OUTS. This ODI series: 36 balls | 43 runs | SR 119.4
Lucky! Henry Nicholls survives a run out chance as KL Rahul failed to collect the throw from Manish Pandey. The batsman would have been a goner, had the wicketkeeper collected the ball.
Fifty!! Martin Guptill hits another maximum and with that shot, he also brought up his half-century in just 29 deliveries. Back-to-back fifties from the in-form opener.
Bright start for the Blackcaps in the run chase as they score 65-0 in the first powerplay. It has been an ordinary display of bowling from the Indians. NZ - 65/0 after 10 overs, need 232 more runs to win.
Chahal is introduced by captain Kohli in the powerplay and on the final delivery of his first over Nicholls gets a boundary. New Zealand - 57/0 after 8 overs.
Four! Brilliant drive from Guptill and he gets a boundary towards long-on. No one moved!
SIX!! Martin Guptill picks the length from Bumrah pretty early and dispatches it over long-on for a maximum.
