IND v NZ, 3rd ODI: Rain forces match to be called off

Finn Allen and Devon Conway had a 97run opening stand to get New Zealands chase of 220 against India start on a bright note Pacer Umran Malik broke it by taking out Allen but rain forced the third and final ODI between India and New Zealand at Hagley Oval on Wednesday to be called offWhen rain arrived New Zealand were at 1041 in 18 overs and DLS calculations showed that they were ahead by 50 runs But to constitute a full match 20 overs were needed to be completed in the second innings But with rain washing out the prospect of playing out remaining two overs for a result New Zealand clinched the series 10In this tour three out of six matches were washed out due to rain and one ended in a tie because of rain Only two matches were played in full one in T20Is and other one being ODI series opener India won the T20I series by the same scoreline as New Zealand clinched the ODI seriesIn chasing 220 Allen and Conway started cautiously adding only 34 in the first eight overs as Deepak Chahar and Arshdeep Singh kept them in check Allen though was more aggressive of the two getting some boundaries as Conway took time to find his grooveAlso Read Washington Sundars 51 carries India to a modest 219 against New ZealandConway then singlehandedly upped the ante in the 10th over when he struck four boundaries off Chahar with a straight drive being the pick of the shots Allen also teed off when he used Umran Maliks pace in the next over to hit backtoback boundariesAllen got his fifty when he hit a flatbatted six over longoff off Washington Sundar After pulling Malik through fine leg in the 17th over Allen tried to reach out to a short ball but toeended the cut to cover ending the 97run opening partnership as he fell for 57Conway then pulled Arshdeep through deep midwicket before rain put a pause on the proceedings not for the first time in this series Earlier allrounder Sundar slammed his maiden ODI fifty to carry India to a modest 219 in 473 overs If not for his fifty India would have ended up at a much lower scoreOn a pitch where there was a lot of grass and lateral movement and with overcast conditions Indias innings never really got going till Sundar stood up and applied himself to hit five fours and a six in a 64ball knock to take the visitors past 200markApart from him Shreyas Iyer also played a handy knock of 49 as rest of the batters struggled and perished to a disciplined bowling show by New Zealand For the hosts Daryl Mitchell being used as the fifth bowler was a masterstroke picking 325 in his seven oversAdam Milne coming in for spinner Michael Bracewell got three wickets for 57 runs in his ten overs Tim Southee picked two scalps while Matt Henry despite being wicketless gave away just 29 runs in his very effective ten oversAfter a delay of 15 minutes New Zealand captain Kane Williamson made it a hattrick of winning tosses and put India into batting first for the third time in the series On a pitch with green tinge Southee and Henry found enough movement to keep Shikhar Dhawan and Shubman Gill in checkThough Dhawan hit a six and three boundaries by dancing down the pitch to negotiate the movement on offer Gill was off the mark on his 12th ball Though Gill hit Milne for backtoback welltimed boundaries the pacer had the last laugh as the righthander chipped straight to square legIyer dazzled with his early drives and had a huge slice of luck when Milne dropped his catch at third man He then brought out wellcontrolled pulls and cashed on the width with some fierce cuts through the offsideBut he was losing support from the other end as Dhawans ploy to use his feet resulted in him chopping on to his stumps off Henry Rishabh Pant whacked two boundaries on the legside but miscued a pull off MitchellSuryakumar Yadav edged off Milne to slip and when Iyer miscued his loft off Lockie Ferguson India were in a real spot of bother It increased when Deepak Hooda fell while trying to take on a short ball leaving India at 1416But Sundar went about his innings with flick and gentle push past midon to collect a brace of boundaries As Southee erred in his line he was quick to pounce on it to place the pull through midwicketHe was also aided by Chahar hitting Mitchell for two huge sixes though he holed out to him Sundar was serene in his frontfoot drive off Ferguson and then smartly moved across to sweep past short fine leg off Mitchell SantnerThough Yuzvendra Chahal holed out to end 31run stand with Sundar Arshdeep slogged Southee over deep midwicket for six before being dismissed by Mitchell Sundar got his fifty by hitting Southee over deep midwicket for six before nicking behind off the pacer becoming the last man to fall for IndiaBrief Scores India 219 all out in 473 overs Washington Sundar 51 Shreyas Iyer 49 Daryl Mitchell 325 Adam Milne 357 against New Zealand 1041 in 18 overs Finn Allen 57 Devon Conway 38 not out Umran Malik 131 match abandoned due to rainThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed 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