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The past clip India played an ODI astatine the Holkar Stadium successful September 2023, the batters stole the show. Shubman Gill’s 104 and Shreyas Iyer’s 105 propelled the location broadside to 399 for 5 arsenic Australia was demolished by 99 runs (via DLS method), underlining the venue’s estimation arsenic a batting paradise.
Come Sunday (January 18, 2026), India volition anticipation for a akin script. Gill, present captain, and Shreyas, returning aft a superior injury, volition beryllium cardinal to the hosts’ plans successful the decider against a assured New Zealand.
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The bid has been a choky one. In the opener astatine Vadodara, Virat Kohli’s well-crafted 93 ensured India crossed the line. However, the contention exposed the frailties successful the Men successful Blue’s bowling section arsenic the Black Caps posted 300 for eight. Seasoned spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav person failed to find their rhythm. Given the tweaker’s inability to strike, left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh could beryllium included for the important encounter.
In the Rajkot game, the Kiwi bowlers maintained impeccable lines and lengths aft the visitors opted to tract first. Medium-pacer Kristian Clarke ran done the top-order, dismissing Rohit Sharma, Kohli and Shreyas earlier skipper Michael Bracewell and left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox applied unit successful the mediate overs. Bracewell and Lennox’s combined spell (20-1-76-2) strangled India and K.L. Rahul’s unbeaten 112 was the metallic lining arsenic Gill’s men finished with 284 for seven.
With the conditions easing nether lights, Will Young’s fluent 87 and Daryl Mitchell’s sensational unbeaten sound of 131 powered the Kiwis location with 7 wickets and 15 balls to spare.
Confident bunch
The mode successful which the Black Caps person made runs volition boost their assurance heading into the decider arsenic they question their archetypal ODI bid triumph connected Indian soil. On the different hand, if the hosts get their enactment together, different location bid triumph is possible. With the Indore aboveground promising a run-fest, a thrilling finale is connected the cards.
The teams:
India: Shubman Gill (Capt.), Shreyas Iyer (Vice-capt.), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, K.L. Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Nitish Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Ayush Badoni.
New Zealand: Michael Bracewell (Capt.), Adithya Ashok, Kristian Clarke, Josh Clarkson, Devon Conway, Zak Foulkes, Mitch Hay (wk), Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Jayden Lennox, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Michael Rae, and Will Young.
Match starts astatine 1.30 p.m.
