The Black Caps then bowled out India for 296 in 46 overs despite Kohli\u2019s 54th ODI century and clinched the three-match series 2-1.<\/p>\n
New Zealand had lost all seven of their previous ODI series in India, a run dating back to 1988.<\/p>\n
The Black Caps registered their first ever Test series win in India with a 3-0 sweep in October 2024, and added another landmark success in this series despite being without several key players including Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner, Tom Latham, Rachin Ravindra and Jacob Duffy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re the sum of all the parts and we really try to work together as a group – that\u2019s part of the Kiwi way,\u201d captain Michael Bracewell said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just a small country from the bottom of the world and we try to work together to take on some of the bigger countries in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cWe really rally around there as a group and when things come like that, it\u2019s pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n
India – the world\u2019s most populated nation with 1.4 billion people — are the top-ranked ODI side ahead of New Zealand.<\/p>\n
The in-form Kohli, who plays just the 50-over format after retiring from Test and T20 international cricket, threatened to pull off a remarkable chase in a 99-run seventh-wicket partnership with Harshit Rana, who made 52.<\/p>\n
New Zealand left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox returned figures of 2-42 from his 10 overs after Bracewell left the field with a calf injury and did not return.<\/p>\n
Mitchell led the team in Bracewell\u2019s absence, which also left New Zealand a bowler short.<\/p>\n
Zak Foulkes and fellow seamer Kristian Clarke took three wickets each.<\/p>\n
India slumped to 71-4 before Kohli hit back in an 88-run stand with Nitish Kumar Reddy, who made 53, and then with Rana.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way Virat is batting, that\u2019s definitely a plus always,\u201d said India captain Shubman Gill. \u201cThe way Harshit has batted in the series, batting at number eight, it\u2019s not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kohli struck 10 fours and three sixes in his 108-ball knock before he was caught off Clarke and walked back to a rousing ovation after his 85th international century.<\/p>\n
Earlier the in-form Mitchell picked up from where he left off after his match-winning 131 not out in the second ODI, which levelled the series at 1-1.<\/p>\n
Mitchell reached his ninth ODI ton with a single off Ravindra Jadeja before Phillips also brought up his hundred.<\/p>\n
Arshdeep finally dismissed Phillips caught behind to end the marathon stand and Mitchell soon followed, falling to Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n
Mitchell was named player of the match and series for his 352 runs in three matches.<\/p>\n
New Zealand wobbled, losing four more wickets but Bracewell hammered an unbeaten 28 off 18 balls.<\/p>\n
The teams next play five T20 matches in a final tune-up for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka between February 7 and March 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Black Caps then bowled out India for 296 in 46 overs despite Kohli\u2019s 54th ODI century and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[5176,37600,77761,211694,211695,1406,209914,4923,63705,256,730,158695,12647,79339,16044,12863,79,104924,17289,16,15,9356,9642],"class_list":{"0":"post-704764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-and","9":"tag-black","10":"tag-caps","11":"tag-centuries","12":"tag-counterattacking","13":"tag-cricket","14":"tag-daryl","15":"tag-first","16":"tag-glenn","17":"tag-in","18":"tag-india","19":"tag-mitchell","20":"tag-odi","21":"tag-phillips","22":"tag-seal","23":"tag-series","24":"tag-sports","25":"tag-struck","26":"tag-their","27":"tag-uk","28":"tag-united-kingdom","29":"tag-win","30":"tag-zealand"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115917525044307077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}