India Women vs New Zealand Women 3rd ODI Live Updates: With the series currently locked at one-all, the third and final ODI today serves as the decider. Harmanpreet Kaur-led India took a 1-0 lead before New Zealand bounced back last week to make it 1-1. The hosts won the series opener by 59 runs. Batting first, India made 227-all out with debutant Tejas Hasabnis scoring 42 while Deepti Sharma 41. In reply, New Zealand were skittled for 168 in 40.4 overs.
New Zealand, who recently won the T20 World Cup, then pulled themselves on level terms with an emphatic 76-run win. Half-centuries from Sophie Devine and Suzie Bates drove the tourists to 259/9 before they bowled out India for 183.
Full Squads
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Thakur Singh, Radha Yadav, Meghna Singh, Devika Vaidya, Amanjot Kaur, Anjali Sarvani, Taniyaa Bhatia, Yastika Bhatia.
New Zealand: Sophie Devine (captain), Suzie Bates, Maddy Green, Lauren Down, Brooke Halliday, Katey Martin (wicketkeeper), Hayley Jensen, Jess Kerr, Fran Jonas, Hannah Rowe, Molly Penfold, Lea Tahuhu, Izzy Gaze, Georgia Plimmer.