India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI: India go for the series at a sold-out Seddon Park as New Zealand lose Henry and Tickner

India can make sure of the one-day series in New Zealand on Tuesday, 10 November, when the India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI starts at Seddon Park, Hamilton, at 7.30 am IST, or 3 pm local time. Shubman Gill’s team are 2-0 up in the five-match series, so a third win would leave the hosts with no way back. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) says the ground is sold out.

The home side will be without two fast bowlers. In a squad update on Monday, 9 November, NZC said Matt Henry, hurt in a training collision with Devon Conway before the series, should target a return in the fourth game. Blair Tickner, who took a blow while batting in Wellington, does not have concussion, but because Matt Fisher replaced him in that match, ICC rules keep him out for seven days. Northern Districts seamer Kristian Clarke joins as cover.

Five New Zealand players leave after Hamilton

Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips and Nathan Smith are in the Hamilton squad but not in the one for the fourth game; they head to Wellington on Wednesday, 11 November, to prepare for the Tests. Lockie Ferguson, still recovering from a calf tear picked up in the T20Is, misses the last two ODIs.

Both of India’s wins came in wet weather. They beat New Zealand by five wickets at Eden Park on Wednesday, 4 November, and by four runs on the DLS method in Wellington on Saturday, 7 November, when Gurnoor Brar took four for 30. Their last visit to Seddon Park, for the fifth T20I on Sunday, 1 November, ended in a seven-wicket defeat before a full house, though India took that series 3-2.

Siraj waits, Tilak on the way

Hyderabad fast bowler Mohammed Siraj is yet to play an ODI on the tour. The BCCI sent him to India A for a four-day game with New Zealand A from 31 October, and when he rejoined the ODI group for Wellington, Auqib Nabi kept his place. Andhra all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy was named for the first ODI only and then joined India A at Lincoln for match practice before the Tests.

India’s squad changes after Hamilton. For the last two ODIs, at Mount Maunganui on Friday, 13 November, and Sunday, 15 November, the BCCI has named Shreyas Iyer captain and brought in Hyderabad batter Tilak Varma. Gill, KL Rahul and Anshul Kamboj, all in the Test squad, are not part of that group. Tilak then leads India A at the Rising Stars Asia Cup in Doha, where India play Nepal on Friday, 20 November. The first Test starts in Wellington on Thursday, 19 November, at 3.30 am IST.