Sport

Kohli, Rohit smash tons as India edge past Kiwis by six runs to win ODI series 2-1

India came up trumps in a battle of nerves against a gutsy New Zealand to win the all-important third ODI by six runs and clinch their seventh successive bilateral series by 2-1 margin in Kanpur's Green Park.
Indian playes celebrate the wicket of New Zealand batsman Tom Latham during third ODI in Kanpur on Sunday. For the better part of the match, Indian bowlers dished out an ordinary bowling performance but bounced back in the death overs. | PTI
Indian playes celebrate the wicket of New Zealand batsman Tom Latham during third ODI in Kanpur on Sunday. For the better part of the match, Indian bowlers dished out an ordinary bowling performance but bounced back in the death overs. | PTI
PTI
Updated on: 
2 min read
New Zealand batsman Tom Latham plays a shot. The 338-run target was imposing but the visitors fought bravely through Colin Munro (75 off 62), Kane Williamson (64 off 84) and Latham (65 off 52) before being restricted to 331 for 7. | PTI
New Zealand batsman Tom Latham plays a shot. The 338-run target was imposing but the visitors fought bravely through Colin Munro (75 off 62), Kane Williamson (64 off 84) and Latham (65 off 52) before being restricted to 331 for 7. | PTI
India's Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates the wicket of New Zealand batsman Colin Munro . Chahal brought the home side back into the game, when he dismissed the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson (64) and opener Munro (75) back-to-back, thereby breaking the 109-stand for third wicket. | PTI
India's Yuzvendra Chahal celebrates the wicket of New Zealand batsman Colin Munro . Chahal brought the home side back into the game, when he dismissed the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson (64) and opener Munro (75) back-to-back, thereby breaking the 109-stand for third wicket. | PTI
The Kiwi pair batted with supreme confidence on a flat surface, especially Munro who was not afraid to switch hit and charge down against the spinners. It was also a knock of substance from Williamson, who had not fired in the series until Sunday night. | PTI
The Kiwi pair batted with supreme confidence on a flat surface, especially Munro who was not afraid to switch hit and charge down against the spinners. It was also a knock of substance from Williamson, who had not fired in the series until Sunday night. | PTI
The two had taken New Zealand to 152 for one in 24 overs, after loosing opener Martin Guptill for ten runs. | PTI
The two had taken New Zealand to 152 for one in 24 overs, after loosing opener Martin Guptill for ten runs. | PTI
India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill. Required to defend 15 runs in the final over, 'King of Death' Bumrah (3/47 in 10 overs) delivered yet again and conceded only eight runs in the 50th over. | PTI
India's Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket of New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill. Required to defend 15 runs in the final over, 'King of Death' Bumrah (3/47 in 10 overs) delivered yet again and conceded only eight runs in the 50th over. | PTI
Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma take a run. Sharma (147 off 138) and Kohli (113 0ff 106) conjured up classy hundreds to fire India to a record 337 for six after being put into bat. The destructive duo was in complete control ever since opener Shikhar Dhawan (14) departed in the seventh over and ended up with a record breaking 230-run stand off 211 balls.| PTI
Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma take a run. Sharma (147 off 138) and Kohli (113 0ff 106) conjured up classy hundreds to fire India to a record 337 for six after being put into bat. The destructive duo was in complete control ever since opener Shikhar Dhawan (14) departed in the seventh over and ended up with a record breaking 230-run stand off 211 balls.| PTI
Indian skipper Virat Kohli celebrates his century. The Delhi dasher began with two crisp boundaries off Southee, one through the covers and the next one a whip over midwicket. | PTI
Indian skipper Virat Kohli celebrates his century. The Delhi dasher began with two crisp boundaries off Southee, one through the covers and the next one a whip over midwicket. | PTI
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma celebrates his century as skipper Virat Kohli greets him. The Mumbai lad and his skipper became the first ever pairing to complete four double hundred partnerships in ODIs. Their spectacular showing also helped India comfortably beat the previous highest score at Green Park, 303 for five that South Africa made in 2015. | PTI
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma celebrates his century as skipper Virat Kohli greets him. The Mumbai lad and his skipper became the first ever pairing to complete four double hundred partnerships in ODIs. Their spectacular showing also helped India comfortably beat the previous highest score at Green Park, 303 for five that South Africa made in 2015. | PTI
After Sharma fell to a tired shot in the 42nd over, Kohli breezed to his 32nd hundred and his second in the series, with a single off Santner. He also became the fastest batsman to complete 9000 ODI runs. | PTI
After Sharma fell to a tired shot in the 42nd over, Kohli breezed to his 32nd hundred and his second in the series, with a single off Santner. He also became the fastest batsman to complete 9000 ODI runs. | PTI
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma bats against Kiwis in Green Park. The opener did look in fine form right from the time he slashed a gentle loosener off Tim Southee over point in the first over of the match. The stylish batter made 150 in its last outing against South Africa at the same venue, two years back. It was his first hundred in the series after failing in the first two games. | PTI
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma bats against Kiwis in Green Park. The opener did look in fine form right from the time he slashed a gentle loosener off Tim Southee over point in the first over of the match. The stylish batter made 150 in its last outing against South Africa at the same venue, two years back. It was his first hundred in the series after failing in the first two games. | PTI
india
Virat Kohli
New Zealand
Rohit Sharma
Third ODI
Kanpur
Green Park

Related Stories

No stories found.

X
The New Indian Express
www.newindianexpress.com