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Can India seal the series at Hamilton?
We predict that India will beat New Zealand.
| Tournament: | India tour of New Zealand 2026 |
| Format: | odi |
| Venue: | Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
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After losing the game by DLS in the second ODI, New Zealand is all set to save the series against India at Seddon Park, Hamilton, on 10th November from 7:30 am IST. India are currently in top gear, leading the series 2-0 and are on the verge of winning it for the first time since 2018-19.
India have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, winning both games through the DLS method. After bowling New Zealand out for 185 and securing a five-wicket victory in the opening ODI, India followed it up with a thrilling four-run win in Wellington. The Indian pace attack has dominated the series so far, dismissing New Zealand for under 200 in both matches. However, India's batting has also faced challenges, particularly in the second ODI, where they lost seven wickets while chasing just 135.
Excluding Daryl Mitchell, New Zealand's batting lineup collapsed against India in both games. They were reduced to 23/3 before Daryl Mitchell's fighting knock of 55, and Mitchell Santner's 31 helped them recover, with the pair adding 59 runs for the sixth wicket. This was New Zealand’s third consecutive loss in ODIs while India managed to win their 9th ODI (out of 14) of this year. This was also their 21st ODI win in New Zealand (47 ODIs).
NZ
185/10 in 40.2 4.59
NZ vs IND 2026
India beat New Zealand by 5 wickets (D/L) method143/5 in 22.4 6.31
188/10 in 44.4 4.21
WI vs NZ 2026
New Zealand beat West Indies by 1 wickets189/9 in 44.1 4.28
IND
185/10 in 40.2 4.59
NZ vs IND 2026
India beat New Zealand by 5 wickets (D/L) method143/5 in 22.4 6.31
Will Young and Tim Seifert will open the innings for New Zealand. Young scored 15runs in the first two games. He has 371 runs in 16 games played this year. Seifert topped the run-chart for NZ with 38 runs in the first ODI but went on a duck in the second. Henry Nicholls will come in at number three. Nicholls has 255 runs in 13 games played this year. He averages 31 against India while scoring 548 runs in 20 games. Overall, the top order averages less than 33 against India.
Daryl Mitchell once again scared India before getting out on 55. He will be the man India needs to keep quiet, having smashed 4 centuries and 3 half-centuries in the last 9 innings against India. He averages 85.5 against India. He will come in the middle with Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, and Mitchell Santner. Latham has scored 210 runs in 10 ODIs played this year. Phillips scored 30 off 51 in the first game. Blair Tickner ran hellfire on the Indian bowling attack with 34 runs in 23 balls (4 sixes).
Mitchell Santner will lead the bowling attack with Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, and Jacob Duffy. Santner has 6 wickets in the last 5 ODIs. Against India, his average is 56, though. Santner scored 31 in the last game. Jamieson has picked up 11 wickets in the last 5 ODIs. Against India, he has picked up 16 wickets in 9 ODIS at an average of 28. He can be the bowler to watch out for. Duffy has picked up 3 wickets in each of the two ODIs.
Key Players: Daryl Mitchell. Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson.
Mitchell Santner (capt), Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith, Will Young, Blair Tickner, Nathan Smith
India have been dominant in the ODI series, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead with consecutive DLS victories. Their pace attack has been the biggest strength, dismissing New Zealand for 185 and 134 in the first two matches. Gurnoor Brar has picked up seven wickets across the two games, including career-best figures of 4/30 in Wellington, while Anshul Kamboj has taken four wickets and maintained excellent control with the ball at an economy of 2.61 - the lowest among the bowlers.
Gill and Sharma will open the innings. Sharma scored 23 in the last ODI with 2 sixes. He now has 627 runs in 14 ODIs played this year. Though Gill went on a golden duck, he has scored 713 runs in the last 10 ODIs at an average of 101.86. Virat Kohli will come in at number three. In the last 14 ODIs, Kohli has 1009 runs at an average of 90 with 4 centuries and 5 half-centuries. He will be the batter to watch out for. In New Zealand, he has 677 runs in 15 games at an average of 52.
Shreyas Iyer will come in the middle with KL Rahul, Axar Patel, and Naman Dhir. Shreyas scored 45 in the first two ODIs. Rahul has 352 runs in 10 innings played here at an average of 81. He remained not out on 26 in the last game. However, India's batting remains an area of concern ahead of the third ODI.
Gurnoor Brar will lead the bowling attack with Anshul Kamboj and Arshdeep Singh. In the last ODI, Gurnoor Brar led the attack with career-best figures of 4/30, while Anshul Kamboj, Axar Patel and Auqib Nabi picked up two wickets each. Brar now has 21 wickets in 11 ODIs. Singh has 12 wickets in 6 games at an average of of 26 - the lowest among all. He picked up 4 in the first ODI.
Key Players: Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma.
Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer (vc), KL Rahul, Auqib Nabi, Naman Dhir, Gurnoor Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, Anshul Kamboj.
The weather in Hamilton is expected to be sunny on match days, with temperatures ranging from 1`7 to 21 degrees Celsius. Winds will blow from the southeast at 6-10 km/h. It is a batting-friendly pitch in the first innings.
The match will be played at Seddon Park, Hamilton on 10th November from 7:30 am IST. The venue has hosted 61 ODIs, with the average first-innings score standing is 229, 29 more than the second innings. New Zeland has 6 wins and 2 losses against India in 8 ODIs played at this venue.
Across 61 ODIS, teams bowling first have won 32 matches, while teams batting first have won 25. The team winning the toss should bat first. West Indies had scored 363 runs at this venue against NZ while batting first. In the last 2 games played between NZ and India at this venue, the team batting first has won both games.
New Zealand have now suffered 11 defeats against India in 2026, their most against any opponent in a calendar year, surpassing the previous record of 10 losses against Australia in 2005. This is also the first time since January 2019 that New Zealand have lost consecutive ODIs at home, with India being the opponents on that occasion as well. Interestingly, India scored 79.4% of their boundary runs square of the wicket in the second ODI, compared to New Zealand's 49.9%.
New Zealand's batting has been a major concern in the series, with the hosts getting bowled out for 185 and 134 in the first two ODIs. Daryl Mitchell's 55 in the second game remains their only half-century so far, while the top order has struggled against India's pace attack. Mitchell has scored 50-plus figures on 7 out of the last 9 occasions. But Duffy and Jamieson are the only two players supporting the team from the other end.
On the other hand, the Indian top four have averages above 50 and a strike rate above 115 in ODIs played this year. With 300-plus scores 4 times in their last 5 ODIs, including the 405-run chase against West Indies, they know how to win. There is no stopping Kohli. He has 1009 runs in the last 15 ODIs with 4 centuries and 5 half-centuries. Between 2021 and 2025, he was hitting a six every 183 balls. This year, it has gone down to 25.
We predict that India will beat New Zealand.
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