Live Cricket Score: India v New Zealand, third ODI, Indore

Yet another clean-sweep!

In what turned out to be a run-fest at the Holkar Cricket Stadium, the 212-run opening stand between Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, alongside Shardul Thakur's all-round effort helped India clean-sweep the three-match ODI series versus New Zealand 3-0. The visitors managed 295 in pursuit of a monstrous target of 386.

New Zealand needed a quick start but they didn't get one as Finn Allen chopped Hardik Pandya's short of a length ball onto the stumps; paying the price for hanging back in the crease. Devon Conway (100-ball 138) and Henry Nicholls, though, counter-attacked with a 106-run second wicket stand. The duo brought out the scoop, pull, slog-sweep, alongside using their feet to put some pressure back on the Indian bowlers.

Just in the nick of time, Kuldeep Yadav trapped Nicholls in front with the skidder. Despite losing his batting partner, Conway continued to play with freedom, bringing out the slog-sweep, reverse sweep and occasionally chipping down the track to counter Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. At 184 for 2, in 25 overs, New Zealand were very much in the hunt. But Thakur bowled a game-breaking spell to put India in pole position.

Thakur employed the cross-seam short ball to remove both Daryl Mitchell and the dangerous Glenn Phillips. He also dismissed Tom Latham with an attempted knuckle ball. In the 32nd over, New Zealand were dealt a hammer blow as they lost their centurion, Conway, chipping Umran Malik to Rohit at midwicket. Michael Bracewell (26) and Mitchell Santner made useful contributions but the duo couldn't repeat their heroics from the first ODI as the visitors were eventually bowled out in the 42nd over.

Conway too falls

Devon Conway too has been dismissed. End of a splendid knock. The southpaw flicked one from Umran midwicket where Rohit pouched the catch. Michael Bracewell then was stumped off Kuldeep Yadav.

India just three wickets away from clean-sweeping another series.