India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI, New Zealand tour of India, 2026 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, out Caught by Mitchell!! There's the killer blow! 130.9kph, pace-off delivery on a full length and Kohli's bat turns at the point of impact as he shapes to play the lofted drive. More height than distance. Mitchell settles under the skier to gobble it safely. End of a fantastic knock and he walks off to a standing ovation. Kohli c Mitchell b Kristian Clarke 124(108) [4s-10 6s-3]

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, no run, slower ball on a back of a length, dabbed to short third man

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, FOUR, slow and short, Kohli spots it and pulls it square of the man at 45. Back-to-back fours for Kohli

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, FOUR, 128.8kph, length ball, Kohli heaves it in front of square on the leg-side., Phillips dives to his right after running across from deep mid. He does well to flick the ball back in but his right shoulder was in contact with the rope at the same time

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, 102.5kph, full on the stumps, Kohli flicks through midwicket

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, fired outside off on a length, cut to deep point and the single has been taken on this occasion

Phillips to Kohli, no run, 94.2kph, quicker, shorter and wide of off, Kohli heaves it to deep midwicket. Another dot

Phillips to Kohli, no run, full delivery from round the wicket, Kohli comes down the track and knocks it to long-on. Doesn't take the single

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, 124.5kph, full toss, Kohli eases it to sweeper cover

Jamieson to Kohli, 1 run, 126.3kph, yorker length, Kohli squirts it towards midwicket and eyes two, gets sent back by Harshit Rana. Kohli sees the funny side of it and smiles

Jamieson to Kohli, 2 runs, 128.6kph, full on the stumps, flicked through midwicket for a couple of runs

Jamieson to Kohli, SIX, gift from Jamieson and Kohli accepts it happily. It's a low full toss and Kohli plays a lovely lofted drive for a 75m six over straight long-off. Holds his shape and times it beautifully

Jamieson to Kohli, wide, 103.2kph, slower ball bouncer outside off, Kohli jumps, slashes and misses. Richard Illingworth, the square leg umpire, deems it as a wide for height

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, 116.4kph, off-speed short ball, pulled to deep backward square leg

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, no run, 87.7kph, full ball, driven to the left of the bowler and he makes a superb stop with a dive to his left on his followthrough. In a high-scoring game, Lennox finishes with impressive figures of 2/42

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 2 runs, in the blockhole outside off and that's been squeezed through backward point for a couple of runs

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, low full toss, Kohli loses his shape as he drills it to long-on

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, no run, 88kph, on a length and just outside off, Kohli goes back to cut and finds backward point

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, a century for Kohli, his 54th in ODIs, the chase master is at his work once again, but he'll need to do a lot more if he's to drag India past the winning line - still, a moment to savour and he does - cheers from the Indore crowd as they celebrate the legend's superb innings here. Nurdled a length ball to the on-side and took the run, wanted a second and is rightly sent back - this is his 7th ODI hundred for him against New Zealand

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, slower short ball outside off - pulled through mid-wicket for a single, Kohli moves onto 99*

Foulkes to Kohli, 2 runs, low full-toss from Foulkes, punched back past the bowler and it needed a big dive at long-off to cut-off the boundary - Mitchell, the fielder

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, loopy wide full-toss and Kohli will feeel he missed out there - reached out and sliced a thick edge, needed a big dive from Jamieson to prevent the boundary

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, banged in short and at the stumps, pulled through mid-wicket for a single

Foulkes to Kohli, no run, back of a length and just outside off - steered to the left of backward point, there's a slight misfield, but they don't take the run

Foulkes to Kohli, FOUR, beautifully played, fuller length delivery outside off - Kohli gets forward and then drives it inside out over cover, bounces away to the ropes in a hurry

Foulkes to Kohli, no run, good comeback from Foulkes - yorker length delivery outside off and Kohli can't get under it

Foulkes to Kohli, SIX, classy, that's Kohli at his best - back of a length and at the hips, he gets inside the line, picks the length and flicks it into the stands at deep backward square leg, he's onto the 90s now

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, tossed up well outside off - Kohli gets down on the cross-batted sweep, drags it down to deep mid-wicket for a single, brings up India's 200

Phillips to Kohli, FOUR, hammered, dragged short by Phillips - Kohli rocks and smashes the pull past mid-wicket, bounces away to the ropes

Phillips to Kohli, no run, tossed up on off, Kohli backs away and chops it off the stumps, straight to the fielder at cover-point

Jamieson to Kohli, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - Kohli stays back on the drive through point

Phillips to Kohli, no run, flighted delivery on middle and leg - whipped straight to the fielder at mid-wicket

Phillips to Kohli, FOUR, lovely shot, fraction short and drifting onto the right-hander - Kohli swivels across and pulls it nonchalantly over deep backward square leg, one bounce and over the ropes

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, Kohli will play his shots now, comes down the track and drills it towards long-on, on the bounce to long-on

Jamieson to Kohli, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - punched square on the off-side for a single

Phillips to Kohli, no run, flighted delivery on off, punched back at the bowler who dives and makes the stop

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, Kohli comes down the pitch and drives it down to long-on for a single

Phillips to Kohli, no run, flighted delivery on off - Kohli backs away and chops it down to short third, wanted a run and is sent back

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, dropped short and wide of off - cut away square on the off-side for a single

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, no run, Lennox tosses one on the leg-stump line, pushed back at the bowler

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, tossed up on middle and leg, punched down to long-on for a single

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, 131.9kph, pitched up delivery, driven down the pitch, a single to long-on

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, 130.5kph, Kohli skips down the track, almost yorks himself and jams it to long-on

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, length ball, turned through square leg

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, 90.9kph, round the wicket, drag down and down leg, Kohli gets low to pulls to fine leg. He'll feel he's missed out there

Phillips to Kohli, no run, 87.2kph, clips this full ball to midwicket

Phillips to Kohli, no run, 90.7kph, over the wicket, fullish ball on off, Kohli blocks it back to Phillips

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, 89.5kph, round the wicket, leg-lined and Kohli nurdles it to backward square leg

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, over the wicket, non-turner on a length around the fifth stump zone, Kohli treks back to stab it to sweeper cover

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, 126.6kph, Kohli jogs down the track to push-drive this full length ball to the left of mid-off. Mitchell makes a sliding stop. 12 runs off the over

Foulkes to Kohli, 3 runs, fullish ball on leg and Kohli brings those wrists into play to flick it through midwicket. The man in the deep dives and flicks it back into play. The batters take three

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, 90.9kph, pad-lined again, tickled to fine leg

Phillips to Kohli, FOUR, 90.1kph, the line is down leg and Kohli tickles it fine with a nice little glance. Jamieson runs to his right in the deep and tries to stop it with his boot, in vain. He didn't dive as there's no grass in that region

Phillips to Kohli, no run, 89kph, round the wicket, fullish ball, clipped to midwicket

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, 88.9kph, over the wicket flighted ball and full in length, Kohli drives to long-on off the front foot

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, 128.5kph, driven through the cover region with a good positive stride

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, Kohli is on the walk to play a free-flowing drive to sweeper cover

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, 88.1kph, Kohli drives to sweeper cover

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, drilled to the right of extra cover who dives and half-stops. Fifty for Kohli with that single, his second this series

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, round the wicket, pad-lined and Kohli is happy to work it through square leg

Phillips to Kohli, 1 run, 89.2kph, leg-lined, worked with the spin to deep square leg

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, slow and full on the stumps from wide of the crease, Kohli makes room to drive hard. The man at cover - Nicholls - half-stops with a dive to his left

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, 84.5kph, full and that's been driven firmly along the ground to long-off

Mitchell to Kohli, 2 runs, nicely driven off the front foot. Hits it well in front of square on the off-side and Kelly (sub fielder) sprints to his right in the deep and slides to keep the batters down to two

Mitchell to Kohli, 1 run, 117.3kph, the line is marginally outside off and Kohli punches to sweeper cover

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, 84.8kph, more flight, full on middle-leg, Kohli gets forward to drive along the ground to long-on

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, 88.4kph, further full and Kohli brings his bottom hand into play to bunt it to long-on

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, 107.8kph, slower ball on a fullish length, knocked to long-on

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, 132.8kph, Kohli gets forward and across to on-drive this pitched up ball to long-on

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, 84.3kph, full and drifting in, Kohli opens the bat-face to push it wide of cover

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 2 runs, drives this fullish ball outside off to the right of sweeper cover for a couple of runs

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, no run, 89.8kph, comes in with the arm and Kohli plays for the spin. Luckily gets an inside edge that dies down on the on-side

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, no run, 129.3kph, clips this full delivery to midwicket

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, Lennox tosses one just outside off - punched down to long-off for a single

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, tossed up just outside off - driven down to long-off for a single

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - punched down to long-on for a single

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, no run, a big shout for LBW - umpire Richard Illingworth shakes his head, but New Zealand have reviewed. On a length and the ball hardly rose onto the right-hander, Kohli was playing back and the ball did flick the pad on its way to the keeper. But was there an inside edge on that? Nothing on UltraEdge, onto ball-tracking and the impact is outside off, so will stay NOT OUT. Was the slower cutter from Clarke and the ball hardly bounced onto the batter

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, on a length and at the stumps, punched down to long-on for a single

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, 1 run, Lennox tosses one on off, driven down to long-off for a single

Jayden Lennox to Kohli, no run, loopy delivery on the leg-stump line, driven straight to the fielder at mid-wicket

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - punched in front of square on the off-side for a single

Jamieson to Kohli, 1 run, back of a length and well wide of off - dabbed behind square on the off-side for a single

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, short of a good length and angling back into the right-hander - Kohli looks to dab and under-edges it past the off-stump

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, 1 run, on a length and angling into the pads, Kohli comes down the pitch and flicks it through mid-wicket for a single

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - defended off the back-foot

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Kohli - Clarke overcompensates and bowls one full and at the pads - Kohli brings the bottom hand into play and clips it stylishly past square leg

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, FOUR, crunched, Kohli runs down the wicket, makes room and then places the drive wide of extra-cover, was in the air, but it was well wide of Nicholls

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, no run, full and just outside off - a press forward as Kohli pushes it to mid-off

Kristian Clarke to Kohli, no run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped straight to the fielder at mid-wicket

Jamieson to Kohli, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Kohli wristily works it towards mid-on and is off for a quick single

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, Jamieson shortens the length outside off - Kohli was shaping for the pull and then adjusts to block it out

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, fuller length delivery and holding its line outside off, left alone

Jamieson to Kohli, FOUR, nicely played, Kohli is looking in good touch - full and at the stumps, he shuffles across, brings the wrists into play and whips it past mid-wicket for a boundary

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, short of a length and angling into the pads, Kohli shuffles across and clips it straight to the fielder at mid-wicket

Foulkes to Kohli, no run, short of a good length and well wide of off, stayed a fraction low and goes under Kohli's cut

Foulkes to Kohli, FOUR, beautifully played, too full and too wide from Foulkes - Kohli leans into a flamboyant drive, high elbow and a straight bat as he creamed it wide of mid-off

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, tad fuller and wider of off - driven to the right of cover, the fielder dives and gets a hand onto it, deflecting it wide of mid-off

Foulkes to Kohli, no run, on a good length and just outside off - a big stride forward as Kohli defended

Foulkes to Kohli, no run, fuller length delivery outside off - Kohli presses well forward and picks out cover with the drive

Jamieson to Kohli, 1 run, that was close, short of a good length and just outside off - Kohli was looking to force it off the back-foot and the inside edge rolls past the leg-stump

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, length ball outside off, defended back at the bowler

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, on a good length and just outside off - Kohli steers it down to third man for a single

Foulkes to Kohli, SIX, cracking shot, tad too short from Foulkes - Kohli swivels across, gets into a great position and then hammers the pull over mid-wicket for a massive six

Foulkes to Kohli, 1 run, on a good length and on middle, pushed to the left of mid-on and Kohli is off the mark with a quick single

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, on a good length and just outside off - dabbed with an angled bat to backward point

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, lovely, short of a good length and nipping away off the seam, brings Kohli forward and then goes past the outside edge

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, back of a length and angling across the right-hander - Kohli opens the face of the bat and runs it to the right of wide slip, the ball bounced well short though

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, on a good length and just outside off - Kohli prods across defensively

Jamieson to Kohli, no run, Jamieson shortens the length outside off - Kohli covers the line, lifts his bat and lets it go