In the third ODI match against New Zealand, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-vs-nz-2nd-odi-new-zealand-conditions-similar-to-those-we-will-encounter-at-world-cup-shubman-gill-23658881" rel="nofollow">Team India's skipper Shubman Gill</a> has won the toss and elected to bowl first at the Seddon Park in Hamilton.
Following the delay due to rain, the match has been shortened to 40 overs per side. The "Men in Blue" have made no change to their playing XI and will enter the clash with the aim of sealing the series.
After winning the toss, Team India's skipper Gill said, "We&rsquo;re going to bowl first. (On the preparations for the game after rain disrupted the previous day&rsquo;s plans) I mean hopefully the weather clears out a bit. We&rsquo;re gonna try to repeat our performances that we did well. Hopefully a little bit better with the bat today. (On the frustration of dealing with intermittent rain) Quite frustrating on and off. Hopefully, if there&rsquo;s rain it continues raining. If there&rsquo;s no rain, hopefully it stops. It&rsquo;s very difficult and challenging to come back on and then go off. We are playing the same team".
On the other hand, the "Black Caps" have made one change, where Matthew Fisher will come in place of Blair Tickner.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/ind-vs-nz-1st-odi-new-zealand-skipper-mitchell-santner-heaps-praise-on-rohit-sharma-virat-kohli-23658277" rel="nofollow">New Zealand's captain Mitchell Santner</a> said, "Yeah, it was, the rain obviously came yesterday afternoon. So we got a good, good training in yesterday. Yeah, I guess we&rsquo;re gonna have to do what we did the other day. Try and do a little bit better. But again, the pitch has been under cover for a little while. So it&rsquo;s probably going to do a bit. So we have to get through that. (On assessing the par score) Yeah, I think that&rsquo;s obviously an important part. I think one-day cricket, you usually think 300 is a good score. But I think probably 180 might have been a good score on that. But yeah, I think usually in one-day cricket the conditions can change a little bit going into the night, but there was still a little bit there for us, which was nice. And I guess today it&rsquo;s going to be one of those assessments pretty early. See what a good score is, see what a defendable score is. (You have been practicing seam up bowling instead of spin?) I did! It nipped all over the place (smiles). So might be an option today. (Team news?) One change, obviously Fish is in instead of Tickner. But yeah, similar makeup obviously, the four seamers. But they&rsquo;ll probably do majority of the bowling (smiles)".
<h2>IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: Confirmed Playing XIs</h2>
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (C), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Auqib Nabi, Arshdeep Singh, Gurnoor Brar.
New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Will Young, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (WK), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (C), Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Fisher.

IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: The "Men in Blue" have made no change to their playing XI and will enter the clash with the aim of sealing the series against New Zealand

IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: Team India win toss, opt to bowl first against New Zealand

IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: Match abandoned due to persistent rain in Hamilton

The "Men in Blue" have made no change to their playing XI and will enter the clash with the aim of sealing the series. On the other hand, the "Black Caps" have made one change, where Matthew Fisher will come in place of Blair Tickner

IND vs NZ 3rd ODI: Shubman Gill wins toss, elects to bowl first against New Zealand

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