This game is anything but a dead rubber! Virat Kohli would hate to lose todayu2019s 3rd ODI against NZu2014 the last match of this seriesu2014 given Team Indiau2019s recent 5- 0 high in the shortest format 3rd odi: Preview Vimal Kumar sports@ mid- day. com Mount Maunganui: The last time India lost all the matches in an ODI series, Virat Kohli had not even made his Ranji Trophy debut.

In fact, only twice before ( in the West Indies, 1988- 89 and in South Africa, 2006- 07) and once at home ( against the West Indies, 1983) have India lost all matches in a bilateral series.