New Zealand vs India 3rd ODI Prediction

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All-rounder Hardik Pandya is back in the India squad after being suspended for comments he made on TV. With Vijay Shankar - the man who replaced him in the squad - having had minimal impact on the two games so far, Pandya could come in to replace him. They were unchanged for the first two matches.

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Shikhar Dhawan has hit two half-centuries so far, with 75* and 66 in his two innings. Rohit Sharma hit 87 last time out, meanwhile, after sharing a 154-run opening partnership with Dhawan.

Sharma has now scored 672 runs in his last 10 ODI innings, while Virat Kohli has 694. The Indian captain hit three back-to-back centuries against West Indies in this format, and one century and one half-century against Australia.

MS Dhoni hit 48 from 33 balls last time out, meanwhile, to continue the form he had showed against Australia. A sluggish half-century in the first match was followed by two match-winning knocks - 55* in the second match and 87* in the third.

With the ball, Bhuvneshwar Kumar passed 100 ODI wickets in the series against Australia, while Yuzvendra Chahal took 6-42 in the final game and has followed that with two wickets in each of the first two games of this series. Kuldeep Yadav has taken four wickets in each game, meanwhile.

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India's resurgent ODI form continues - they have won their last four ODIs and have been in top form since a defeat to England in July.

Since the Joe Root-inspired defeat in England, India have won the Asia Cup - with Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan in top form with the bat. They bowled Bangladesh out for 222 on their way to win the final by three wickets.

Virat Kohli hit three back-to-back centuries against the West Indies, meanwhile, as India won the last two games to claim a 3-1 series win. In the fourth ODI, Rohit Sharma scored 162 in a total of 377/5 in a 224-run win, and they bowled West Indies out for 104 in the final game to claim a nine-wicket win in 14.5 overs.

The tours of Australia and New Zealand have followed. In the ODI series against the former, Virat Kohli's century and MS Dhoni's half-century levelled the series in the second match, before Yuzvendra Chahal's 6-42 helped bowl the hosts out for 230 in the decider - Dhoni leading the chase with 87* in a seven-wicket win.