India tour of New Zealand: India Vs New Zealand 3nd ODI Live Scorecard at Auckland, Jan 25, 2014.
Teams: India Vs New Zealand
Venu: Played at Eden Park, Auckland
Time: Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (01:00 GMT)
last five completed matches:
India: L L L L W
New Zealand: W W L W W
Pitch and conditions:
A beautiful sunny day is forecast in Auckland. The oddly shaped ground will be a challenge to defend, but New Zealand won't mind that the square boundary is longer than the straight one.
Stats and trivia:
1.R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma have played 72 ODIs each. Only Ajit Agarakar and Tim Bresnan are ahead of them on list of most runs conceded after 72 ODIs.
2. Rohit Sharma hit 20 sixes in the last three innings of the series against Australia. Since then his six off Kyle Mills in Hamilton was his first in six ODIs.
3. MS Dhoni is 130 short of reaching 8000 ODI runs. He has played 211 innings so far. Brian Lara, the third-quickest to the landmark, reached 8000 in 211 innings; he is also the fastest non-opener to the mark.
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