IND vs NZ Dream11 Prediction, 3rd ODI, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Injury Updates, Pitch Report for New Zealand tour of India 2026
India is set to face New Zealand in the 3rd ODI match of the New Zealand tour of India 2026 at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Sunday, January 18.
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In the 3rd ODI match of the New Zealand tour of India 2026, India (IND) is set to face New Zealand (NZ). India performed brilliantly in the first game of this series. However, they lost the 2nd game by 7 wickets. Batting first, India scored 284 runs in the last game with the help of KL Rahul’s brilliant century. However, in bowling, India didn't perform well. Kuldeep, Harshit Rana, and Prasidh Krishna took a wicket each.
On the other hand, New Zealand bounced back in the second game after losing the first. Chasing a target of 285, Daryl Mitchell scored a brilliant hundred, due to which New Zealand easily won the 2nd match of the series. However, 3rd match will be the series decider, so both teams want to win it at any cost.
Match Information
India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI
New Zealand tour of India, 18 Jan 2026, Sun, 1:30 PM IST, Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Match Starts In
00:15:21:31
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Broadcast
Fancode
Live Stream
Fancode
Weather Report
Haze
20.1°C
64% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
India
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill (C), Virat Kohli, S Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), RA Jadeja, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, H Rana, KL Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Bench : Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, DC Jurel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, A Badoni
New Zealand
Devon Conway, HM Nicholls, WA Young, DJ Mitchell, Mitchell Hay (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell (C), JA Clarkson, KA Jamieson, Zak Foulkes, Adithya Ashok
Bench : NF Kelly, Kristian Clarke, MD Rae, Jayden Lennox
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
60%
Pace Bowling
40%
Spin Bowling
67%
Batting Pitch
286
Average Score
33%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Virat Kohli IND | BAT
Virat Kohli is the best ODI cricketer of this generation. He has performed well in recent matches. Furthermore, he has scored 577 runs in his last 10 matches. Fans will be expecting a brilliant innings from him in this match.
Daryl Mitchell NZ | ALL-ROUNDER
Daryl Mitchell is an excellent middle-order batter who played many outstanding innings for his team. Moreover, Daryl has scored 131 runs in the last match.
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Mitchell Hay
NZ | WK
Ravindra Jadeja
IND | ALL
Teams will be updated after Toss
Last Updated On - Jan 17 2026 8:24 PM
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