New Zealand National Cricket Team vs India National Cricket Team Match Scorecard Live Streaming Details: India won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the third one-day international of the New Zealand tour of India at Holkar Cricket Stadium on Sunday, January 18, 2026. Both teams have won one match each in the ongoing three-match series. India won the first game in Baroda, while New Zealand bounced back with a win in Rajkot. The Indore match will decide the series. The live telecast of the match is available on the Star Sports Network. Fans can also stream the match live on the Jio Hotstar app and website.
Live Streaming Info: India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI
Match date: Sunday, January 18, 2026
Start time: 1:30 p.m. IST
Venue: Holkar Stadium, Indore
Toss time: 1 p.m. IST
Live telecast: Star Sports Network
Live streaming: JioHotstar
India made one change for the decider, bringing back left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh in place of Prasidh Krishna. Arshdeep had missed the previous two matches. New Zealand named the same XI that won in Rajkot.
India skipper Shubman Gill said the team decided to bowl first keeping the nature of the ground in mind. He said Indore is known for high-scoring games and felt chasing could be an advantage. “We're gonna bowl first. (On playing the series decider) That's what we spoke about, great challenge for us, New Zealand putting us under a bit of pressure, these are the moments that all the players wait for. (On this being a high-scoring ground) That is one of the factors why we decided to bowl first. I don't think there'll be much dew here, but looks like a pretty good surface and always good to have a score on the board and then try to chase it down. (Areas to improve) In the middle overs, we need to vary our lengths a little bit more and if we don't take wickets in the middle overs, it becomes very difficult to stop any target. So that will be one of the areas where we would be looking to improve. We've got one change, Arshdeep comes back in place of Prasidh,” Gill said.
New Zealand captain Michael Bracewell said his side would have preferred to bowl but was ready to adjust. He said the pitch looked good for batting and called the match a big chance for his team to win an ODI series in India. “We would have bowled first, but I think it looks like a good surface and I guess we're going to quickly shift to the mindset of batting first. That's right, it's a big exciting opportunity for us to win a series over here in one-day format. I think they've shown good temperament. They're getting used to international cricket and have made a good fist of it so far (on the new faces). With the series on the line you want to be able to do that stuff under pressure. So I'm looking forward to seeing how they go again tonight. No changes from the last game,” Bracewell said.
India vs New Zealand 3rd ODI Playing XIs
New Zealand (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Hay(w), Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Kristian Clarke, Jayden Lennox
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill(c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj