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Patna : India scored 296/7 in 50 overs in 3rd ODI against New Zealand (NZ) at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui, NZ, on February 11, 2020, as Lokesh Rahul scored 112 in 113 balls with 9 fours and 2 sixes, his 4th ODI ton, and Shreyas Iyer scoring 62 in 63 balls with 9 fours. NZ won the toss but opted to bowl.
Opener Pritvi Shaw made 40 in 42 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes while Manish Pandey scored 42 in 48 balls hitting 2 fours. Captain Virat Kohli fell to fast bowler Hamish Bennett for 9, his third successive failure in the three-match ODI series. NZ are leading 2-0 in the series.
Batting first, India lost the wicket of opener Mayank Agarwal at 8. Agarwal fell to fast bowler Kyle Jamieson for 1 making it 8/1. Virat Kohli fell to Bennett for 9 making it 32/2. Shreyas Iyer and Prithvi Shaw added 30 runs for the third wicket. Shaw was run out for 40 and it was 62/3. Iyer and Lokesh Rahul (wk) then added 100 runs for the 4th wicket. But, Iyer fell to pacer James Neesham for 62 and it was 162/4.
Lokesh Rahul and Manish Pandey then added 107 runs for the 5th wicket. Rahul fell to Bennett for 112 making it 269/5. Manish Pandey also got out at the same score. Pandey also fell to Bennett for 42 making it 269/6. Fast bowler Shardul Thakur fell to Bennett for 7 making it 280/7.
For NZ, Hamish Bennett took 4/64 in 10 overs while Kyle Jamieson and James Neesham took one wicket each.