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India look to protect home ODI record as NZ eye historic first series win

January 18, 2026

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo INDORE, Jan 17: India’s absolute dominance at home will come under examination when they meet a determined New Zealand in the decisive third ODI at the high-scoring Holkar Stadium here on Sunday, with the three-match series locked at 1-1. India have not lost a bilateral ODI series at home since March 2019, when Australia overturned a 0-2 deficit to win 3–2, including the decider in Delhi. But that history is now firmly on the line.

India look to protect home ODI record as NZ eye historic first series win

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For New Zealand, the context is equally compelling.
The Black Caps have toured India for bilateral ODIs since 1989 but have never won a series in India and this is arguably their best opportunity to break that barren run.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir would not like another tumbling at home under his regime after getting a number of unwanted firsts.
India lost five Tests at home under Gambhir apart from losing an ODI series in Sri Lanka for the first time.
India’s defeat in the second ODI at Rajkot was shaped less by one extraordinary innings than by how New Zealand seized control of the middle overs.

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