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Mitchell made 137, adding another stellar chapter to his remarkable late-starting international career, and Phillips hit 106 off 88 balls.<\/p>\n
The Black Caps then bowled out India for 296 in 46 overs despite Kohli\u2019s 54th ODI century and clinched the three-match series 2-1. <\/p>\n
New Zealand had lost all seven of their previous ODI series in India, a run dating back to 1988.<\/p>\n
The Black Caps registered their first ever Test series win in India with a 3-0 sweep in October 2024, and added another landmark success in this series despite being without several key players including Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner, Tom Latham, Rachin Ravindra and Jacob Duffy. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re the sum of all the parts and we really try to work together as a group – that\u2019s part of the Kiwi way,\u201d captain Michael Bracewell said. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just a small country from the bottom of the world and we try to work together to take on some of the bigger countries in the world.\u201d He added: \u201cWe really rally around there as a group and when things come like that, it\u2019s pretty special.\u201d <\/p>\n
New Zealand’s Kristian Clarke, second left, celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Virat Kohli.Source: AP<\/p>\n
India – the world\u2019s most populated nation with 1.4 billion people – are the top-ranked ODI side ahead of New Zealand. <\/p>\n
The in-form Kohli, who plays just the 50-over format after retiring from Test and T20 international cricket, threatened to pull off a remarkable chase in a 99-run seventh-wicket partnership with Harshit Rana, who made 52. <\/p>\n
New Zealand left-arm spinner Jayden Lennox returned figures of 2-42 from his 10 overs after Bracewell left the field with a calf injury and did not return. <\/p>\n
Mitchell led the team in Bracewell\u2019s absence, which also left New Zealand a bowler short.<\/p>\n
Zak Foulkes and fellow seamer Kristian Clarke took three wickets each. <\/p>\n
India slumped to 71-4 before Kohli hit back in an 88-run stand with Nitish Kumar Reddy, who made 53, and then with Rana. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe way Virat is batting, that\u2019s definitely a plus always,\u201d said India captain Shubman Gill. \u201cThe way Harshit has batted in the series, batting at number eight, it\u2019s not easy.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kohli struck 10 fours and three sixes in his 108-ball knock before he was caught off Clarke and walked back to a rousing ovation after his 85th international century. <\/p>\n
Centurions Daryl Mitchell and Virat Kohli catch up after the third ODI.Source: AP<\/p>\n
Earlier the in-form Mitchell picked up from where he left off after his match-winning 131 not out in the second ODI, which levelled the series at 1-1. <\/p>\n
Mitchell reached his ninth ODI ton with a single off Ravindra Jadeja before Phillips also brought up his hundred.<\/p>\n
Arshdeep finally dismissed Phillips caught behind to end the marathon stand and Mitchell soon followed, falling to Mohammed Siraj. <\/p>\n
Mitchell was named player of the match and series for his 352 runs in three matches.<\/p>\n
The hard-hitting right-hander has enjoyed an extraordinary rise in international cricket, having posted enormous numbers after debuting relatively late.<\/p>\n
In one-day cricket, he first appeared at age 29 (in 2021) and averages 58.47 from 59 games, striking at 95.72; with 12 half-centuries alongside his nine tons. He also averages 43.50 from 35 Tests, with five centuries.<\/p>\n
Since 2020, he is tied for the third-most centuries in ODI cricket, alongside Quinton de Kock and Babar Azam, trailing only Kohli and Shai Hope (11).<\/p>\n
New Zealand wobbled late in their innings, losing four more wickets but Bracewell hammered an unbeaten 28 off 18 balls.<\/p>\n
The teams next play five T20 matches in a final tune-up for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka between February 7 and March 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand overcame a valiant 124 by Virat Kohli to down India by 41 runs and seal their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1724,64,63,689,57608,5340,116758,222066,192330,1209,222067,46735,45901,222064,151589,31727,222068,214816,222065,17672,222069,11471,116753,2132,1736,12550,677,159408,222070,38711,38704,140751,10536,9687,12540,85,1210,18784,158194,60611,45885,2131,45883],"class_list":["post-422004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-brisbane-heat","tag-calf-injury","tag-daryl-mitchell","tag-fourth-wicket-stand","tag-glenn-phillips","tag-india","tag-indian-soil","tag-indore","tag-jacob-duffy","tag-jayden-lennox","tag-kane-williamson","tag-key-players","tag-knock-beforehe","tag-kristian-clarke","tag-landmark-success","tag-madhya-pradesh","tag-marathon-stand","tag-match-report","tag-michael-bracewell","tag-mohammed-siraj","tag-new-zealand","tag-nitish-kumar-reddy","tag-oceania","tag-sam-curran","tag-seal-theirfirst-ever","tag-series-victory","tag-series-win","tag-seventh-wicket-partnership","tag-shubman-gill","tag-sixers","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-sri-lanka","tag-steven-smith","tag-sydney-sixers","tag-three-match-series","tag-tom-latham","tag-virat-kohli","tag-zak-foulkes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}