India vs New Zealand 3rd One Day Photos, Images - Gautam Gambhir is Man of the Match

India won the 5 match series by 3-0 with 2 matches to go after winning the 3rd one day easily by 9 wickets. Gautam Gambhir got another Man of the Match for his 2nd successive century of the series. Zaheer Khan took 2 wickets after returning from injury.

IND v NZL 3rd ODI Result - Gambhir's 2nd century helps India won by 9 wickets, won the series by 3-0

Gautam Gambhir's form continues as he hit successive century to help India won the third match by 9 wickets with 63 balls remaining and won the series by 3-0 with 2 games to go against New Zealand on Saturday, 4th December, 2010 at Baroda. NZL made 224/9 in 50 overs and IND made 229/1 in 39.3 overs.

New Zealand got a poor start as Zaheer Khan took the wicket of Brandon McCullum, both returns from injury and they lost regular wickets and struggling at 106/7 but Franklin 72* and Nathan McCullum 43 helps them to put a respecting total of 224/9. Zaheer Khan, R Ashwin and Yususf Pathan took 2 wickets each.

India again got a good start as Gambhir and Vijay 30 put 115 runs opening partnership and then with Kohli 63 put another 114 runs to seal the victory. Gautam Gambhir hit ceonsecetive century of the series with unbeaten 126 runs off 117 balls with 16 fours.

Match Summary:

New Zealand - 224/9 in 50 overs (Franklin 72, Zaheer 2-31, Pathan 2-27)

India - 229/1 in 39.3 overs (Gambhir 126*, Kohli 63*)

Toss - India, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Gautam Gambhir (India)

Result - India won by 9 wickets (with 63 balls remaining)

Series - India led the 5 match series by 3-0.

India vs New Zealand Third ODI Live Score at Baroda - INd v NZL 3rd One Day Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live scorecard with ball by ball commentary of the third one day international of 5 match series between India and New Zealand in a day game at Baroda from morning 9.oo AM IST.

India vs New Zealand 3rd One Day Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

IND vs NZL 3rd One Day Preview at Vadodra - India v New Zealand Third ODI Teams

Third one day international between host India and New Zealand will be played on Saturday, 4th December, 2010 at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara in a day game and timing will be 3:30 GMT, 9:00 IST. India leading the 5 match series by 2-0.

India will try to wrap up the series after dominated in the first 2 ODI's and with the return of Zaheer Khan their bowling will be improved but they will miss Sreesanth who took 7 wickets in 2 games has been rested for the remaining series along with Raina. Keeper Saha will have last game as he is replaced by Parthive Patel for the last 2 games and rested for the South Africa series. Saurabh Tiwari may get a chance to play in the middle order.

New Zealand desperately needing a win as they lost 7 matches in a row so far and hope hard hitter opener Brandon Mccullum will return for the remaining ODI's. Guptill and Stryris contributed in the last game but they have to perform as a team to win the matches.

India Playing 11 for 3rd ODI at Vadodra:

M Vijay, Gautam Gambhir (capt), Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Saurabh Tiwari, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddiman Saha (wk), R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel.

New Zealand Playing 11 for 3rd ODI at Vadodra:

Jamie How, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Kane Williamson, Daniel Vettori (capt), Gareth Hopkins (wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Andy McKay, Tim Southee