India vs New Zealand 2016: Kohli's scintillating 150 guides India to victory in 3rd ODI

After losing two quick wickets in the form of Rohit and Rahane, Kohli and Dhoni built the Indian innings strongly, as Kohli scored a brilliant century. Captain MS Dhoni played a good supporting hand with useful 80 runs. The ODI series has come alive at one a piece and the teams are ready to battle it out in the third game at the PCA stadium in Mohali.

The Mohali pitch has always assisted seamers and once again looks to aid pace and seam with a green track on the offer.

India vs New Zealand ODI Series: 3rd ODI

Match Updates:

# Virat Kohli is the Man of the Match

# India beat New Zealand by 7 wickets to lead series by 2-1

# 150 comes up for Kohli; India need 1 run to win

# 250 comes up team India; inching closer to victory

# Virat Kohli scores brilliant hundred; completes 26 centuries in ODIs

# 200 comes up for India; need 85 more run to win 

# Henry dismisses Dhoni at 80 runs; Manish Pandey comes out in the middle

# Kohli breaches 3,000 run mark in ODIs played in India

# Dhoni now has the most number of sixes by an Indian in ODIs surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's 195 sixes

# Dhoni scores a brilliant half century

# MS Dhoni becomes 5th Indian to cross 9,000-run mark in ODIs

# India score past 100 runs; Kohli reaches half century

# 50 comes up for team India

# Dhoni comes to the crease at number 4 

# Second wicket fall for India; Rohit Sharma out at 13

# Kohli survives as Henry drops an easy catch 

# India receive first blow; Rahane out at 5 runs

# Rohit-Rahane gives India a steady start

# Innings break; Indian opening pair of Rohit-Rahane to starts the innings

# NZ inninings ends at 285 with Kiwi players bowled all out; Boult bowled by Bumrah in the final over.

# Neesham walks to pavilion at 57 after Yadav get rid of him

# NZ cross 250; Neesham hits half-century

# NZ reache the 200 mark; Henry-Neesham on the crease

# Umesh Yadav comes back strongly, gets rid of Southee

# Kiwis innings completely derailed 

# Mitchell Santner falls prey to Jasprit Bumrah's variation. 

# Jadhav breaks Kiwi resistance, sends Latham back to the pavilion 

# NZ lose 5th wicket, Ronchi gets stumped off Mishra's bowling

# NZ lose 4th wicket, Anderson departs early

# NZ lose 3rd wicket, Amit Mishra gets rid of dangerman Ross Taylor 

# NZ put 150 on board

# Latham scores a well compiled fifty, he has emerged as the most promising Kiwi batsman

# NZ put 100 on the board, Latham once again rebuilds the visitors innings

# NZ lose second wicket at 80, Jadhav gets rid of the NZ skipper Kane Williamson

# Skipper Williamson joins Latham at the crease

# Yadav strikes early, gets Guptill for 27

# Guptill and Latham to open for Kiwis, Yadav to start the proceedings for India

# India goes in with the same side, NZ has made one change. Neesham comes back in place of Devcich.

# MS Dhoni wins the toss, elects to bowl

Live Cricket Score: India vs New Zealand, 3rd ODI

India vs New Zealand ODI Series: 3rd ODI

Match Venue: PCA Stadium, Mohali

Match Timing: 1:30 (IST)

Umpires: Bruce Oxenford, Chettithody Shamsuddin

India: RG Sharma, AM Rahane, V Kohli, MK Pandey, MS Dhoni*†, KM Jadhav, AR Patel, HH Pandya, A Mishra, UT Yadav, JJ Bumrah

NZ: MJ Guptill, TWM Latham, KS Williamson*, LRPL Taylor, CJ Anderson, L Ronchi†, JDS Neesham, MJ Santner, TG Southee, MJ Henry, TA Boult