With a whitewash of New Zealand in the five-match Twenty 20 International (T20I) series, team India were high on confidence going into the ODI assignments. But two back-to-back defeats in the ODIs have brought the all-powerful Men in Blue back into the ground.

It&#8217;s not that Virat Kohli&#8217;s men have fared poorly in the ongoing three-match series, the fact is New Zealand have unlearned the mistakes from the T20I series and have hit the visitors with all their might to come on top in all the departments.

The Indian batters put on a top-class show of power hitting and posted a mammoth total of 347 only for the Kiwis to chase it with ease. The second match saw the touring bowlers ripped the New Zealand middle-order apart. But the home team&#8217;s bowlers nullified their efforts with a more aggressive approach against the star-studded Indian batting.

Though Kohli has already said that ODIs in this year, which will have a T20I World Cup later, holds little importance to him, he will definitely be looking to avert the embarrassment of a series whitewash. In order to avoid another defeat, India might bring some changes to the Playing XI.

Here are the players who can be introduced in the third ODI at the Bay Oval on Tuesday:

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-381357" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-and-Mohammed-Shami.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-381357" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

The run that Mohammed Shami is currently going through in all forms of cricket can well be the form of his life. In five white-ball matches in 2020, the pacer has already taken 9 wickets including two in T20Is against New Zealand. Also one must remember it was his heroics with the ball in the last over that helped India take the third T20I to a super over and eventually win it from a losing position.

Also, what was more baffling about Shami&#8217;s absence from the second ODI is the fact that he was the leading wicket-taker of 2019 in 50-overs cricket. Kohli needs to understand that he is India&#8217;s best wicket-taking option at the moment in limited-overs cricket and dropping him from a do-or-die match has come at a hefty cost.

And in India&#8217;s last ODI series against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/australia-womens-tri-nation-t20i-series-2020-qualification-scenarios-for-the-final-ahead-of-the-last-league-game/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia </a>before coming to New Zealand, he took the most number of wickets (7), at least two more than anyone. The 29-year-old must be replaced with Shardul Thakur who has done little and conceded more than 46 runs for a wicket.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-389301" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Manish-Pandey.jpg" alt="Manish Pandey" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-389301" class="wp-caption-text">Manish Pandey. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Another decision that has backfired for Kohli is to play Kedar Jadhav instead of Manish Pandey. The latter was at his colossal best in the T20I series, showing off his finishing skills and scoring the much-needed runs down the order.

If the first three T20Is against New Zealand, where he played just 18 balls and made 28 runs, displayed his ability to add quickfire runs, the fourth one showed his temperament as a batsman. With a collapse of the top-order, he not only steadied the Indian innings but guided it to a commendable total with his 36-ball knock of 50 runs.

He must be included in the squad in place of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/why-kedar-jadhav-and-not-manish-pandey-fans-question-after-india-lose-2nd-odi-against-new-zealand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kedar Jadhav</a> who has done a little with the willow so far. The hard job was already done when he took to the crease in the first ODI and he failed miserably in the second match. With the team chasing and all the best batsmen in the pavilion, he had an apt opportunity to show his class but he could only manage 9 in his innings of 27 balls on Saturday.

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-351141" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_361845.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-351141" class="wp-caption-text">Kuldeep Yadav. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)</figcaption>

The best invention of Virat Kohli has to be the spinning pair of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. Playing together in white-ball cricket in most parts of 2018, the duo not only took the opponent batsmen by surprise with their variations but also sidelined the already-famed pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. Jadeja, though, has managed to earn his place back but more so as an all-rounder.

Kuldeep and Chahal, or Kulcha as they are known, had wreaked havoc against New Zealand in India&#8217;s tour of 2019. They had taken 17 wickets together and had the New Zealand middle-order reeling with fear. But this time, the decision to play either of them just to accommodate an extra batsman has taken many by surprise and it is high time that Kohli plays his two best spinners together.

While Kuldeep played the first one and took two wickets, Chahal replaced him in the second and returned with three scalps. But the matter of the fact remains that India lost both the matches. Though Navdeep Saini played a gem of an innings in <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/new-zealand-fined-for-slow-over-rate-in-auckland-odi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Auckland</a>, his main role is to take wicket which he failed to do. Thus it becomes easier for the team management to decide whom to be dropped for Kuldeep and Chahal to play together.

With a whitewash of New Zealand in the five-match Twenty 20 International (T20I) series, team India were high on confidence going into the ODI assignments. But two back-to-back defeats in the ODIs have brought the all-powerful Men in Blue back into the ground.
It’s not that Virat Kohli’s men have fared poorly in the ongoing three-match series, the fact is New Zealand have unlearned the mistakes from the T20I series and have hit the visitors with all their might to come on top in all the departments.
The Indian batters put on a top-class show of power hitting and posted a mammoth total of 347 only for the Kiwis to chase it with ease. The second match saw the touring bowlers ripped the New Zealand middle-order apart. But the home team’s bowlers nullified their efforts with a more aggressive approach against the star-studded Indian batting.
Though Kohli has already said that ODIs in this year, which will have a T20I World Cup later, holds little importance to him, he will definitely be looking to avert the embarrassment of a series whitewash. In order to avoid another defeat, India might bring some changes to the Playing XI.
Here are the players who can be introduced in the third ODI at the Bay Oval on Tuesday:
<h3>1. Mohammed Shami</h3>
<figure id="attachment_381357" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-381357" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-381357" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-and-Mohammed-Shami.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-381357" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
The run that Mohammed Shami is currently going through in all forms of cricket can well be the form of his life. In five white-ball matches in 2020, the pacer has already taken 9 wickets including two in T20Is against New Zealand. Also one must remember it was his heroics with the ball in the last over that helped India take the third T20I to a super over and eventually win it from a losing position.
Also, what was more baffling about Shami’s absence from the second ODI is the fact that he was the leading wicket-taker of 2019 in 50-overs cricket. Kohli needs to understand that he is India’s best wicket-taking option at the moment in limited-overs cricket and dropping him from a do-or-die match has come at a hefty cost.&nbsp;
And in India’s last ODI series against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/australia-womens-tri-nation-t20i-series-2020-qualification-scenarios-for-the-final-ahead-of-the-last-league-game/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia </a>before coming to New Zealand, he took the most number of wickets (7), at least two more than anyone. The 29-year-old must be replaced with Shardul Thakur who has done little and conceded more than 46 runs for a wicket.&nbsp;

<h3>2. Manish Pandey</h3>
<figure id="attachment_389301" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-389301" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-389301" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Manish-Pandey.jpg" alt="Manish Pandey" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-389301" class="wp-caption-text">Manish Pandey. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Another decision that has backfired for Kohli is to play Kedar Jadhav instead of Manish Pandey. The latter was at his colossal best in the T20I series, showing off his finishing skills and scoring the much-needed runs down the order.&nbsp;
If the first three T20Is against New Zealand, where he played just 18 balls and made 28 runs, displayed his ability to add quickfire runs, the fourth one showed his temperament as a batsman. With a collapse of the top-order, he not only steadied the Indian innings but guided it to a commendable total with his 36-ball knock of 50 runs.&nbsp;
He must be included in the squad in place of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/why-kedar-jadhav-and-not-manish-pandey-fans-question-after-india-lose-2nd-odi-against-new-zealand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kedar Jadhav</a> who has done a little with the willow so far. The hard job was already done when he took to the crease in the first ODI and he failed miserably in the second match. With the team chasing and all the best batsmen in the pavilion, he had an apt opportunity to show his class but he could only manage 9 in his innings of 27 balls on Saturday.&nbsp;

<h3>3. Kuldeep Yadav</h3>
<figure id="attachment_351141" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-351141" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-351141" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_361845.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-351141" class="wp-caption-text">Kuldeep Yadav. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
The best invention of Virat Kohli has to be the spinning pair of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. Playing together in white-ball cricket in most parts of 2018, the duo not only took the opponent batsmen by surprise with their variations but also sidelined the already-famed pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. Jadeja, though, has managed to earn his place back but more so as an all-rounder.&nbsp;
Kuldeep and Chahal, or Kulcha as they are known, had wreaked havoc against New Zealand in India’s tour of 2019. They had taken 17 wickets together and had the New Zealand middle-order reeling with fear. But this time, the decision to play either of them just to accommodate an extra batsman has taken many by surprise and it is high time that Kohli plays his two best spinners together.&nbsp;
While Kuldeep played the first one and took two wickets, Chahal replaced him in the second and returned with three scalps. But the matter of the fact remains that India lost both the matches. Though Navdeep Saini played a gem of an innings in <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/new-zealand-fined-for-slow-over-rate-in-auckland-odi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Auckland</a>, his main role is to take wicket which he failed to do. Thus it becomes easier for the team management to decide whom to be dropped for Kuldeep and Chahal to play together.&nbsp;

With a whitewash of New Zealand in the five-match Twenty 20 International (T20I) series, team India were high on confidence going into the ODI assignments. But two back-to-back defeats in the ODIs have brought the all-powerful Men in Blue back into the ground.
It&#8217;s not that Virat Kohli&#8217;s men have fared poorly in the ongoing three-match series, the fact is New Zealand have unlearned the mistakes from the T20I series and have hit the visitors with all their might to come on top in all the departments.
The Indian batters put on a top-class show of power hitting and posted a mammoth total of 347 only for the Kiwis to chase it with ease. The second match saw the touring bowlers ripped the New Zealand middle-order apart. But the home team&#8217;s bowlers nullified their efforts with a more aggressive approach against the star-studded Indian batting.
Though Kohli has already said that ODIs in this year, which will have a T20I World Cup later, holds little importance to him, he will definitely be looking to avert the embarrassment of a series whitewash. In order to avoid another defeat, India might bring some changes to the Playing XI.
Here are the players who can be introduced in the third ODI at the Bay Oval on Tuesday:
<h3>1. Mohammed Shami</h3>
<figure id="attachment_381357" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-381357" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-381357" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Virat-Kohli-and-Mohammed-Shami.jpg" alt="Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-381357" class="wp-caption-text">Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
The run that Mohammed Shami is currently going through in all forms of cricket can well be the form of his life. In five white-ball matches in 2020, the pacer has already taken 9 wickets including two in T20Is against New Zealand. Also one must remember it was his heroics with the ball in the last over that helped India take the third T20I to a super over and eventually win it from a losing position.
Also, what was more baffling about Shami&#8217;s absence from the second ODI is the fact that he was the leading wicket-taker of 2019 in 50-overs cricket. Kohli needs to understand that he is India&#8217;s best wicket-taking option at the moment in limited-overs cricket and dropping him from a do-or-die match has come at a hefty cost. 
And in India&#8217;s last ODI series against <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/australia-womens-tri-nation-t20i-series-2020-qualification-scenarios-for-the-final-ahead-of-the-last-league-game/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Australia </a>before coming to New Zealand, he took the most number of wickets (7), at least two more than anyone. The 29-year-old must be replaced with Shardul Thakur who has done little and conceded more than 46 runs for a wicket. 

<h3>2. Manish Pandey</h3>
<figure id="attachment_389301" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-389301" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-389301" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Manish-Pandey.jpg" alt="Manish Pandey" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-389301" class="wp-caption-text">Manish Pandey. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Another decision that has backfired for Kohli is to play Kedar Jadhav instead of Manish Pandey. The latter was at his colossal best in the T20I series, showing off his finishing skills and scoring the much-needed runs down the order. 
If the first three T20Is against New Zealand, where he played just 18 balls and made 28 runs, displayed his ability to add quickfire runs, the fourth one showed his temperament as a batsman. With a collapse of the top-order, he not only steadied the Indian innings but guided it to a commendable total with his 36-ball knock of 50 runs. 
He must be included in the squad in place of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/why-kedar-jadhav-and-not-manish-pandey-fans-question-after-india-lose-2nd-odi-against-new-zealand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kedar Jadhav</a> who has done a little with the willow so far. The hard job was already done when he took to the crease in the first ODI and he failed miserably in the second match. With the team chasing and all the best batsmen in the pavilion, he had an apt opportunity to show his class but he could only manage 9 in his innings of 27 balls on Saturday. 

<h3>3. Kuldeep Yadav</h3>
<figure id="attachment_351141" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-351141" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-351141" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/CT_361845.jpg" alt width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-351141" class="wp-caption-text">Kuldeep Yadav. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
The best invention of Virat Kohli has to be the spinning pair of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. Playing together in white-ball cricket in most parts of 2018, the duo not only took the opponent batsmen by surprise with their variations but also sidelined the already-famed pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin. Jadeja, though, has managed to earn his place back but more so as an all-rounder. 
Kuldeep and Chahal, or Kulcha as they are known, had wreaked havoc against New Zealand in India&#8217;s tour of 2019. They had taken 17 wickets together and had the New Zealand middle-order reeling with fear. But this time, the decision to play either of them just to accommodate an extra batsman has taken many by surprise and it is high time that Kohli plays his two best spinners together. 
While Kuldeep played the first one and took two wickets, Chahal replaced him in the second and returned with three scalps. But the matter of the fact remains that India lost both the matches. Though Navdeep Saini played a gem of an innings in <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/new-zealand-fined-for-slow-over-rate-in-auckland-odi/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Auckland</a>, his main role is to take wicket which he failed to do. Thus it becomes easier for the team management to decide whom to be dropped for Kuldeep and Chahal to play together.

In order to avoid another defeat, India might bring some changes into the Playing XI.

3 changes India must make in the third ODI against New Zealand

In order to avoid another defeat, India might bring some changes into the Playing XI to earn a consolidate win against New Zealand