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India Won Kanpur ODI and seals the series against Kiwis

Team India won the Third One Day International (ODI) with 6 runs and seals the three match series against New Zealand. India made a mammoth total of 337/6 with Skipper Virat Kohli’s and Rohit Sharma’s century and in return Kiwis can only make 331/7. With the victory in third match held at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur India won the series with 2-0 lead.

Complimenting his team’s all-round performance, Kohli said, “To be fair to the bowlers the wicket eased out nicely. The ball was coming onto the bat beautifully. But glad the bowlers came out on top. It was like a knockout game for us, and the boys showed their character.” The Indian skipper also credited the New Zealand team for putting up a great fight in all three ODIs and said that his team needed to be at their best to get the better of the visitors in the three-match ODI series.

Kohli, who scored his 32nd ODI century and became the fastest to score 9,000 ODI runs, won the Man of the Series award with 263 runs under his belt.Man of the match Rohit Sharma was the top scorer for India with 147 runs as he struck his 15th ODI century and fifth of this year.

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