Overview
- The Black Caps won the series 2-1 after posting 337/8 in Indore, built on a 219-run stand as Daryl Mitchell hit 137 and Glenn Phillips made 106.
- Virat Kohli's 124—his record-extending 54th ODI century—kept India in the chase with support from Nitish Kumar Reddy (53) and Harshit Rana (52), but the hosts were bowled out for 296.
- Arshdeep Singh returned to India's XI and struck early in a 3/63 spell, while Rana took 3/84 as New Zealand recovered from 58/3 to a match-winning total.
- Gill called the performance disappointing and highlighted plans to groom Reddy as a pace-bowling all-rounder with the 2027 World Cup in mind; Reddy bowled eight overs in the decider and registered his maiden ODI fifty.
- An inexperienced New Zealand squad with several first-time tourists snapped India's perfect ODI record at Indore and ended a home bilateral ODI streak dating to March 2019; Mitchell was named Player of the Series.