Hamilton was washed out without a ball bowled, and India can no longer lose the ODI series in New Zealand
Rain ended the third ODI at Seddon Park before it started. Shubman Gill’s last game of the tour went with it, and Shreyas Iyer takes charge at Bay Oval on Friday.
Nov 10, 2026
The third one-day international between New Zealand and India at Seddon Park was called off on Tuesday, 10 November, without a ball bowled. India still lead the five-match series 2-0, which means they can no longer lose it. New Zealand can only draw level by winning both games at Bay Oval.
Rain had pushed the toss back by about two hours. Shubman Gill won it and chose to bowl, and the drizzle came back while the captains were still in the middle. The covers came off once more, briefly, but play never started, and the umpires called it off shortly after 11am IST.
Gill loses his last game of the tour
The washout costs Gill his final ODI in New Zealand. He and KL Rahul now leave the one-day group to get ready for the Tests, and Shreyas Iyer takes over as captain for the last two matches, with Ishan Kishan as his vice-captain. Tilak Varma, Yash Thakur and Kumar Kushagra come into the squad for those games.
Gill had sounded fed up with the weather even before the toss. “Quite frustrating on and off,” he said. “Hopefully, if there’s rain it continues raining. If there’s no rain, hopefully it stops.” He got his wish, though not the version he wanted.
India had named an unchanged side. Gurnoor Brar, the leading wicket-taker in the series with seven, will have to wait until Friday for another bowl.
Hamilton has done this to India before
It is the second time in four years that Seddon Park has washed out an India ODI. On 27 November 2022, India were 89 for 1 after 12.5 overs, with Gill on 45 and Suryakumar Yadav on 34, when rain ended that match too.
The series has been soaked from the start. Both of India’s wins went to DLS, by five wickets at Eden Park and by four runs in Wellington. Simon Doull said on commentary that the Hamilton pitch had been uncovered for only six or seven hours across the previous three days.
New Zealand lose five players to the Tests
The hosts take a bigger hit than India. Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Glenn Phillips and Nathan Smith head to Wellington to prepare for the first Test, which starts at the Basin Reserve on 19 November. Mitchell Santner will need a reshaped batting order to win twice at Mount Maunganui.
The fourth ODI is on Friday, 13 November, and the fifth on Sunday, 15 November, both at Bay Oval. The forecast there looks a lot better than it did in Hamilton.