With the series level at 1-1 both sides will be looking to outplay each other, while India played brilliantly in the series opener defeating the visitors by huge margin, the Kiwis returned the favour in the second match of the series by completely destroying the host to register a comfortable win, thus setting up a mouthwatering series finale.
Fans can expect a thrilling contest between the two team which are evenly matches on the paper as well as on the field. To clinch the series, India has to display a better show in both batting and bowling department while New Zealand would like to continue with the same momentum.
However, all the fanfare and jazz around the game threaten to dampen by a looming rain. Two spells of showers are expected on the day of the match.
Squads:
India: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wk), Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee