India loses their first ODI series in ten months against New Zealand when the last game was washed out.

After Wednesday’s third and final ODI match in Christchurch was postponed due to rain, India’s lacklustre performance against New Zealand resulted in a series loss of 0-1 for India.As they chased 220, New Zealand was comfortably ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis par score at 104/1 in 18 overs, when play in the white-ball series was once again halted by rain. Kane Williamson and company only needed 116 runs from as many as 32 overs, but they were forced to settle for a no result since there weren’t enough overs in the game for it to be considered finished.New Zealand won the series 1-0 after taking the opening ODI in Auckland by a margin of seven wickets.
After two stoppages, the second match in Hamilton was also called off. Only two of the six matches in the six-ball white-ball series ended with victories, revealing the ineffective planning of the relevant authorities. Less than a week had passed since the T20 World Cup in nearby Australia when the series was organised.Regarding India, the series revealed their poor selection process.After Kane Williamson successfully chose to bat first at a cloudy Hagley Oval, two Kiwi pacers, Adam Milne (3/57) and Daryl Mitchell (7-0-25-3), put on an impressive bowling display to dismiss India for 219 in 47.3 overs.The biggest disappointments included players like Rishabh Pant (10 off 16 balls), Suryakumar Yadav (6; 10b), and Deepak Hooda (12; 25b), who lacked effort and couldn’t pass the time after Milne rocked the top-order.Comment your thoughts below.