New Zealand vs India: ODI preview from Seddon Park, Hamilton

India tour of New Zealand 2026/27 reaches 3rd ODI (D/N) with New Zealand and India still to start an ODI at Seddon Park, Hamilton, Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 07:30 IST. Read this as the pre-match piece: conditions first, then the two XIs, then the contest that decides the day.

This is a preview, filed before the first ball. Anything not sourced below is not a team announcement.

Devon Conway against Ravindra Jadeja is the matchup this ODI keeps circling back to at Seddon Park, Hamilton. India tour of New Zealand 2026/27 is the frame. 3rd ODI (D/N) is the match inside it.

Match snapshot

• Fixture: 3rd ODI (D/N)
• Series: India tour of New Zealand 2026/27
• Format: ODI
• Venue: Seddon Park, Hamilton
• Start (IST): Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 07:30 IST
• Start (venue local): Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 15:00 GMT+13
• Status: Yet to start
• New Zealand: New Zealand Men ODI
• India: India Men TEST

Times are converted from the fixture timestamp. IST is Asia/Kolkata. The venue clock is shown only when the ground is on the timezone list. The 3rd ODI (D/N) score stays on the live scoreboard.

What 3rd ODI (D/N) does to India tour of New Zealand 2026/27

If New Zealand win at Seddon Park, Hamilton, their XI tends to stay for the next India tour of New Zealand 2026/27 game. If India lose, every low score becomes a selection argument. That is the stake in this 2026 ODI.

New Zealand want the new ball to ask a question or the top order to survive it. India want the opposite hour. Follow the passage, not only the headline total, on the live page once 3rd ODI (D/N) starts.

What Seddon Park, Hamilton asks of this ODI

No match-day pitch report from a cited source was available for Seddon Park, Hamilton when this preview was written. The surface stays unconfirmed until the teams inspect it. New Zealand and India play that surface on this date, not a generic one.

Fifty overs at Seddon Park, Hamilton split into a powerplay, a middle, and a death. New Zealand and India win it in the phase where the fifth bowler is hiding.

Who has to win their hour

Michael Bracewell is the captain on the New Zealand team record. Rishabh Pant is the captain on the India team record. For New Zealand and India, that is the stored captaincy, not confirmation that either player will take the field at Seddon Park, Hamilton.

New Zealand — names on the squad record, not a confirmed playing XI: Devon Conway (Batsman), Will Young (Batsman), Daryl Mitchell (Batsman), Glenn Phillips (Batsman), Michael Bracewell (Batsman), Kyle Jamieson (All-Rounder), Henry Nicholls (Batsman), Mitchell Hay (Batsman).

India — names on the squad record, not a confirmed playing XI: Rishabh Pant (Wicket Keeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Batsman), KL Rahul (Wicket Keeper), Shubman Gill (Batsman), Ravindra Jadeja (All-Rounder), Axar Patel (All-Rounder), Washington Sundar (All-Rounder), Nitish Kumar Reddy (All-Rounder).

Devon Conway, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell carry the batting job for New Zealand. Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul carry it for India. In this ODI between them at Seddon Park, Hamilton, one partnership that lasts is worth more than three starts.

Sources and limits

• For New Zealand against India, the fixture, status and any scoreline come from the live match feed this site already uses.
• The New Zealand and India names are the squad record, not a confirmed playing XI unless an official announcement is quoted.
• Roles beside New Zealand and India are the roles on that record. A stale record can list the wrong role.
• Notes on Seddon Park, Hamilton describe how it has usually played, not a pitch report for this New Zealand vs India match.
• No weather forecast for New Zealand vs India is included unless a source and the time it was retrieved are written here.
• A photograph in this New Zealand vs India piece is used only when the file is about these teams or Seddon Park, Hamilton. The caption describes the file.

Written by the Sports Infoline Desk for New Zealand vs India at Seddon Park, Hamilton. Analysis is not a team announcement.