India vs New Zealand Live Score 4th ODI: Rohit blinder ends Allen's stay

Kuldeep Yadav with his third over and Finn Allen punches the flat delivery off his backfoot to long-off for a single before Will Young hits two boundaries. He also picks up three runs through deep backward square. 

Allen smashes him for a boundary through deep backward square leg. Things gets worse for Kuldeep as he oversteps and Allen makes full use of the free-hit by smashing a tossed up delivery over the deep mid-wicket fence. 

Two dots to end the 19-run over. 

Arshdeep Singh is back into the attack and gives away two singles off the first two deliveries. 

Young then picks up a couple with a drive through covers before pulling a shortish delivery outside off through mid-wicker for a boundary. 

A single and a dot to end the 9-run over. 

Gurnoor Brar is back into the attack as India look to break this partnership. Young is on strike who defends the first delivery before bludgeoning a short of a length delivery outside off over the square third man fielder for a maximum. 

Two dots and a boundary through deep backward point follow. A dot to end the 10-run over.

Arshdeep Singh with his seventh over and starts off well conceding just a single off his first three deliveries before Young smashes a short of a length delivery outside off for a boundary through deep mid-wicket. 

Young follows it up with a couple through deep backward point. A single to square leg to end the 8-run over. 

Gurnoor Brar continues and Young flicks the first delivery to mid-wicket for a single and moves to 97. 

Two dots later, Allen cracks one straight down the ground for a boundary. Allen edges the next delivery and gets another boundary through third man. 

A dot to end the 9-run over. 

Axar Patel is back into the attack and Young pushes the first delivery to cover and gets a single. 

Out! Rohit Sharma takes a stunner to get rid of Allen. 

Slower delivery and Allen rushes into the shot and mistimes it to Rohit at short cover who dives to his right and takes a two-handed catch. 

Allen goes for 41 off 30 balls with five boundaries and two sixes. 

Michael Bracewell is the new man in and he plays out four dots to finish the over. Just a single came off it. 

Axar Patel is back into the attack and Will Young dabs the tossed up delivery to short fine for no run. 

A single to short fine brings Finn Allen on strike who plays a dot before punching one to long-on for a single. 

Another tight over from Axar as he concedes two more singles. Four runs off the over. 

Auqib Nabi continues and Finn Allen pulls the first delivery off his backfoot to the square leg fence. 

Three singles and a dot follow. 

Young finishes the over with another single to deep square leg. 8 runs came off it. 

Axar with his sixth over and Young kneels down and sweeps a tossed up delivery through deep square leg for a boundary. 

Two dots later, Young drives one to sweeper cover and fetches a single. 

Six! Allen smokes an overpitched delivery straight over the sightscreen for a huge six. 

A dot to end the 11-run over. 

Kuldeep Yadav is back and he continues to be expensive as Allen smashes him for a boundary through the third man region after Young paddle-sweeps a tossed up delivery to fine leg for a couple. 

10 runs came off the over. 

Axar Patel continues and keeps it tight, giving away just a single as Allen punches the second delivery of the over off his backfoot to long-on. 

New Zealand are 159-3 at the half-way mark. 

Gurnoor Brar continues and Dean Foxcroft gets off the strike with a single to sweeper cover. 

Brar then beats Will Young on the outside edge with a short of a length delivery angling in. 

A dot later, Young looks to defend a shortish delivery but ends up edging it to the third man fence. 

Two dots to end the 5-run over. 

Another tidy over from Axar Patel as Young and Foxcroft manage just four singles from it. 

Brar with his fifth over and starts off with a yorker which Young digs out to third man and picks up a quick single. 

Two more singles follow. 

Young then smashes the final delivery to the deep mid-wicket fence. 

8 runs came off the over. 

Kuldeep Yadav comes into the attack. First game for him on the tour. Foxcroft slaps the first delivery to mid-wicker for a single before Young hoists an overpitched delivery straight down the ground for a six. 

A dot and two singles follow. 

Another single to long-off to end the 10-run over. 

Auqib Nabi is back into the attack and starts off with a dot before Young completes his half-century off 49 balls with a single to sweeper cover. 

Out! Foxcroft goes, caught by Gurnoor Brar. Quicker delivery and Foxcroft danced down to pull but top-edges to fine leg where Brar takes a simple catch.

Foxcroft departs after making 8 off 13 balls. 

Finn Allen comes to the crease and sees off the remaining three balls of the over. Just a single came off it. 

Nick Kelly is the new man in. 

Axar Patel with his second over and Will Young is on strike. Axar starts off with two dots before Young flicks the third delivery to long-on for a single. 

Another single off the final delivery off the over. 

Gurnoor Brar continues and Kelly clips the first delivery through leg for a couple.

A dot and single later, Young pulls a quick delivery over the fine leg fielder for a maximum. 

A dot to end the nine-run over. 

Axar with his third over and he strikes. Tossed up delivery and Kelly dances down the crease but is beaten on the outside edge and Ishan Kishan does the rest. 

Kelly goes for four off 8 balls. 

Dean Foxcroft comes to the crease and plays out three dots before opening his account with a single by tucking one past the bowler. 

Just a single came off the successful over. 

Axar Patel comes into the attack and Tim Seifert greets him with a boundary by glancing a full length delivery on leg to fine leg. 

A single to deep square leg brings Will Young on strike. 

Axar comes back strongly and gives away only two singles off the next four balls. 

Gurnoor Brar is back after an expensive first over. Seifert nudges the first delivery to deep backward square leg for a single. 

Extra bounce and Young flashes hard as the ball races away to the third man fence. 

A single and a dot follows.

Out! Brar with the breakthrough as Seifert top-edges a quick delivery and Ishan Kishan takes a safe catch. 

Seifert goes for 58 off 48 balls with six boundaries and three sixes. 

Gurnoor Brar comes into the attack and Tim Seifert flicks a full delivery straight to the fielder at mid-wicket before hammering a full delivery over the long-off fence for a maximum. 

A dot later, Seifert punches one off his backfoot past the point fielder and gets four runs. 

Another boundary through deep mid-wicket follows. 

A dot to end the 14-run over. 

Arshdeep Singh is back into the attack and Will Young flicks the first delivery to deep backward square elg for a single. 

A dot later, Seifert blocks one off his backfoot but the thick outside edges flies to Rohit Sharma at fourth slip but the ball bounces in front of him. 

Two dots and a single to end the 2-run over. Fifty up for New Zealand.

Auqib Nabi is back into the attack and Seifert swings through the line and sends a full delivery outside off over the long-off fence for a maximum. 

Follows it up with a boundary through the right of mid-wicket. 

A dot and a single to deep backward point follow. 

Another punch off the backfoot from Young for a boundary to end the over. 15 runs came off Nabi's fourth over. 

Arshdeep continues and Seifert looks to flick one going down the leg but the ball hits his thigh pads and flies to the fine leg fence. 

Seifert completes his first ODI half-century with a single to deep backward square leg. 

Arshdeep concedes just two singles off the next four balls. 7 runs came off the over. 

Arshdeep Singh continues and Tim Seifert plays out a dot before steering one through sweeper cover for a boundary. 

Just a single comes off the next four deliveries of the five-run over. 

Auqib Nabi with his second over Seifert nudges the first delivery to mid-wicket for a single. Two dots later, Will Young smashes a wide delivery outside off through sweeper cover for a boundary. 

Five runs came off the over.

 

Arshdeep with a fresh over and he comes over the wicket. Seifert chips a length delivery over the in-field and gets a couple. 

Seifert drills the final delivery down the ground for another couple. Just four runs came off the over. 

Nabi then bowls a tight over, giving away four runs.

New Zealand openers Tim Seifert and Will Young are out in the middle. 

Arshdeep Singh opens the attack for India. On the money right away as Young plays the first two balls defensively before getting off the mark with a single by tapping the third ball to mid-wicket. 

Seifert too opens his account by inside-edging a good length delivery to fine leg. 

Young finishes the over with a boundary by punching one square of the wicket. 

6 runs came off the over. 

Auqib Nabi bowls from the other end and Seifert hits the first delivery straight to Virat Kohli at cover before punching the next straight down the ground for four runs. 

A dot ball follows but Nabi has overstepped. Free hit and Seifert hammers it into the stands behind deep mid-wicket fence for the first maximum of the innings. 

Young gets a reprieve as he edges one straight to the first slip but Rohit Sharma spills it. 

Another drop. Another edge and Ishan Kishan fails to hold on to it. 

12 runs came off the over. 

Have a look at the Playing XIs:

New Zealand: Tim Seifert (Wicketkeeper), Will Young, Nick Kelly, Dean Foxcroft, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (Captain), Kristian Clarke, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Matthew Fisher.

India will look to seal the five-match ODI series while Shreyas Iyer gets an opportunity to make a statement with the bat on his captaincy debut in the fourth match against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui.

Leading 2-0 after the third ODI was abandoned, India are well placed to clinch the series. New Zealand, meanwhile, must win the remaining two games to avoid a series defeat, having last lost an ODI series at home to India seven years ago.

Iyer will lead India in the final two matches after Shubman Gill left the squad to prepare for the Test series beginning November 19. K L Rahul and Anshul Kamboj have also departed to focus on red-ball cricket.

The changes open up opportunities for Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Siraj. Iyer, who has struggled against the short ball during the series, will be keen to make an impression with the bat while taking charge of the side.

With Gill unavailable, India must decide who partners Rohit Sharma at the top. Kishan and Gaikwad are the leading contenders. Kishan, who missed much of the T20 series through injury, is also expected to take over wicketkeeping duties in Rahul's absence. He has previously scored a double century while opening in ODIs.

Rohit, meanwhile, will be eager for a substantial contribution after managing scores of 0 and 23 in the series. Gaikwad, who has scored a century and a half-century in his last four ODI innings, could also strengthen the middle order.

Siraj is likely to replace Kamboj in the bowling attack. The senior pacer has struggled for consistency in recent months but his four-wicket haul for India A last week should boost his confidence. Auqib Nabi and Arshdeep Singh are expected to retain their places.

New Zealand have also lost several key players, with Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Nathan Smith and Henry Nicholls switching to Test preparations.

Uncapped Brett Randell has been brought into the squad after impressive domestic performances, while Tim Seifert will be keen to make the most of his opportunity. Both sides will have to adapt quickly to the personnel changes in a demanding international schedule.

Squads:

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (Captain), Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, Kristian Clarke, Jacob Duffy, Matt Fisher, Dean Foxcroft, Mitch Hay (Wicketkeeper), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Nick Kelly, Brett Randell, Tim Seifert (Wicketkeeper), Will Young.

India: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (Vice-Captain and Wicketkeeper), Axar Patel, Naman Dhir, Auqib Nabi, Gurnoor Brar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Arshdeep Singh, Kumar Kushagra (Wicketkeeper), Mohammed Siraj, Yash Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav.

Match starts 7.30 am IST.