Rain had the final word at Seddon Park on Tuesday, 10 November 2026, as the third one-day international between New Zealand and India was abandoned without a ball being bowled. The washout leaves India with an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match series, with two games still to play.

India captain Shubman Gill won a delayed toss and chose to bowl first, but persistent showers and a wet outfield meant play could never start. The match had already been reduced to a 40-over contest before the umpires called it off after several ground inspections.

New Zealand's home run comes to an end

The result ended New Zealand's streak of 11 consecutive home ODI series victories, a run stretching back to 2019. It also ended the hosts' hopes of winning this series, although they can still draw it by winning both remaining matches.

Rain has shaped the whole series so far. India won the opening match in Auckland by five wickets and the second in Wellington by four runs under the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, with both games interrupted by the weather. India had already won the preceding Twenty20 series 3-2.

What happens next in the series

The series now moves to Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui for the final two matches, on Friday, 13 November and Sunday, 15 November. Shreyas Iyer is set to take over the captaincy for those games, with the Hamilton washout marking Gill's final match as captain on this tour.

For New Zealand, the two remaining games are about pride and a share of the series. For India, they are a chance to finish a successful tour on a high and to give playing time to squad members who have waited through a rain-hit trip.

A series shaped by the weather

The Hamilton washout was the third time in as many matches that rain has intervened in this series. The Auckland opener was reduced by the weather before India chased down their target, and the Wellington match was settled by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method after another interrupted day. Ground staff at Seddon Park worked through the day in Hamilton, but repeated showers kept the outfield wet and the covers on, and the umpires had little choice after several inspections found conditions unfit.

New Zealand will take some comfort from the fact that the series is not yet lost. Two wins at Bay Oval would square it at 2-2, a respectable outcome against a side that has now won the T20 series and cannot lose the ODI series either. But the hosts must find a way past an Indian attack that has held its nerve in both completed games, and they must do it in front of a home crowd that has waited all week for a full match.

The abandonment was the second time in four years that rain has washed out an India ODI at Seddon Park, after the November 2022 meeting between the sides met the same fate.