The third match was a do-or-die match for both the teams, especially the batting style of India in the second ODI match, it seemed that India might be practicing playing against New Zealand. Not only did the top-order batsmen struggle to win but the middle-order batsmen managed to get India up to 183 runs. Five top-order batsmen were out for 77 runs as the rest collected the next five batters together. If India continues to perform like this in the third match, New Zealand women's team will easily win the series. But it can be said without a doubt that India will not lose the third match because if India fails in this match then the series will become New Zealand and if India is successful then the match will become India ie they will win the series.
The final game and the decider of this series will be played today. The Indian women's team was a bit unlucky in the second game as I felt the toss played a crucial factor in that game. Apart from the toss the Indian women's team has been struggling with the batting lineup, especially since the openers are out of form they are known to give a good start for the Indian team. If the Indian team wants to win the series then they will need to work on their batting otherwise it won't be easy for them to win today.
So the update is that New Zealand is batting first after winning the toss but I don't think they are playing that well in this half of the match. New Zealand women already lost 4 wickets with 77 runs on the board.
They had a bad luck as Suzie Bates was run out in today's match. Georgia plimmer made 39 runs but then Lauren Down and Sophie Devine failed to make many runs. The importance of the current partnership is extremely important in the context of this match.