Shreyas Iyer takes charge for the last two ODIs as Gill and Rahul switch to the Tests

A washed-out third ODI in Hamilton has closed Shubman Gill's one-day duty on this tour and handed the rest of the series to Shreyas Iyer

The third ODI between New Zealand and India at Seddon Park was abandoned without a ball bowled, the match officially recorded as abandoned due to rain. India stay 2-0 up in the five-match series and can no longer lose it.

Gill won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat, more than two hours after the scheduled start, but the weather closed in again before a ball could be sent down.

The washout also ended the one-day leg for Gill and KL Rahul, who now join the Test squad. Iyer, vice-captain for the first three matches, leads India in the last two.

A toss that settled nothing

A wet outfield and intermittent showers pushed the toss back by over two hours. Officials briefly cut the match to 40 overs a side before persistent rain and a saturated ground forced the abandonment later in the evening.

For New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner, it was the seventh time in eight matches on this tour that he had lost the toss and been asked to bat.

The first two ODIs, in Auckland and Wellington, were also disrupted by rain. India won both, and a sellout Hamilton crowd that had hoped for a shortened contest went home without one.

Gill and Rahul switch to the Test camp

Both men were always due to leave after the third ODI to prepare for the two-Test series. Gill captains that side, with Rahul as his vice-captain.

The first Test begins at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on 19 November, the second at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on 27 November.

Jasprit Bumrah was left out of both ODI squads and is named in the Test group, where Rishabh Pant's selection remains subject to fitness clearance.

What Iyer inherits

Iyer takes over with Ishan Kishan named vice-captain for the fourth and fifth matches. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli stay on under him.

Tilak Varma, Kumar Kushagra, Auqib Nabi and Yash Thakur come into the squad for the closing matches, with Naman Dhir, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav carrying over.

A win in either game at Bay Oval would give India the series outright. New Zealand must take both simply to finish level at 2-2.

New Zealand lose five to the Tests

The hosts are thinning out too. Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Henry Nicholls and Nathan Smith all leave the one-day squad to prepare for Wellington.

Finn Allen, Kristian Clarke, Dean Foxcroft, Nick Kelly and Mitch Hay replace them. Lockie Ferguson, named for the last two matches, has been withdrawn through injury.

Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra were selected earlier in the series but pulled out to recover from a concussion and a shoulder problem respectively.

Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson are expected to play the fourth ODI before joining the Test group, while Santner and Jacob Duffy stay with the one-day side throughout.

A home record under threat

New Zealand have not lost a home ODI series since 2019, when India won 4-1 there, a run of ten straight series wins at home.

India arrived in the one-day leg having already taken the T20I series 3-2, and rain has shaped every match of this ODI series so far.

Both remaining matches are at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui, on Friday and Sunday.

India's series is safe from defeat but not yet won, and it is Iyer who will try to close it out.