India, Nov. 12 -- If the forecast is to be trusted, rain won't follow India to Mount Maunganui. And that is the best news to come out of a series between two evenly matched sides that has been disrupted far too many times by inclement weather.

India, leading 2-0, can't lose this series. But that doesn't mean this series has been won yet. Zealously guarding a home record that for the last seven years has remained unscathed, New Zealand must be sniffing an opportunity to win the last two ODIs in Mount Maunganui and square the series. Under a new captain in Shreyas Iyer, India's job is to keep building on their momentum, starting with the fourth ODI on Friday.

Considering the slight change in personnel, it could be a slightly tricky propos...