The series concluded with the third ODI, a match in which India were only playing for pride, having lost the first two games. Mohammed Shami was given his ODI debut in Delhi, where India won the toss and batted in a low-scoring match.
Scoring proved difficult in the early stages, and after 10 overs, India were only 37/3. Yuvraj Singh provided momentum by scoring 23 off as many balls, and Suresh Raina and M.S. Dhoni produced the best stand of the innings of 44, before Raina was out for 31, which included a six.
Dhoni went on to top score for India with 36, including three sixes. It was then left to Ravindra Jadeja, who smashed two sixes in his 27, to drag them to a semi-decent score of 167, the innings ensuring when there were still more than six overs to be bowled. Saeed Ajmal took 5-24, and Mohammad Irfan 2-28.
Despite losing two quick wickets, Pakistan seemed in control of proceedings when Nasir Jamshed and Misbah-ul-Haq added 47 for the third wicket. After Jamshed fell for 34, Umar Akmal joined Misbah, and they added 52 together.
But the fall of Misbah for 39 prompted something of a collapse, and Pakistan lost their last seven wickets for 44 runs, 21 of which were scored by Mohammad Hafeez.
Pakistan were all out for 157 off the penultimate ball of the 39th over to lose by 10 runs, despite seeming in control at one stage.
Ishant Sharma took 3-36, while there were two wickets each for Bhuvneshwar Kumar and R. Ashwin. The debutant Shami claimed 1-23, but he was economical, bowling four maidens in his nine overs.
Dhoni was named Player of the Match, but Jamshed could console himself with the Player of the Series award.
All that meant that Pakistan won the ODI series by two matches to one, while the two countries shared the T20Is.