The day began well for India, with Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant coming up with a great show with the bat. India reached 400 in a recover and the two set an almost invincible platform by getting to 231 for 3. Sarfaraz made a brilliant 150, his first Test hundred while Pant, got out on 99, again was agonizingly short of his hundred for the seventh time in his career. Added together they put together a stand of 177 runs for the fourth wicket.
India’s Sudden Collapse
Still, after such a performance in the early part of the day, it actually turned out to be a darkest period for the India team, after New Zealand took the new ball at the 80-over knot. The new ball was to turn the screw in India’s innings, the team going south in a hurry. India were 408 for 3 at one point and soon they lost 7 wickets for 54 runs in a few overs. New Zealand bowlers did exploit the new ball and India was all out for 462, thereby setting New Zealand 107 to win.
New Zealand eye’s a win in India after 28 years
New Zealand, set 107 to win, started their second innings on a defensive note but bad light and rain put an early end to the day’s play and the Kiwis have not even come out to bat. Tomm Lathaam and Devon Conway were still at the crease when the game was halted. Thus, New Zealand now has a clear path to their first Test win in India since 1989-90, when Sir Richard Hadlee took 10 wickets in the match to lead a victory by 136 runs in Mumbai.
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India, who batted brilliantly in the first two sessions, was pegged back after New Zealand’s bowlers got their hands on the new ball. India was still playing very well up to the 80th over and,../../../../home.com/find/only/3 of it’s wickets are lost, it could have scored a very big total in the second innings. But the new ball changed the complexion of the game, as India could score only 62 runs more from the fall of the last wicket.
Sarfaraz made his maiden Test century and Pant was close behind but India is now on the brink of losing the first Test of the series. As a result of rain interruptions, the result will be played out on the last day and people in New Zealand will wait and watch if they can beat India after 36 years in India.