India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Sarfaraz Khan has scored his maiden international century. Meanwhile, India are now 80 runs behind and with 7 wickets in hand, the Men in Blue have a real chance of making a game here.
After losing Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) and Rohit Sharma (52), Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan posted a partnership of 136 runs off 163 balls. However, Virat Kohli (70) was caught by Blundell on the last delivery of 49th over, bowled by Glenn Phillips. Sarfaraz was still batting at 70 when Stumps was declared for DAY 3.
For New Zealand, Ajaz Patel took 2 wickets, while Glenn Phillips picked up one wicket.
On DAY 3, Kohli completed his 9000 runs in Test cricket in 197 innings. He has a batting average of 48 and has the highest Test score of unbeaten 254. Also, he has 29 centuries in his name.
Kohli is the 4th Indian players to complete 9000, after Sachin Tendulkar (15921), Rahul Dravid (13265) and Sunil Gavaskar (10122). But slowest to reach the milestone in terms of innings taken (197).
Earlier on Day 3 of the first Test, New Zealand batters were all out at 402 and were leading by 356 runs. Rachin Ravindra scored a century (134), supported by Devon Conway’s 99 and Tim Southee’s 65 runs.
While India’s Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav took three wickets each. Apart from this, Mohammed Siraj picked up 2 wickets, both Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin clinched one each.
Team India were off to a flying start on Day 3 of the Test, getting the two quick wickets of Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell inside the first 10 overs. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj were the two wicket takers this morning, continuing to build pressure on the Kiwis.
Rohit Sharma‘s India will be looking to bounce back today after being dismissed for 46 in the first innings. At 180/3, New Zealand have a commanding 134-run lead and will be keen to keep the momentum going in their favour.
India’s three spinners, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja, took a wicket apiece on day two, but couldn’t expose the fault lines in New Zealand’s batting further.
New Zealand, on the other hand, got their innings off to a great start thanks to a 91-run knock from Devon Conway, who ensured there was no collapse like there was in India’s innings. Meanwhile, Rachin Ravindra (22) and Daryl Mitchel (14) are now batting for the Kiwis at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in a bid to take the match further for their side.
India, reduced to their third lowest total in Test cricket after 42 all out at Lords in 1974 and 36 all out against Australia in Adelaide, will be keen to get past this Kiwi line-up as quickly as possible to post a big total and demonstrate their continued status as a world-class side.
India playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand playing XI
Tom Latham (C), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (WK), Glenn Phillips, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, Will O’Rourke.
India vs New Zealand Live: Highlight of this morning
India vs New Zealand Live: After picking up the crucial wicket of Virat Kohli with the last ball of the evening session yesterday, New Zealand would have hoped to get through this Indian line-up soon enough. However, the Kiwis were in for a surprise as Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan dominated the first session of the day with a 100-run-plus stand that almost wiped out the lead. However, just as India were on the verge of overhauling New Zealand’s lead, the Chinnaswamy ground was hit by rain, leaving cricket fans clamouring for the live action to resume as soon as possible.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rain continues in Bengaluru
India vs New Zealand Live: Rain continues to pour down on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru as both teams and cricket fans hold out hope for some cricket today. The broadcasters assure us that cricket will be possible once the rain stops, but with more rain forecast for the afternoon, it is hard to be confident at this stage.
India vs New Zealand Live: Lowest totals defended by India in 4th innings
India vs New Zealand Live: While rain keeps the live action at bay, lets take a look at the lowest totals India have defended in the 4th innings.
Lowest totals defended by India in 4th innings:
107 against Australia in 2004 (Wankhede, Mumbai)
143 against Australia in 1981 (Melbourne)
170 against south Africa in 1996 (Ahmedabad)
188 against New Zealand in 1969 (Mumbai)
188 vs Australia in 2017 (Bengaluru)
India vs New Zealand Live: Current rain update
India vs New Zealand Live: Saba Karim on JioCinema predicts that rain has gotten heavier. The rain situation is currently very unpredictable with showers coming and going in quick succession.
India vs New Zealand Live: How is weather forecast for today?
India vs New Zealand Live: As per The Weather Channel, there is forecast for rain almost throughout the day. However, if rain gods don’t decide to play spoilsport, we may get a couple of hours of play post lunch.
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India vs New Zealand Live: Bengaluru weather updates
India vs New Zealand Live: Saba Karim on JioCinema says that its still raining heavily in Bengaluru but the commentator expects live action to continue after the Lunch recess.
India vs New Zealand Live: Lunch taken at Chinnaswamy stadium
India vs New Zealand Live: Sad news for cricket fans, Lunch has been taken at 11:20am, meaning around 19 minutes of cricket has been lost due to rain.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rain halts play
India vs New Zealand Live: A little drizzle has come at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. From India’s perspective, there couldn’t have been a worse time for this disruption with the two batters set on the crease and closely inching chipping away at New Zealand’s lead.
India vs New Zealand Live: IND 337/3 after 70 overs, trail by 19 runs
India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra comes into the attack and the Indian batters show him a little respect by not smashing the ball over his head for a six. Just 3 runs from Ravindra’s first over and India are now just trailing by 19 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: IND 334/3 after 69 overs, trail by 22 runs
India vs New Zealand Live: 100 of the partnership between Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan comes up with the right hander hitting a powerful shot down the ground. New Zealand’s lead has come down to 22 and with no wicket lost since the monring, team India would feel very very confident about the match at this stage.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rishabh Pant at his cheeky best, IND 319/3 after 66.1 overs
India vs New Zealand Live: Rishabh Pant shows Ajaz Patel why he is one of the most feared batsmen in world cricket. Pant hits Patel for two sixes down the ground, followed by a few close calls that were both decided in India’s favour by taking advantage of DRS. Pant, however, remained unfazed and stepped out again to get a boundary.
India vs New Zealand Live: IND 302/3 after 64 overs
India vs New Zealand Live: Back to back sweeps from Sarfaraz Khan take India past the 300 run mark, while also getting the New Zealand lead in the 50s. With Sarfaraz continuing to remain positive despite the century, this match looks set to be an interesting clash.
India vs New Zealand Live: IND 294/3 after 63 overs
India vs New Zealand Live: Spin from both ends now, Glenn Phillips has been brought into the attack in an attempt to stop the flow of runs and put the pressure right back on the Indian batters.
India vs New Zealand Live: First maiden of the morning, IND trail by 65 runs
India vs New Zealand Live: It goes to show the level of dominating cricket India have played that Ajaz Khan just bowled the first maiden over of the morning. India have scored 60 runs no time here and New Zealand’s lead is now just at 65 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: IND 291/3 after 61 overs
India vs New Zealand Live: Pant starts the over with a six over the head of Southee and also the ends the over with a boundary. Things are going in India’s favour now, with the lead now just 65 runs and with KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin still to come, India will soon feel they are getting ahead in this game.
India vs New Zealand Live: IND 280/3 after 59 overs
India vs New Zealand Live: New Zealand finally seem to getting their strategy against Sarfaraz right. Southee bowls it in the good length area and Sarfaraz misses the delivery completely. The Kiwis have so far been bowling to Sarfaraz’s strengths, not asking the youngster to come forward at all.
India vs New Zealand Live: Sarfaraz gets to maiden test hundred
India vs New Zealand Live: Sarfaraz Khan has just got to his maiden Test hundred with a boundary through the covers. The young batter looks completely exilirated with his performance and as Ravi Shastri puts it, this is a ‘very popular’ century in India.
India vs New Zealand Live: IND 263/3 after 55 overs, Sarfaraz in nervous 90s
India vs New Zealand Live: A rare quiet over with Sarfaraz Khan being a little cautious after getting into the nervous 90s. Sarfaraz has been scoring runs behind the wickets throughout the innings, but the right hander is trying to play more conventional shots after getting into the 90s.
India vs New Zealand Live: IND 261/3 after 54 overs
India vs New Zealand Live: The lead for the first time in this innings has gone in the double diigts, New Zealand now lead by 95 runs. Meanwhile, the two explosive Indian batters on the crease, Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant have been scoring runs with ease this morning.
India vs New Zealand Live: ‘You cannot remove Shubman Gill’ says Manoj Tiwari
India vs New Zealand Live: Speaking to cricbuzz, former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwari said, “You cannot remove Shubman Gill as of now because he scored a hundred in the previous series and he also has a very good record. When he recovers from his stiff neck, he will become an automatic choice. KL Rahul will be the one under most pressure,”
“Even if Rahul doesn’t score runs in the next two Tests, he will still get preference for the initial Tests in Australia. But, if he doesn’t perform there as well, then Sarfaraz could come into the playing XI. I feel Sarfaraz should also get a fair opportunity. It is good that the players who are in the reserves are performing. There will definitely be pressure on some players in the playing XI,” the former cricketer added
India vs New Zealand Live: LIVE action begins soon
India vs New Zealand Live: Around 30 minutes are left for the start of Day’s play at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Benglauru. With India trailing by 125 runs and a new batter at the crase, the Men in Blue would be hoping to solidity this innings a lit bit before going into attack mode.
India vs New Zealand Live: ‘Hopefully Sarfaraz will hit double century’ says Kuldeep Yadav
India vs New Zealand Live: Speaking at a press conference after Day 3 of the match, Kuldeep said, “We all enjoy watching him bat. After scoring a double century in the Irani Cup, hopefully, he will do the same here. He has a unique style and is particularly adept against spinners. His counter-attack against Ajaz Patel forced them to switch to pacers. I really appreciate his technique and find it entertaining to watch,”
India vs New Zealand Live: Can India pull off the impossible?
India vs New Zealand Live: Currently trailing by 125 runs in the Test match, and with 7 wickets still to chase, Team India will be looking to post a mammoth total and set New Zealand a score of over 150 to chase in the 2nd innings. However, with Rishabh Pant recovering from injury and the performance of the Indian batsmen in the 1st innings, the Men in Blue face an uphill task. Should they manage to pull it off, it would be one of the most iconic moments in Indian cricket, rivalling the famous Test victory at the Gabba.
India vs New Zealand Live: VVS Laxman on Rohit Sharma’s selfless statement
India vs New Zealand Live: Speaking at the Security Now 2024 confrence, Laxman said (as quoted by PTI), “For leaders, it’s humanly impossible not to make mistakes. We won the toss and we elected to bat first and it was counterproductive (because) we were bowled out for 46,”
“Who went to the press conference? It was Rohit Sharma. He accepted that ‘yes, I misread the wicket’. Leaders take that ownership of (their) decisions…It’s not necessary that every time the decisions are right, but you take the ownership and then whenever the team doesn’t do well, you go and face the flak. Whenever the team does well, you promote the guy who actually requires that recognition and that limelight,” the former Indian cricketer added
India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra on importance of Kohli wicket
India vs New Zealand Live: Speaking after the day’s play on Friday, Ravindra said, “It’s pretty hard to crystal-ball gaze into the future. It’s a quality batting line-up on a wicket that’s not doing too much, so it’s important for us to hold our lines and lengths and do that for long periods. But I think Kohli’s wicket at the end was very important,”
“Obviously, he’s a guy who has scored 9,000-plus Test runs, which is pretty mind-blowing, but for us it was a huge wicket. We know things happen quickly in this part of the world, so, hopefully, we can stick at it and get a few wickets in the morning,” Ravindra added
India vs New Zealand Live: India score 231/3 at DAY 3 Stumps
Trailing by 125 runs, India posted 231/3 runs at Stumps on DAY 3 of first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday.
After losing Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) and Rohit Sharma (52), Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan posted a partnership of 136 runs off 163 balls.
However, Virat Kohli (70) was caught by Blundell on the last delivery of 49th over, bowled by Glenn Phillips. Sarfaraz was still batting at 70 when Stumps was declared for DAY 3.
For New Zealand, Ajaz Patel took 2 wickets, while Glenn Phillips picked up one wicket.
India vs New Zealand Live: Wicket!! Kohli OUT!! IND at 231/3
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips continues with the bowling attack. Wicket!! Kohli (70) OUT as gets caught by Blundell on the last delivery. India score 231/3 in 49 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Kohli-Sarfaraz on crease, IND at 231/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips continues with the bowling attack. India score 231/2 in 49 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Kohli-Sarfaraz on crease, IND at 228/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, William ORourke continues with the bowling attack. India score 228/2 in 48 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Kohli-Sarfaraz on crease, IND at 228/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips continues with the bowling attack. India score 228/2 in 47 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: 9000 runs up for Kohli in Test cricket, IND at 228/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, William ORourke continues with the bowling attack. India score 228/2 in 46 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: 9000 runs up for Kohli in Test cricket, IND at 227/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips continues with the bowling attack. Sarfaraz hits a FOUR to deep extra cover on 5th delivery. India score 227/2 in 45 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: 9000 runs up for Kohli in Test cricket, IND at 220/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, William ORourke continues with the bowling attack. Kohli slams a boundary on last delivery. India score 220/2 in 44 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: 9000 runs up for Kohli in Test cricket, IND at 214/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips continues with the bowling attack. Kohli slams consecutive boundaries on second and third deliveries. India score 214/2 in 43 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: 9000 runs up for Kohli in Test cricket, IND at 204/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, William ORourke continues with the bowling attack. 200-up for India. India score 204/2 in 42 overs.
9000 runs up for Kohli in Test cricket in 197 innings. He has a batting average of 48 and has the highest Test score of unbeaten 254. Also, he has 29 centuries in his name.
Kohli is the 4th Indian players to complete 9000, after Sachin Tendulkar (15921), Rahul Dravid (13265) and Sunil Gavaskar (10122). But slowest to reach the milestone in terms of innings taken (197).
India vs New Zealand Live: Half-century for Kohli, India at 199/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips continues with the bowling attack. India score 199/2 in 41 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Half-century for Kohli, India at 197/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Matt Henry continues with the bowling attack. India score 197/2 in 40 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Half-century for Kohli, India at 197/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips continues with the bowling attack. 100-runs partnership up in 101 deliveries. This is the first century partnership for the 3rd wicket for India against New Zealand since 2014. India score 197/2 in 39 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Half-century for Kohli, India at 191/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Matt Henry continues with the bowling attack. Half-century for Kohli in 70 deliveries. India score 191/2 in 38 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Half-Century for Sarfaraz; India score 188/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Glenn Phillips continues with the bowling attack. Kohli slams a FOUR outside off stump on the 2nd delivery. India score 188/2 in 37 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Half-Century for Sarfaraz; India score 182/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Matt Henry continues with the bowling attack. Half-Century for Sarfaraz India score 182/2 in 36 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 179/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Tim Southee continues with the bowling attack. Sarfaraz hits a FOUR to third man on the second delivery. India score 179/2 in 35 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 174/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Matt Henry continues with the bowling attack. India score 174/2 in 34 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 172/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Tim Southee continues with the bowling attack. India score 172/2 in 33 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 167/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Ajaz Patel continues with the bowling attack. Sarfaraz slams consecutive SIXes on the 4th and 5th deliveries. India score 167/2 in 32 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: 150-up for IND, Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 153/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Tim Southee continues with the bowling attack. India score 153/2 in 31 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: 150-up for IND, Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 152/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Ajaz Patel continues with the bowling attack. Kohli smashes a SIX to long-off on the delivery, followed by a boundary. He ends the over with a boundary and 150-up for India. India score 152/2 in 30 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 138/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Tim Southee continues with the bowling attack. Sarfaraz smashes a FOUR to backward square leg on the 5th delivery. India score 138/2 in 29 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 134/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, Ajaz Patel continues with the bowling attack. India score 134/2 in 28 overs
India vs New Zealand Live: Virat-Sarfaraz on crease; India score 132/2
India vs New Zealand Live: India’s Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli are on the crease. For New Zealand, William ORourke continues with the bowling attack. India score 32/2 in 27 overs.
Sarfaraz hits a SIX to deep backward point on the 4th delivery. on the third delivery, followed by a boundary on the last delivery.
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