IND 86/4 in 19.0 Overs - Live New Zealand Vs India 3rd Test Test 2024

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Test

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Day: 1, Session: 3

IND trail by 149 runs

235-10

86-4

IND

New Zealand in India, 3 Test Series, 2024 |3rd Test |11/1/2024
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

BATSMAN	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shubman Gill	31	38	2	1	81.58
Rishabh Pant (W) *	1	1	0	0	100.00

BOWLERS	O	M	R	W	ECON
Ajaz Patel	7	1	33	2	4.71
Rachin Ravindra *	1	0	8	0	8.00

Commentary

Right then, that is it from an exciting Day 1 of this 3rd Test. India needs to build up a few partnerships to get back in the game while New Zealand will back themselves to make early inroads and put even more pressure on the hosts. Day 2 will begin at 4 am GMT, but you can join us early for all the build-up. Cheers!
Ravindra Jadeja is up for a flash interview. He says that he feels special to take a five-wicket haul. He feels grateful that he got the wickets when the team needed a breakthrough, especially in the heat. Says that the team did pretty well collectively and also appreciates Washington Sundar. Says he bowled extremely well and everyone played their roles with the ball. On being told about him crossing Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma in terms of wickets in Tests, he says that he didn't know about that. Says he doesn't see how many wickets he has taken and only sees when he is not playing. Is really happy to make contributions and progress. On being asked about the pace at which he bowling, he says that you have to mix the pace here and you can't be too slow through the air. Mentions that there's variable bounce off the surface so you have to use your arm to get more revolutions. On being asked about the last 15 minutes of collapse in the batting, he says it was unexpected and says that miscommunication happens. Ends by saying that they need to build partnerships and need to take a good lead.
The last session pretty much belonged to India until the last 15 minutes. It didn't take long for them to wrap the Kiwis up with Ravindra Jadeja completing a brilliant five-for and Washington Sundar adding a couple more to his tally. Trailing by 235, India came out with positive intent but once again Rohit Sharma fell after getting to a start despite getting a couple of lives. The pitch though still turned and bounced a lot but Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal mixed aggression with caution and didn't let the Kiwis bowlers settle in adding 53 runs together before the latter lost his patience and gave away his wicket to a pre-meditated shot. What followed was absolute chaos. Mohammed Siraj came in as nightwatchman but went back for a golden duck and took a review with him as well. Then Virat Kohli threw away his wicket calling for a non-existent run. India lost 3 wickets in the space of 8 balls and now Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant will have to rebuild from scratch on Day 2.
However, things didn't go their way at the start because Will Young and Daryl Mitchell got settled and battled through the heat to keep the scoreboard ticking. They batted through the first hour with Young notching up a fifty as well. Just as when things were settling, Ravindra Jadeja came in and broke the 87-run stand and picked up one more in the same over. Glenn Phillips also couldn't stay for long becoming the third victim of Jadeja. However, Mitchell didn't give his wicket away, and despite being cramped up and struggling with the heat for himself to a half-century with the Kiwis being at 192/6 at the end of the session.
Winning the toss and electing to bat first, New Zealand would have liked to put up a few more runs on the board. They lost Devon Conway pretty early but the skipper Tom Latham and Will Young for them through that period. Akash Deep provided the early breakthrough but it took them a while to get the next. It was Washington Sundar who went bang bang towards the end of the session to put the hosts just ahead in the game.
SESSION SUMMARY - 129 runs and 8 wickets in 29.2 overs! A pretty eventful day of Test cricket! After a couple of shared sessions, it was looking like India were taking control of the game in the final session but New Zealand fought back brilliantly in the last 15 minutes of the day and made things even here going into Day 2. The hosts will be kicking themselves with how things panned out towards the end and it was absolute hara-kiri giving away the momentum to the Kiwis.
18.6
1
Rachin Ravindra to Rishabh Pant, Pushed through flat and full on off, Rishabh Pant leans ahead and eases it to short cover for a quick single. AND THAT WILL BE STUMPS ON DAY 1!
18.5
1
Rachin Ravindra to Shubman Gill, Low full toss at the leg stump. Gill works it away to the right of mid on for a single.
18.4
0
Rachin Ravindra to Shubman Gill, Length ball, just outside off. Gill hangs back and pushes it to point.
Rishabh Pant walks out to bat now. Shubman Gill calls the physio for an issue with his back and is getting a massage. Maybe trying to delay things a bit too to make this the last over of the day.
18.3
W
Rachin Ravindra to Virat Kohli, OUT! DEAR, OH DEAR! RUN OUT! Almost a reminiscence of the Cheteshwar Pujara dismissal against Australia at The Adelaide Oval in the first Test in 2018, when Pat Cummins scored a direct hit from mid on to catch Pujara short at the bowling end. The batter and opposition are different this time but the result and the subsequent questions regarding the run precisely the same. In both cases, the call was questionable from the batter and the fielder was a fast bowler. Was the call made probably because Kohli felt that Henry might have been resting on his heels? And basically, was this run necessary at this stage of the day? Not sure. Kohli perishes too after a boundary. This is going from bad to worse now for India. A run out just at the brink of Stumps and Virat Kohli is absolutely animated with himself. Fuller in length, and at the stumps. Kohli got on the front foot and pushed it to mid on, calling through for a quick single. Matt Henry, at mid on was quick to pick and throw in a motion and scored a terrific direct hit at the non-striker's end. Kohli was compelled to put in a full-length dive to get home. The Kiwis started to celebrate and the decision was referred upstairs. The TV umpire confirms that Kohli's bat was just a foot outside the crease when the stumps were hit. It was Kohli's call so no one else could be really blamed. Heartbreaking last 15 minutes or so for India as they have now slipped from a comfortable 78/1 to a precarious 84/4. On the other hand, terrific from New Zealand to keep on fighting till the very end.
Is that a run out? New Zealand looks very confident and Matt Henry might have pulled something special here. The replay shows he has got his man and it is not any other batter, it is Virat Kohli who is found short of his crease.
18.2
4
Rachin Ravindra to Virat Kohli, FOUR! Skilfully played! A juicy full toss on the stumps, Virat Kohli stands tall and wrists the flick shot through widish mid-wicket for a classy boundary. That goes straight under the hands of the diving William O'Rourke at mid-wicket.
18.2
1nb
Rachin Ravindra to Virat Kohli, Flat and on middle, turning away from the stumps, Virat Kohli takes a good stride ahead and eases it to point. Uh, oh! Rachin Ravindra has overstepped and it is called a NO BALL.
18.1
1
Rachin Ravindra to Shubman Gill, Tossed up, full and around off, Shubman Gill closes the bat face and gets a healthy outside edge towards the off side for a single.
END OF OVER 18 | 0 Runs & 2 Wkt | IND 78/3

17.6
0
Ajaz Patel to Virat Kohli, Tossed up, fuller and on middle and leg, Virat Kohli pushes it to mid on.
17.5
0
Ajaz Patel to Virat Kohli, Identical line and length, on middle, Virat Kohli lunges ahead and blocks it out.
17.4
0
Ajaz Patel to Virat Kohli, Nice and full, on off, Virat Kohli takes a good stride across and defends it right under his eyes.
Virat Kohli is the next man in.
17.3
W
Ajaz Patel to Mohammed Siraj, OUT! LBW! A huge appeal for LBW and the umpire raises his finger! Ajaz Patel removes the nightwatchman in the very first delivery and New Zealand has sneaked back into the game now. Patel comes from around the stumps and lands it on a fullish length, it lands, grips and turns a fraction away from the batter. Mohammed Siraj lunges ahead to defend it out but plays inside the line of the ball and wears it on the back pad. Nothing on UltraEdge and Ball Tracking comes up with three reds. India burn a crucial review and this will be part of the debate as well. Ajaz Patel is on a HAT TRICK now. India has slipped to 78/3 after a decent start.
Mohammed Siraj comes out to the middle as the nightwatchman.
17.2
W
Ajaz Patel to Yashasvi Jaiswal, OUT! BOWLED'EM! Ajaz Patel has got his man and is charged up to bits! Ajaz Patel bowls it flat and full in front of the stumps, Yashasvi Jaiswal pre-meditates and tries to play the reverse sweep. But the line is not ideal to play that shot. He though goes through the shot and misses all ends up and plays all over the line. The ball lands, grips and clatters the middle and leg stumps. India lose their second wicket and Ajaz Patel redeems himself with this one.
17.1
0
Ajaz Patel to Yashasvi Jaiswal, Slower through the air, full and on middle and leg, Yashasvi Jaiswal takes a huge stride ahead and pushes it to the left of Ajaz.
END OF OVER 17 | 5 Runs & 0 Wkt | IND 78/1