India vs New Zealand Highlights 1st Test Day 3: Kohli, Sarfaraz lead IND fightback, trail by 125 runs vs NZ

India vs New Zealand Live: And they have got there in just 67 balls. Ravindra is on 77 off 112 balls, Southee on 15 off 33. India being absolutely frustrated now by this partnership. What would be worse for them is that there have hardly been any kind of chances that have come the hosts' way.

New Zealand 283/7 in 76 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Jadeja's fourth delivery is not that short outside off, not full either, Ravindra sends it past cover for a four. Then next ball is tossed up slower and fuller on off, Ravndra sends it past cover again for another four. A couple of gorgeous shots from the Kiwi youngster from Bengaluru, he is on 76 off 108, Southee on 13 off 31.

New Zealand 280/7

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Ravindra whipped Ashwin through the midwicket region third ball, then he uses his wrists again fourth ball but this time to send a full toss over wide long-on for a six. ravindra ends that over on 66 off 95 balls, Southee on 12 off 26.

New Zealand 269/7, lead by 223

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: ...and Rohit finally brings Ashwin into the attack. He will bowl the 72nd over. Southee survives five balls of the 71st over from Jadeja, without much troubles. The batters even ran two off the fourth ball.

New Zealand 260/7 in 71 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: That is just a gorgeous shot from Ravindra and he gets to his half-century in his first Test in his native city. Steps out to Kuldeep second ball of the 70th over and sends the ball careening down the ground to the boundary. He reaches his half-century in 88 balls. With that, their lead goes past 200 as well.

New Zealand 247/7 in 69/2 overs, lead by 201

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Former captain Tim Southee is out there. Now he would be among the more surprising names in the topmost regions of the most prolific six-hitters in the history of Test cricket but he would know that his main job is to hold up an end while Rachin Ravindra gets as many as runs as possible at the other. Thus far, he has faced 16 balls for four runs, surviving five deliveries against Kuldeep in the 68th over with Ravindra taking a single off the first. 16 of the 19 deliveries that these two have faced have been taken by Southeee which may not exactly be very good farming of strike from Ravindra.

New Zealand 240/7, led by 194 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Henry gone trying one too many shots. He is an aggressive batter but then a No.8 might be better served assisting a well-set Rachin Ravindra at the other end, rather than trying to take over the scoring.

Henry b Jadeja 8 (9)

New Zealand 233/7, lead by 187

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Knocks him over! A good start indeed for India. Phillips has been looking uncertain all morning and he ends up in a proper knot here. Stays back to a full delivery, leans forward and tries to defend, ends up in the worst of shapes for any batter. The ball doesn't bother touching any part of his body or bat, hits the top of middle stump.

Phillips b Jadeja 14 (18)

New Zealand 223/6 in 62.3 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Kuldeep replaces Bumrah at the other end, a big appeal for LBW against Ravindra second ball which the umpire turns down. Rohit takes the review and the umpire's call is held up. Ravindra takes a single next ball, Phillips ends that over by clubbing the ball back over the bowler's head for a six. He is on 14 off 17, Ravindra on 39 off 17.

New Zealand 222/5 in 62 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: First change of the day. An excellent spell from Siraj comes to an end. Ravindra Jadeja replaces him. There is a chance that Kuldeep or Ashwin might be given one more over from the other end. Phillips to face up, he is on eight off as many, Ravindra on 38 off 68.

Inda 215/5 in 60 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Well the crowd at the Chinnaswamy can be heard chanting "RCB! RCB!" arguably among the more iconic chants to have emerged from the IPL. But then they seem to be answered by a small minority chanting for CSK. All this while RCB's Siraj is bowling to CSK's Ravindra.

Ravindra's new partner Glenn Phillips is living dangerously though, as he does most of the time. He has been swinging quite freely, been beaten by Bumrah off the very first ball he faced and the fourth ball of the 59th from Siraj. Ravindra is on 38 off 66, Phillps on three off four.

New Zealand 209/5 in 59 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Jasprit Bumrah has been lining up Tom Blundell for a while and he gets him at last. Sends the fourth ball of the 58th on good length, it holds its line and draws the edge from Blundell's defensive shot. It goes straight into Rahul at second slip.

Blundell c Rahul b Bumrah 5 (8)

New Zealand 204/5, lead by 158 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Rachin Ravindra looking very good indeed but Jasprit Bumrah has been brilliant today as well. Quite unlucky to not get a wicket but he seems to have his eyes trained on new man Tom Blundell. Ravindra is on 32 off 62, Blundell on five off four.

New Zealand 204/4 in 57 overs, lead by 158 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: There is the early wicket!

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Bumrah with an absolute corker fourth ball of the 54th. Good length delivery, the angle forces Ravindra to play, but then it seams away out of nowhere and just about beats his outside edge. Millimetres away from a wicket. Ravindra is on 30 off 54, Mitchell on 14 off 43.

New Zealand 189/3 in 54 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: It wasn't exactly a great delivery from Siraj first up, full and on the pads. But Ravindra, what timing, he plays that flick shot as perfectly as a batter can, sends it between mid-on and midwicket for four. The sweetest of connections. A leg bye off the fifth ball, Ravindra on 26 off 39, Mitchellm on 14 off 40. Bumrah will steam in from the other end. One wonders if it should've been a spinner bowling one of the first two overs of the day, instead of both being bowled by pacers.

New Zealand 185/3 in 51 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Right, it is Day 3 and they tend to be called the "moving day" in a Test match. The team that stays on top at the end of the day today are most likely to win this match for sure. Rachin Ravindra takes strike on 22 off 34, Daryl Mitchell at the other end on 14 off 39. Mohammed Siraj to bowl the first over of the day, 51st over of the innings.

New Zealand 180/3, lead by 135 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Murali Kartik and Simon Doull say that India are in for a hard grind today. The conditions have eased off and it is very good for batting now. The only friend the bowlers could have is the uneven bounce because of some cracks that are beginning to develop.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: It looks like Dhruv Jurel will take the gloves today as well. We just saw the Indian team huddle and Rishabh Pant was not in it.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: It remains to be seen whether Pant will take the field today or not. Pant missed a stumping against Devon Conway off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja in the 37th over of the New Zealand innings. The ball ended up hitting his knee after evading the pads when he failed to collect it.

"Unfortunately, the ball hit straight on his knee cap, the same leg on which he has got a surgery done. So he has got a bit of swelling on it," Rohit said after play in Bengaluru. "And you know the muscles are quite tender at this point in time, so it's a precautionary measure. We don't want to take a risk. Rishabh doesn't want to take a risk because he has gone through a massive surgery on that particular leg. That was the reason for him to go inside. Hopefully, at night he can recover and we will see him back on the field tomorrow."

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: The weather has played a huge role in this Test to say the least. It washed out the first day and the ball was swinging like a boomerang for New Zealand under heavy cloud cover and coolish conditions on the morning of Day 2. Today, it is bright and sunny in Bengaluru! While there was a slight rain delay yesterday and Stumps were called due to bad light, we could have a full day's play today with absolutely no interruptions.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: While Rohit Sharma's decision to bat first is now being seen as a blunder, it has to be remembered that Tom Latham also said that they wanted to bat first. New Zealand also went in with three pacers but that is because two of their top batters, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips, are also two of their top spinners. This meant that they effectively had three pacers and three spinners in their ranks by default. All in all, both sides misjudged the conditions, both sides picked the wrong teams, but New Zealand got lucky.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: We were raving about India's incredible aggression with the bat in a Test against Bangladesh not too long ago. India scored at over 8 runs an over throughout that innings that lasted just over 33 overs and broke the record for the fastest team 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 in the history of Test cricket. The other side of it, though, is that there would be days when this attacking strokeplay would blow up in their face spectacularly and fans got a glimpse of that in the very next Test match. Indiad had declared on 285/9 against Bangladesh in just 34.4 overs then. In their next Test, which is this one, they were all out for 46 in 31.2 overs.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Not only was this India's lowest score at home, this is also the least runs any team has scored in a Test innings in Asia. The previous lowest in Asia was 53 all out by West Indies against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 1986 and Pakistan against Australia in Sharjah in 2002.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: By now, you must have heard that India were dismissed for their lowest-ever Test score at home in the first innings. Overall, this is their third-lowest score in a Test innings. The lowest, of course, is the infamous 36-all out in Adelaide in December 2020 against Australia after which comes 42-all out against England at Lord's in June 1974.

This is India's lowest score at home by some margin. The previous record was 75 against the might of the West Indies in Delhi in November 1987. That record was almost broken in 2008, when the fiery Dale Steyn led the way with a five-wicket haul as South Africa dismissed India for 76 runs in Ahmedabad. India's current bowling coach Morne Morkel had dismissed MS Dhoni and captain Anil Kumble in that innings. India went on to lose that match by an innings and 90 runs with Jacques Kallis scoring a century and AB de Villiers staying unbeaten on 217.