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India vs New Zealand Highlights 1st Test Day 3: Kohli, Sarfaraz lead IND fightback, trail by 125 runs vs NZ
India vs New Zealand Highlights 1st Test Day 3: Sarfaraz Khan remained unbeaten and Virat Kohli lost his wicket in the final ball, on Friday.
- 5:21 PM IST, Oct 18Kohli leaves and it's Stumps!
- 5:05 PM IST, Oct 18Kohli, Sarfaraz lead IND fightback
- 4:49 PM IST, Oct 18IND - 214/2 (43), trail by 142 runs
- 4:40 PM IST, Oct 18IND trail by 159 runs
- 4:36 PM IST, Oct 1850 for Kohli too!
- 4:18 PM IST, Oct 18Sarfaraz gets fifty!
- 4:10 PM IST, Oct 18Kohli, Sarfaraz build partnership!
- 3:57 PM IST, Oct 18Sarfaraz closes in on fifty
- 3:45 PM IST, Oct 18IND trail by 218 runs
- 3:41 PM IST, Oct 186-0-4!
- 3:30 PM IST, Oct 184-4! Sarfaraz attacks Ajaz!
- 3:15 PM IST, Oct 18OUTT!! THE BIG WICKET!!
- 3:11 PM IST, Oct 184, 6, 4 - Rohit Sharma raises his fifty in style!
- 2:55 PM IST, Oct 18OUT! Jaiswal loses it and falls
- 2:47 PM IST, Oct 18Players are back for the final session
- 2:40 PM IST, Oct 18Rishabh Pant getting a few throwdowns
- 2:38 PM IST, Oct 18Highest lead for any away side in India in over a decade
- 2:26 PM IST, Oct 18TEA! India 57/0, trail by 299 runs
- 2:23 PM IST, Oct 1850 up for India without losing a wicket
- 1:25 PM IST, Oct 18Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma open for India
- 1:20 PM IST, Oct 18A standing ovation for Rachin Ravindra
- 1:13 PM IST, Oct 18New Zealand all out for 402
- 1:03 PM IST, Oct 18OUT! Kuldeep strikes!
- 12:42 PM IST, Oct 18OUT! Siraj gets Southee, an extraordinary partnership ends
- 12:30 PM IST, Oct 18Fifty for Southee!
- 12:13 PM IST, Oct 18The players return, India take the new ball
- 11:59 AM IST, Oct 18Rachin Ravindra's moment
- 11:51 AM IST, Oct 18Overthrows and a six in the last over
- 11:32 AM IST, Oct 18LUNCH! New Zealand 345/7 in 81 overs, lead by 299 runs
- 11:22 AM IST, Oct 18CENTURY FOR RACHIN RAVINDRA! Brings it up with a four!
- 11:13 AM IST, Oct 18Partnership between Ravindra and Southee reaches 50
- 10:50 AM IST, Oct 18FOUR! Ravindra gets to fifty with a fifty in style
- 10:31 AM IST, Oct 18OUT! 4, 4 and gone for Henry
- 10:22 AM IST, Oct 18OUT! Jadeja gets Phillips!
- 9:57 AM IST, Oct 18OUT! Bumrah gets a wicket at last
- 9:53 AM IST, Oct 18New Zealand cross 200, lead goes over 150
- 9:40 AM IST, Oct 18OUT! Siraj gets the breakthrough!
- 9:19 AM IST, Oct 18The players return...
- 9:17 AM IST, Oct 18Pitch report for Day 3
- 9:10 AM IST, Oct 18Rishabh Pant not part of the Indian huddle
- 8:57 AM IST, Oct 18Rishabh Pant's injury
- 8:45 AM IST, Oct 18The weather…
- 8:34 AM IST, Oct 18New Zealand the luckier of the two sides
- 8:16 AM IST, Oct 18The other side of India's batting aggression
- 8:01 AM IST, Oct 18A record low for any team in a Test match in Asia
- 7:45 AM IST, Oct 18India's lowest Test scores
- 7:40 AM IST, Oct 18Matt Henry on how his experience playing in Bengaluru in the IPL helped
- 7:25 AM IST, Oct 18Matt Henry haunts India again
- 7:14 AM IST, Oct 18‘Draw your swords’
- 7:04 AM IST, Oct 18What Rohit Sharma said about his pitch judgement
- 6:57 AM IST, Oct 18Why Virat Kohli batted at No.3
- 6:49 AM IST, Oct 18Rohit Sharma's admission of making “error”
- 6:36 AM IST, Oct 18Will O'Rourke
- 6:28 AM IST, Oct 18Anatomy of India's fall
- 6:19 AM IST, Oct 18New Zealand's XI - a reminder
- 6:13 AM IST, Oct 18India's playing eleven - a reminder
- 12:52 AM IST, Oct 17Hello and welcome everyone!
India vs New Zealand Highlights 1st Test Day 3: Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan led India's fightback, with the former losing his wicket in the last ball. Kohli departed for 70 off 102 balls. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz remained unbeaten at 70* off 78 deliveries.
India vs New Zealand Highlights 1st Test Day 3: India posted 231/3 at Stumps on Day 3 of the ongoing first Test match against New Zealand, in Bengaluru on Friday. After New Zealand managed to get a huge lead of 336 runs, Rohit Sharma (52) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) gave India a storng start, but lost their wickets to Ajaz Patel. Then, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan led India's fightback, with the former losing his wicket in the last ball. Kohli departed for 70 off 102 balls. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz remained unbeaten at 70* off 78 deliveries. India managed to dismiss New Zealand for 402 runs earlier in the second session. Rachin Ravindra was the last man to fall and he walked off to a standing ovation from the Chinnaswamy Stadium, having made 134 runs in 157 balls before falling to Mohammed Siraj....Read More
Ravindra and Tim Southee broke the backs of the Indian bowlers and fielders as they smashed 137 runs in just 132 balls for the eighth wicket. The stand has all but taken the game away from India who had made a positive start to the day by taking four wickets in the first half of the first session. The stand ended when Southee fell on 65 off 83 balls to Siraj but Ravindra farmed strike and took New Zealand's score past 400. Ravindra was congratulated by the Indian players and given a standing ovation from the crowd in Bengaluru, the city his family hails from and where his paternal grandparents still live.
Ravindra and Southee launched a stunning assault in the second half of the first session and put New Zealand in a commanding position at Lunch. The visitors smashed as many 165 runs in the first session with the partnership between Ravindra and Southee standing at 112 off just 97 balls at Lunch. Ravindra walked back on 104 off 125 balls while Southee was on 49 off 50. Southee hit three sixes which took him to 91 sixes, equalling Virender Sehwag's career tally in Test cricket. New Zealand hence finished the session with a lead of 299, their score on 345/7 in 81 runs. Southee eventually finished the innings with a career tally of 93 sixes. The visitors led by 134 runs at the start of Day 3, having ended the previous day with a score of 180/3 in 50 overs after bundling India out for a record-low score of 46.
New Zealand had almost no trouble easing into the first innings lead, with openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway starting strong. Latham eventually departed for 15 off 49 balls. Meanwhile, Conway built a strong partnership with Will Young, who fell for 33 off 75 balls. Conway missed out on a century, losing his wicket to R Ashwin for 91 off 105 balls.
India were bowled out for 46 in 31.2 overs, with only Yashasvi Jaiswal (13) and Rishabh Pant (20) reaching double figures. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin departed for ducks. For New Zealand's bowling department, Matt Henry took a five-wicket haul, Will O'Rourke bagged four dismissals.
Highlights from India vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 3:
- India post 231/3 at Stumps, trail by 125 runs
- Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan get fifties
- Rohit Sharma raced to his fifty with two fours and a six
- Yashasvi Jaiswal fell going for a big heave in the third session, bringing Virat Kohli into the middle
- India were 57/0 at Tea
- New Zealand were all out for 402, leading by 356 runs
- Rachin Ravindra was the last NZ wicket to fall, after scoring 134 in 157 balls
- Mohammed Siraj dismissed Tim Southee on 65 off 73 balls, ending a 137-run stand between him and Ravindra which came off just 132 balls
- Tim Southee scored his half-century in 57 balls
- New Zealand 345/7 at Lunch, lead by 299
- Ravindra and Southee plundered 112 runs in 97 balls towards the end of the first session
- Ravindra scored his 2nd Test century in 124 balls
- Ravindra and Tim Southee's partnership touched 50 in 67 balls
- Rachin Ravindra scored half-century in 88 balls
- Ravindra Jadeja then dismissed Glenn Phillips and Matt Henry in quick succession
- Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj both struck early on Day 3
- New Zealand started the day on 180/3 in 50 overs, leading by 134 runs
- India were bowled out for a record-low score of 46 in their first innings
