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: Don't bowl short to Rohit Sharma, is something of a thumb rule for most fast bowlers when they play India. Not for Will O'Rourke, the awkward bounce he is generating has the Indian captain ducking and weaving and hopping. The inconsistent bounce is something that the Indians weren't able to take advantage of for much of the day, but the Kiwis are using it to te full. Rohit on 17 off 23, Jaiswal is on 10 off 26.

India 28/0 in 8 overs, trail by 328 runs

India vs New Zealand Live: Henry gets the inside edge of Rohit's bat first ball and it doesn't hit the stumps. Henry goes too full third ball, looking for swing, it goes nicely to Rohit's pads who flicks it away for four. Then he beats Rohit with the fourth ball, full again for the fifth and Rohit swings it away to the boundary. He is on 10 off 11, Jaiswal on two off 13.

India 12/0 in 4 overs

India vs New Zealand Live: Jaiswal and Rohit looking to get a foothold. Remember, the conditions are very good for batting at the moment and so things can very interesting indeed if India can stay at the crease for the rest of the day without losing too many wickets. Rohit and Jaiswal both on two runs.

India 4/0 after 2 overs

India vs New Zealand Live: An entire generation of Indian players and fans have grown up without ever facing a situation such as this. India walk out in their second innings having to score at least 356 runs to avoid an innings defeat. Not even in the last series that they lost at home did they suffer an innings defeat. Yashasvi Jaiswal facing up to Tim Southee, Rohit Sharma at the other end.

India vs New Zealand Live: His partner Will O'Rourke has sprinted to the dressing room to get his bowling hat on but Ravindra takes his time to walk off, and why not. Big cheers immediately after Jurel takes the catch and then the crowd rises in ovation for Ravindra, the local boy in a way. A number of Indian players, including Bumrah and Siraj on whom he piled so much misery, walk up to him and shake his hands. What a player the 24-year-old is turning out to be in all formats. Extra special for him that he has made the Chinnaswamy his own considering he is so proud of his roots in Bengaluru. One gets the feeling that most in the crowd present today would be grudgingly happy for him as well, despite what he has done to their beloved Indian team.

India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra hits possibly the biggest six of this innings by smashing the second ball of the 92nd by Kuldeep over midwicket. Goes for another big one but the ball only ends up ballooning up in the air, Dhruv Jurel takes a straightforward catch.

Ravindra c sub (Jurel) b Kuldeep Yadav 134 (157)

India vs New Zealand Live: More frustration for India, Ravindra has played the situation perfectly in the 91st over. Manages to send Siraj to deep midwicket to take two runs off the third ball. Then hits the fourth ball to mid-on for four, then he uses the field coming in and sends the fifth ball over point for a four. Ravindra then top edges a pull and can get a single.

New Zealand 395/9 in 91 overs, lead by 349

India vs New Zealand Live: This has been an eventful over to say the least. Ravindra goes for a big haymaker first ball, misses it and it hits the pad. Just a muted appeal for LBW which the umpire turns down and India don't review it. Replays later show that they would have got the centurion out had they done so. Ravindra then nails the heave second ball and it flies into the stands for a six. Single next ball and then an LBW appeal against Ajaz, turned down. Another appeal next ball and and this time the umpire gives it. Ajaz reviews, there were two sounds but it is pads first. Impact is umpire's call, wickets hitting. New Zealand down to their last wicket.

India vs New Zealand Live: Two left-handers in the crease, a hard new ball and yet the first over of spin is to be bowled by Kuldeep, not Ashwin. Just shows that India's premier spinner has had a horrendous Test. Ajaz annoys Siraj by unfurling a beautiful cover drive fifth ball to send it to the boundary. Siraj responds by going full and it beats the batter last ball. Beats the batter, does not dismiss him. That is just how unlucky he has been in this spell.

New Zealand 376/8 in 89 overs, lead by 330 runs

India vs New Zealand Live: That's a strange one. Big appeal for caught behind as Ravindra takes a waft at the first ball of the 89th from Siraj. Jurel takes the catch and starts celebrating, so do the Indians and Michael Gough, who has got nothing wrong in this Test really, raises his finger. Ravindra consults with Ajaz and then goes upstairs. There is the slighest of flickers on ultraedge as ball passes bat. But the the third umpire says he can also see daylight between bat and ball and so asks Gough to reverse his decision. Always strange when batters are not sure if they nicked a ball or not, especially when they are looking to review a decision that has gone against them. Further replays show that Virat Kohli at first slip was not celebrating at all. He knew.

India vs New Zealand Live: How well has Bumrah bowled today. Well, it is better than his figures of 1/41 suggest. He beats Ravindra's drive first ball of the 88th over. Then beats him again with a slower ball second ball. Third ball is punched to mid on after which Ravindra gets off strike. Bumrah then serves Ajaz Patel with a yorker, it is toe-ended to the wicketkeeper. Then Patel nails a push to mid-off. Ravindra on 109 off 141, Patel on none off four.

New Zealand 371/8 in 88 overs, lead by 325 runs

India vs New Zealand Live: Southee took his Test sixes tally to 93 off the third ball of the 87th from Siraj, slogging it over midwicket. Then a rather unsure lofted shot next ball which is a slow delivery and that does it. Muted celebrations from Siraj and India, they know this innings from Southee has hurt them, possibly beyond repair.

Southee c Jadeja b Mohammed Siraj 65 (73)

New Zealand 370/8, lead by 324

India vs New Zealand Live: Southee had a hard time facing Siraj in the last over and so, he decides to hit back. Ravindra gets off strike second ball after being beaten on the outside edge with his first. Southee then dances down the track to Siraj third ball and slogs it over midwicket for a four. Then he stays in the crease, flicks the length ball on the pads for another four. He takes a single off the last ball. There is no bother about farming strike now, Southee as comfortable facing deliveries as Ravindra. He is on 59 off 63, Ravindra on 107 off 136.

New Zealand 362/7, lead by 316.

India vs New Zealand Live: He takes a single off the first ball of the 84th over from Bumrah and that takes him to his half-century in 57 balls. Southee is beaten by the fifth ball of that over. He is on 50 off 59 at the end of it, Ravindra on 106 off 134 balls.

New Zealand 352/7 in 84 overs

India vs New Zealand Live: And still Southee survives. Southee hits the first ball to cover. He then swings at the second and is beaten on the outside edge, the third ball leaves him late and whistles past his edge again. The fourth swings away from him again and even wobbles on Jurel and surprises him, it goes behind for four byes. Southee pushes at the fourth that also swings away and the last is fuller and closer to off stump, beats the batter again. Siraj looked more likely to get a wicket in these first two overs with the new ball than Bumrah.

New Zealand 349/7 in 83 overs

India vs New Zealand Live: And doesn't really succeed in doing so. He strayed down the leg side from around the wicket first two balls. Ravindra tried to get something on the second one and failed. Bumrah gets the third to shape away, Ravindra leaves it alone. Bumrah goes down leg side next two deliveries as well and then gets his line right last ball, Ravindra defends it down.

India vs New Zealand Live: India have a proper mountain to climb here but they can still try and stop New Zealand from making this close to impossible for them. Rachin Ravindra, on an imperious 104 off 125 balls, on strike, Tim Southee at the other end on 49 off 50. Jasprit Bumrah with the shiny new cherry in his hands.

New Zealand 345/7, lead by 299

India vs New Zealand Live: He stayed put and weathered the storm while his teammates fell around him and when the time came, he switched gears quite spectacularly. Ravindra scored a century against Pakistan at this ground in the 2023 World Cup last year and that was his first ODI at the Chinnaswamy. Now he has scored a century in his first Test match here. Clearly, he feels at home in Bengaluru.

India vs New Zealand Live: Southee punched the second ball of that over from Siraj to extra cover, where captain Rohit collects the ball and fires it at the stumps at the striker's end. It misses the target and rolls away to the boundary for four overthrows. Then Siraj bowls a benign, hip-high short ball fourth ball, Southee sends it over square leg for the six that helped him equal Sehwag's Test tally. That took him to 49 in 50 balls at the end of that over with Ravindra on 104 off 125 at the other end.

India vs New Zealand Live: Well, it is pretty safe to say that India lost the plot to a certain extent towards the end of that session. Some of them go and shake hands with Rachin Ravindra who deserves all kinds of praise. What an extraordinary innings this has been from a player who seems to be able to do no wrong at the moment in international cricket. New Zealand smashed as many as 58 runs in the last four overs of that session. The Chinnaswamy is known as a good batting ground in T20 cricket, well New Zealand gave a glimpse of that in the second half of that session

India vs New Zealand Live: And moreover, they are taking their own sweet time with bowling the 81st. It is Mohammed Siraj who is going to bowl it. Now India are the bowling side, they should be in a hurry to get as many overs as possible in this session. Not only do they not take the new ball, they seem to have almost given up on this session.

India vs New Zealand Live: The partnership between Southee and Ravindra has gone to 102 now in just 91 balls! Southee has equalled Virender Sehwag's tally of career sixes in Test cricket. Ravindra takes a single after scoring his century. Ashwin then goes short and wide to Southee for some reason, the veteran Kiwi makes room for himself and slaps it to the boundary for a four. The next ball is sent sailing back over the bowler's head for a six after which Southee sweeps the fifth ball for a four. A single next ball, he has raced to 39 in 44, Ravindra at the other end on 104 off 125.

New Zealand 335/7 in 80 overs, lead by 28

India vs New Zealand Live: He sends the first ball from Ashwin to fine leg for a four and raises 'em. The Chinnaswamy crowd gives him a rousing ovation, that is some innings from Rachin Ravindra. It was a leg stump ball from Ashwin first ball of the 80th, Ravindra just sweeps it with ease. The Indian bowlers have completely lost their line and length here and it is largely because Ravindra and Southee have smashed them everywhere. Ravindra takes off his helmet, raises both hands and gets a big hug from Southee.

New Zealand 319/7

India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra one run away from scoring a century in his first Test in his native town. He sweeps the fourth ball of the 79th from Jadeja for a six; the next ball is smashed off the square for a four. A single next ball takes him to 99 in 123.

New Zealand 315/7 in 79 overs, lead by 273 runs

India vs New Zealand Live: Two more sixes and Tim Southee will cross Virender Sehwag's career tally of sixes. Before that, Ashwin lost his length fourth ball and Ravindra goes to the backfoot, sends the ball past midwicket. Southee then hits the last ball of the over down the ground for the six. He is on 23 off 39, Ravindra on 87 off 118.

New Zealand 302/7 in 78 overs