India vs New Zealand Highlights, 1st Test, Day 4: NZ 4/1 at stumps; need 280 runs to win in Kanpur

“I had been in this situation before as well, not with the Indian team but with my Ranji team. Mindset was to play the session and play as many balls as possible. I wasn't thinking too far ahead, was just focusing on the present. Rahul Sir had told me to bat as many balls as possible and I was determined to do that. We felt that 250 including the first innings lead would have been a good score, so we're very happy with where we are now. Actually, not a lot was happening with the wicket today, the ball was keeping a bit low. The talk was to get to a competitive total and I feel that it's a really good total. We have real spin power, so hopefully we can get the job done tomorrow.”

India's day. They just got four overs with the ball but managed to get the key wicket of Will Young. New Zealand, meanwhile, will be lamenting that dismissal as Young was simply too late to refer the LBW call. 

New Zealand 4/1 in 4 overs, need 280 more runs to win.

Will Young is too late to take the review. Ashwin strikes! Unlucky for New Zealand because the ball was missing the leg-stump by quite some distance. 

Saha experiencing pain in his neck it seems, as he goes off the field. KS Bharat comes on as the substitute wicketkeeper again.

The left-armer begins with a maiden. 

New Zealand 1/0

West Indies hold the record for the highest successful run-chase on Indian soil (276/5), which came all the way back in 1987!

New Zealand will have to break a record to win the Kanpur Test.

Tom Latham and Will Young open for New Zealand. Ravichandran Ashwin to begin proceedings for India.

And there's the declaration from Ajinkya Rahane. 13 overs are left in the game but it is unlikely we will see as many with deteriorating light conditions. 

India's lead is now 283, meaning New Zealand will now have to break the record for highest run-chase by an opposition on Indian soil to win this game.

Intent from Axar Patel. The batter steps out for a lofted shot at long-on but gets only one. Four singles off the over from Somerville. 80 overs gone, and the new ball is now due.

Steps out against Ajaz and slams it wide of long-on for a six! We are slowly approaching the final 30 minutes of the play.

India 221/7; lead by 270

What a knock! Wriddhiman Saha battles through neck pain – more prominent in the final session – to reach his sixth Test fifty and he receives a standing ovation from the dressing room, and rightly so.

An exceptional effort from the wicketkeeper-batter, who not only saved India's sinking ship alongside Iyer but also put the side in a commanding position with his prolonged stay at the crease.

Saha one run away from his half-century. The lights are on at Green Park but the sunlight is better than all the previous three days so far.

Wriddhiman Saha has received some treatment on the pitch for his neck stiffness during the drinks break.

Jamieson's second over of the new spell fetches 2 runs. Wriddhiman Saha is four runs short of an impressive half-century, while Axar Patel remains unbeaten on 15 off 51 deliveries. Drinks break 

With poor light often stopping the play earlier than the scheduled close, this might be the time to be aggressive – especially for Axar.

Both batters have been impressive so far but it might be time to up the ante now. We are into the final hour of play and India would want to get a few overs with the ball.

India reach the 200-run mark. Wriddhiman Saha's brave effort continues, while Axar Patel has complimented the wicketkeeper-batter well so far.

India's lead also reaches the 250-run mark.

The seamer wandering off his length a bit. Southee bowls on Saha's pads and the batter finds no difficulty in pushing a gentle flick down the leg side for a boundary. Saha moves into 40s.

India 198/7; lead by 247

The lead is approaching the 250-run mark as the duo of Saha and Axar frustrates the Kiwi bowlers after Tea. Partnership now 26 off 46 deliveries.

Wriddhiman Saha looks in pain as he keeps holding his neck every now and then. The wicketkeeper-batter had missed the entire day of the Test on Day 3 due to neck stiffness, and has been batting with an open stance today to ensure less pressure on his neck.

Saha and Axar keep the Indian scoreboard ticking. Somerville does induce a thick edge off Saha while bowling around the wicket, but it was a tough chance for the wicketkeeper as it deflects off his pads for a single. 3 off the over.

Just like his bowling, Axar sticking to basics with the bat as well. Plays with a straight bat on a delivery coming onto him and sends it straight past the bowler for a four.

India 185/7; lead by 234

Saha takes a couple on a rare poor delivery outside off from Southee. Wide and short from the pacer, and Saha gives it a light push for a two. 

Controlled pull shot from Axar Patel. The left-hander ensured this shot goes grounded and he finds the pace on the shot. Jamieson comes around the wicket and bowls it short, and Patel plays it with a marginally tilted bat through square leg.

India 175/7; lead by 224