🏏NZ Tour of India 2024: 3rd Test: Nov 1- 5: Day 3: Pg 42🏏 - Page 14

Over 63

Day 1: 3rd Session

NZ

218

-8

(63)

CRR3.46

P'SHIP8(12)

OVS LEFT27

Over 65

Day 1: 3rd Session

NZ

228

-8

(65)

CRR3.51

P'SHIP18(24)

OVS LEFT25

65.1

W

Washington Sundar to Mitchell, out Caught by Rohit!! Such a soft dismissal this. On a length and outside off, Mitchell tries to dab it down, telegraphed the shot for a while and that gave Rohit time at slip to move to his right and get himself ready, low catch and he takes it easily. Mitchell c Rohit b Washington Sundar 82(129) [4s-3 6s-3]

William ORourke, right handed bat, comes to the crease.

Originally posted by: SoniRita

Toss New Zealand chose to bat vs India

New Zealand won their second toss of the series and decided to bat first as they pushed for a first-ever whitewash against India in India. It was an important toss to win again because batting last was not expected to be fun. However, Dinesh Karthik, who inspected the pitch, said there was moisture in the surface, which was expected to make for early turn as well, then some settling down and a lot of turn after that.

New Zealand made two changes, both fitness related. Mitchell Santner, who bowled New Zealand to a win with a sore side in Pune, was out with the side strain, making way for legspinner Ish Sodhi. Matt Henry recovered from a Grade 1 gluteal tear to take his place in the XI, replacing Tim Southee.

Santner had picked up a side strain during the final day of the Pune Test, where he played a starring role. He was ruled out for Mumbai after failing a fitness test on match eve.

India, fighting for pride and also crucial World Test Championship points, made one change: the unwell Jasprit Bumrah made way for Mohammed Siraj. A BCCI statement said Bumrah had "not fully recovered from his viral illness".

KL Rahul continued to sit out despite the batting failure against spin in Pune.

Thanks soni soni soni ✋

65.4

W

Washington Sundar to Ajaz Patel, out Lbw!! Bad misjudgement from Ajaz Patel and he takes a review with him. Flat length delivery and drifting in from outside off, Ajaz Patel plans the front foot forward and shoulders arms, the ball thuds into the pad, impact does not matter as he has not played a shot, crashing into the stumps and all three reds. India have bowled New Zealand out for 235. Ajaz Patel lbw b Washington Sundar 7(16) [6s-1]

15:16 Local Time, 09:46 GMT, 15:16 IST: Gautam Gambhir, Morne Morkel and the others welcome India back with claps and encouragement. Simon Doull on air reckons India are on top after losing the toss. He feels New Zealand are a few runs short. Two big contributions from the batting order in Will Young and Daryl Mitchell. Not much from the others. Both Young and Mitchell batted superbly to make their runs. The latter battling his own body and the extreme conditions to stick it out and top-score with 82.

Ashwin has gone wicketless for the first time in an innings against New Zealand where they were bowled out.

Ankush Sonkar: India need to show resilience for the rest of the game today and play positive cricket.

Originally posted by: Aurora_77

Ashwin has gone wicketless for the first time in an innings against New Zealand where they were bowled out.

But Jadu was too good today ✋ Playing a second fiddle is an art too and lets think this way- Ash indirectly helped him take wickets because a batsman is never really settled when two obscenely different type of bowlers are operating 👍👍