As rain continues to pour, the umpires have taken lunch on day four of the 1st IND vs NZ Test in Bengaluru. India trail by 12 runs.
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As rain continues to pour, the umpires have taken lunch on day four of the 1st IND vs NZ Test in Bengaluru. India trail by 12 runs.
Rain has halted play on day 4 of the 1st India vs New Zealand Test match in Bengaluru. Just as Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant were starting to hit gears, the rain has decided to halt proceedings and that's music to the ears of Tom Latham and co. India trail by 12 runs and that won't be good news for the BlackCaps.
NZ 402
IND 46 & 344/3 (71 Overs)
Rishabh Pant, Sarfaraz Khan have brought up the 100-run partnership for the fourth-wicket as NZ still search for a wicket in Bengaluru. The duo have been on the attack right from the word 'go' this morning and have trimmed down the lead to mere 22 runs.
NZ 402
IND 46 & 334/3 (69 Overs)
The hosts have dominated proceedings in the morning session with Sarfaraz Khan scoring his maiden international hundred along the way. India now trail by mere 62 runs against the Kiwis and will eye another session especially with the likes of KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja still to come.
NZ 402
IND 46 & 294/3 (63 Overs)
What a player he is turning out to be! Sarfaraz Khan, who was roped in to replace the injured Shubman Gill, has given a headache to the team management and the selectors with a century in the 2nd innings. A knock to remember. Fans in the stands are emotional, jubilant scenes.
NZ 402
IND 46 & 275/3 (57 Overs)
Sarfaraz Khan has moved into the nineties with some slick boundaries especially down to third-man. The Mumbai batter, who has come into this Test on the back of a sensational double-ton in Irani Trophy final, looks composed and has troubled the NZ bowlers with his strokeplay.
NZ 402
IND 46 & 261/3 (54 Overs)
Sarfaraz Khan has scored 13 runs off fours this morning has he looks to cut down the deficit on day 4 of the 1st IND Vs NZ Test in Bengaluru. Rishabh Pant has looked the quieter one but Sarfaraz has whacked few boundaries to build pressure back on the Kiwi bowlers.
NZ 402
IND 46 & 245/3 (52 Overs)
After suffering a knock on his knee, Rishabh Pant has walked out to bat alongside Sarfaraz Khan. Big day ahead for Team India.
NZ 402
IND 46 & 232/3 (50 Overs)
There are cracks. If it hits the front of the crack it keeps low, if it hits the end of the crack kicks up. It does seam off the cracks too. Runs are there to be had but it is definitely not a bad day to be bowling too - Simon Doull and Murali Kartik.
New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra scored his second Test hundred and became the first Kiwi batter since 2012 to score a ton on Indian soil during the 1st India vs New Zealand Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Friday. Check the stats HERE.
He had plenty to celebrate, but he found something else even more celebratory and relieving.
"It's pretty hard to crystal-ball gaze into the future. It's a quality batting line-up on a wicket that's not doing too much, so it's important for us to hold our lines and lengths and do that for long periods. But I think Kohli's wicket at the end was very important," Ravindra told reporters during the post-day press meet.
"Obviously, he's a guy who has scored 9,000-plus Test runs, which is pretty mind-blowing, but for us it was a huge wicket. We know things happen quickly in this part of the world, so, hopefully, we can stick at it and get a few wickets in the morning," he added.
As per AccuWeather, The weather in Bengaluru today will be mostly cloudy, with a temperature ranging between 20°C and 26°C. According to Google, the Humidity is at 91%, and there is a 53% chance of precipitation.
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India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand: Tom Latham (c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Glenn Phillips, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke
Welcome to the live coverage of the fourth day of the India vs New Zealand 1st Test going on at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.