India 86 for 4 (Gill 31*, Jaiswal 30, Ajaz 2-33) trail New Zealand 235 (Mitchell 82, Young 71, Jadeja 5-65, Washington 4-81) by 149 runs. Get the latest New Zealand vs India 3rd Test Match Day 2 update.
Ravindra Jadeja picked his 14th Test five-wicket journey as New Zealand were bowled out for 235. He delivered 22 continuous overs in the sweltering conditions of Mumbai to help in this effort. Nonetheless, India lost the advantage as three wickets fell in the last two overs of the Day’s play, with the team ending Day 1 at 86 for 4.
Jadeja had to bowl the dull middle session, which even saw Washington Sundar leave the field due to heat to rehydrate. And the batters received the drinks at intervals of just under three overs.
Daryl Mitchell and Will Young scored a half-century, suggesting that the two batsmen almost increased the score. Jadeja’s well-timed intervention saved this, as Mitchell and Young put on 87 runs between them in a practically dry-weather partnership.
The collapse from 159 for 3 to 235 relieved India, which was on the verge of suffering its second series of whitewashes at home. The first one happened a long time ago, in 1993. This result was also crucial for World Test Championship points. But the last two overs were a bummer for them.
They were in a favorable position, having lost the toss but then waking up to being able to bat in ideal batting conditions when it mattered the most after Tom Latham won yet another critical toss. He oversaw New Zealand’s early advancement but lost Devon Conway to Akash Deep around the wicket. A push for pace without Jasprit Bumrah could only handle so much. R. Ashwin was the first spinner called upon to bowl in the eighth over. He was tipped to be the most likely spinner to take a wicket.
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Latham scored 28 off 44 before he was prised out following a frustrating one-two by Washington. Washington got the inside edge of one ball and took the outside edge of the next ball, displacing the top of the off stump from virtually the same angle. Washington beat Rachin Ravindra’s off stump for the third time in three attempts with a similar delivery, leaving New Zealand at an unstable 72 for 3.
When Jadeja slowed the pace of the ball now and then, it did turn. But he was searching for swift changes. However, Young and Mitchell appeared to be entirely formed regarding their batting. The sweeps and reverse sweeps were valuable tools, and Young even stepped down the track to pop the ball up without hesitation. Although this was his first fifty in the series, Young has projected that he has been more at ease on the crease than the other players.
Siraj, Ashwin, and Washington bowled from the other end, but Jadeja continued from his. At the end of the opening, he almost got what he was after with a high pace and turned to boot. Now, he was in it. He bothered the batsman with the stump by changing pace. He sent Glenn Phillips packing for one that did not turn, and Zoe made his way past Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma into the top five Indian wicket-takers.
The third day of New Zealand vs India has begun, with India batting at 195 for 5.
