IND vs NZ 1st Test Day 3 Live Score: The first match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. By the end of the second day of play in the first match of this series, the New Zealand team had scored 180 runs after losing 3 wickets. The grip of the Kiwi team has become very strong in this match. Team India is thinking of making a comeback. Sarfaraz Khan and Kuldeep Yadav were included in the playing 11 of the team in place of Shubman Gill and Akash Deep.
Ind vs Nz 1st Test Day 3 Live: New Zealand’s score 345/7 till lunch on the third day
By lunch time on the third day, New Zealand’s score is 345 runs at the loss of 7 wickets after 80 overs. Kiwi team has taken a lead of 299 runs. This also includes Rachin Ravindra’s century. While Rachit was batting after scoring 104 runs, Tim Southee also remained unbeaten after scoring 49 runs. Kiwi team now has a lead of 299 runs on the basis of first innings. The Indian team has taken a total of 4 wickets in this session.
Let us tell you that India’s first innings collapsed for just 46 runs. After which New Zealand had scored 180 runs at the end of the day’s play. Two changes were made in the Indian team for this match. For New Zealand, Matt Henry took 5 wickets and William O’Rourke took 4 wickets. On the basis of the first innings, the Kiwis had taken a lead of 134 runs by the end of the second day’s play. At the end of the day’s play for the Kiwi team, Rachin Ravindra was playing with 22 runs and Daryl Mitchell was playing with 14 runs. Now on the third day, Team India will try its best to make a comeback. For which better performance is expected from the Indian bowlers.
Team India suffered a big blow in the Bengaluru Test against New Zealand when wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant suffered a leg injury. After which Pant was sent out of the field. In such a situation, Dhruv Jurel came for wicketkeeping in place of Pant. Pant scored the most runs for India. Whereas 5 Indian batsmen returned to the pavilion without opening their account. Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin and Sarfaraz Khan were out without opening the account.