Highlights of Day 3 of 1st Test Match between India and New Zealand
At stumps on Day 3 of the 1st Test between India and New Zealand, India trails by 125 runs, reaching 231/3 in their second innings. Virat Kohli scored 70, while Sarfaraz Khan contributed 69. New Zealand had earlier posted 402, with Rachin Ravindra top-scoring at 134. India’s first innings was a mere 46 runs, marking their third-lowest total in Test history. The match remains competitive, with conditions expected to assist bowlers on Day 41.
Highlights of Day 3
- India post 231/3 at Stumps, trail by 125 runs
- Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan get fifties
- Rohit Sharma raced to his fifty with two fours and a six
- Yashasvi Jaiswal fell going for a big heave in the third session, bringing Virat Kohli into the middle
- India were 57/0 at Tea
- New Zealand were all out for 402, leading by 356 runs.
- Rachin Ravindra was the last NZ wicket to fall, after scoring 134 in 157 balls
- Mohammed Siraj dismissed Tim Southee on 65 off 73 balls, ending a 137-run stand between him and Ravindra which came off just 132 balls
- Tim Southee scored his half-century in 57 balls
- New Zealand 345/7 at Lunch, lead by 299
- Ravindra and Southee plundered 112 runs in 97 balls towards the end of the first session
- Ravindra scored his 2nd Test century in 124 balls
- Ravindra and Tim Southee’s partnership touched 50 in 67 balls
- Rachin Ravindra scored half-century in 88 balls
- Ravindra Jadeja then dismissed Glenn Phillips and Matt Henry in quick succession.
- Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj both struck early on Day 3
- New Zealand started the day on 180/3 in 50 overs, leading by 134 runs