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India vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: NZ 171/9 at Stumps, lead by 143 runs; Jadeja takes four wickets

India vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: Jadeja reduced NZ to their last wicket with the last ball of an engrossing second day.
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India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Daryl Mitchell and Will Young took New Zealand's lead over 50 and the pair put up a partnership of 50 runs. It ended with Ravindra Jadeja dismissing Mitchell thanks to a sensational catch from Ravichandran Ashwin. Jadeja then cleaned up Blundell to put India right on top.

India vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights:
India vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights:

India vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: Ravindra Jadeja has reduced New Zealand to their last wicket as he increased his tally in this innings to four. He dismissed Matt Henry with what turned out to be the last ball of an engrossing second day of the 3rd Test between India and New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium. ...Read More

Jadeja had earlier struck back for India with two quick wickets after Daryl Mitchell and Will Young took New Zealand's lead over 50 in their second innings. The pair put up a partnership of 50 runs and it ended with Ravindra Jadeja dismissing Mitchell thanks to a sensational catch from Ravichandran Ashwin. India have thus picked up their third wicket of the session and the fourth wicket of the New Zealand second innings overall. Jadeja followed that up by cleaning up Tom Blundell shortly thereafter.

India were all out for 263 runs with a lead of 28 runs. Ajaz Patel took a five-wicket haul while Washington Sundar stayed unbeaten on 38 runs off 36 balls. Shubman Gill looked set to score his sixth Test century but the devils in the pitch increased manifold in the second session of the day. Ajaz Patel and Glenn Phillips rattled away the wickets and Gill fell on 90. India reached Lunch on Day 2 of the third Test against New Zealand, scoring 195/5 in 43 overs, trailing by 40 runs. Shubman Gill was at the crease on 70 off 106 balls while Ravindra Jadeja was at the other end on 10 off 18. Gill and Rishabh Pant's quickfire 96-run stand off 114 balls was the defining feature of the first session on Day 2 of the third Test between India and New Zealand. Both players got to their half-centuries quickly, with Pant especially bludgeoning his way to 50 in 36 balls.

New Zealand slowed things down after the drinks break though, with Ish Sodhi leading the chokehold. Both Gill and Pant were given big reprieves with fielders dropping easy catches off them. However, Sodhi finally ended Pant's stay by trapping him LBW on 60 off 59 balls. India then sent in Ravindra Jadeja ahead of Sarfaraz Khan despite the Wankhede Stadium being the latter's domestic ground.

Pant and Gill both got to their fifties within the first hour of play as they put some pressure back on the New Zealand bowlers at the start of Day 2. Gill got to 50 in 66 balls while Pant, who started the day on one run, got there in just 36. Pant was especially belligerent as he took the partnership beyond 50 and took India's deficit below 100 in just over half an hour after the start of play.

India vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights:

- New Zealand were 171/9 at Stumps, lead by 143 runs

- Jadeja ended a 50-run stand between Mitchell and Young by dismissing the former thanks to a sensational catch from Ashwin

- Rachin Ravindra fell to Ashwin the very next over

- Washington Sundar struck early for India after Tea, dismissing Devon Conway

- New Zealand 26/1 at Tea, trailing by 2 runs

- India were all out for 263 runs, leading by 28 runs

- Shubman Gill was dismissed on 90 off 146 by Ajaz

- Ajaz Patel came into the game early in the second session, completing a four-wicket haul within the first half an hour

- India were 195/5 in 43 overs at Lunch, trailing by 40 runs

- Rishabh Pant was dismissed for 60 off 59 balls by Ish Sodhi

- Rishabh Pant brought up his half-century in 36 balls

- Shubman Gill got to his half-century in 66 balls

- Pant and Gill's partnership reached 50 in 56 balls

- Rishabh Pant and Shubman Gill made a belligerent start to the day

- India started the day on 86/4 in 19 overs, with Shubman Gill on 31 and Rishabh Pant on one

- India lost three wickets in 10 minutes of madness at the end of the first day's play

- New Zealand were all out for 235 runs with Ravindra Jadeja picking a five-wicket haul

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Nov 2, 2024 5:02 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: STUMPS! Umpires call time as NZ lose their 9th wicket | New Zealand 171/9 in 43.3 overs, lead by 143 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Oh a beauty from Jadeja. It drifts in on middle stump and turns away. Henry comes forward to play, as you would expect him to, and the ball hits the top of off stump. The umpires call for Stumps as well and so New Zealand manage to survive, even though it's only just the one wicket that they have left in their kitty.

With the ball turning from almost anywhere on this pitch it is pretty safe to say that if we have a result in the very first session of the day, it is quite likely to be in New Zealand's favour. India can't possibly blast close to or more than 150 runs in a single session with the ball pitching turning and spinning and spitting in this manner. The fact remains through that India are the favourites, if only just. Well do join us for what is going to be the final day of this utterly remarkable series. Goodbye!

Nov 2, 2024 4:54 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Akash Deep brought back! | NZ 170/8 in 42 overs, lead by 142

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Well quite surprising this from Rohit Sharma. He has taken off Ashwin, who was looking absolutely unplayable for a set batter like Will Young, surely he would've been unplayable for Ajaz and Henry as well. But instead, he has decided to bring back a fast bowler.

NZ 170/8 in 42 overs, lead by 142

Nov 2, 2024 4:49 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Ajaz and Henry hitting out | NZ 170/8, lead by 143 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Well India have kept a lot of fielders at the boundary despite the fact that it is No.9 and No.10 in the middle. Henry hit Jadeja for a six in the 40th over, which hences ended up going for as many as 12 runs, then Henry smashed a six off Ashwin in the next over. Jadeja gives just one run away in the next over, or so it seemed until the buzzer went off. He has to bowl it again. And then, as it turns out, there is an appeal for catch at short leg off that extra ball and the umpire gives it! Ajaz reviews it straightaway and there was indeed no bat on it.

Nov 2, 2024 4:36 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT! Young spoons it back to Ashwin | NZ 150/8, lead by 122 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Carrom ball again from Ashwin and Young can't do anything about it. New Zealand down to their last two.Carrom ball from Ashwin and once again it has got him a wicket. He tosses the last ball of the 39th at leg stump, Young tries a checked drive but the ball pops up in the air. Ashwin takes it and Young swing the bat in frustration. The end of a wonderful innings nonetheless, and surely Young will now be an integral part of the NZ lineup for the next few Tests.

Young c & b Ashwin 51 (100)

NZ 150/8, lead by 122 runs

Nov 2, 2024 4:30 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT! Jadeja gets his third | NZ 148/7, lead by 120 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Good low catch by Kohli at short cover and Ish Sodhi walks back. Jadeja shortens the length ever so slightly, pitches it outside off and Sodhi is a bit early on the drive. Kohli dives low and takes the catch.

Sodhi c Kohli b Jadeja 8 (14)

New Zealand 148/7, lead by 120 runs

Nov 2, 2024 4:28 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Second fifty of this Test for Will Young | New Zealand 148/6 in 37 overs, lead by 120 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Single off the fourth ball of the 37th from Ashwin and that takes Young to 50 in 95 balls. What a Test and what a series Young has had. He has shown that he is better than just being Kane Williamson's replacement. New Zealand's lead has now reached 120 and India will be quite irritated with almost every run that they get from here on.

Nov 2, 2024 4:20 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Can India send NZ back in the hut today? | NZ 131/6, lead by 103 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: The umpires called for drinks after that wicket fell and Rohit took some extra time to have a few words with his players. India would be desperate to take all four of the remaining New Zealand wickets as quickly as possible. New Zealand's lead is just over 103 runs at the moment and judging by the way this pitch is turning and bouncing everywhere, it will be hard work for them to chase anything even close to 150. A maiden after that wicket-taking over from Ashwin from Jadeja with every ball looking unplayable, somehow Young survives at the end of it.

NZ 131/6, lead by 103 runs

Nov 2, 2024 4:09 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT! Ashwin ends Phillips' big-hitting cameo | NZ 131/6, lead by 103 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Ashwin has the last laugh after Phillips smashes two huge sixes off him earlier in the over. He first smashed the first ball over wide long-on and into the top tier. The second is a dot and then Ashwin tosses it up again on off, Phillips hits it over long-on again for another six. A half-hearted LBW appeal next ball and then Ashwin brings in the carrom ball. Sent in from wide of the crease, Phillips plays for the off break, it goes the other way and crashes on to his stumps.

Ashwin now has two more wickets than Kumble at this venue and is the highest wicket-taker in Tests at the Wankhede.

Phillips b Ashwin 26 (14)

New Zealand 131/6, lead by 103 runs

Rishabh Pant
261 Runs
M3
HS99
SR89.38
Washington Sundar
16 Wickets
Inn4
Avg14.12
SR26.56
Nov 2, 2024 3:56 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT! Now Jadeja has Blundell chopping on | NZ 100/5, lead by 72 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: One brings two! Blundell had swept right off his stumps the very first ball that he had faced from Jadeja in the latter's previous over. Then Jadeja fires the third ball of the 30th in at almost 100kmph, Blundell is too slow to his forward push and he chops on.

Blundell b Jadeja 4 (6)

New Zealand 100/5 in 29.3 overs, lead by 72 runs

Nov 2, 2024 3:47 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT! A SCREAMER OF A CATCH FROM ASHWIN | NZ 94/4, lead by 66 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Change of ends produces a result straightaway for Jadeja and India. Mitchell charges out but can only get a toe-end to it. It goes very, very high up in the air, Ashwin has to run back from mid-off, it looks like it is landing too far away from him but he dives and holds on to it. Stunning stuff. Partnership of 50 off 83 balls broken.

Mitchell c Ashwin b Jadeja 21 (44)

NZ 94/4, lead by 66 runs

Nov 2, 2024 3:46 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Jadeja changes ends | NZ 93/3, lead by 65 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score: This is the end from where Jadeja got all his wickets, as did Ajaz Patel earlier today. Washington Sundar had replaced him and so he now replaces Ashwin, whose figures stand at 11-0-32-1. Young is on 33 off 68, Mitchell on 21 off 40.

NZ 93/3, lead by 65 runs

Nov 2, 2024 3:35 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Lead goes past 50 | NZ 85/3 in 24 overs, lead by 57

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Young and Mitchell doing the business once again for New Zealand. They are looking quite assured of themselves now on this pitch and their partnership has now reached 41. Young is on 28 off 56 balls, Mitchell is on 18 off 34. Ashwin has continued his spell and Jadeja is set to bowl his fourth over from the other end.

Nov 2, 2024 3:27 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Drinks in the third session | NZ 74/3 in 22 overs, lead by 46

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: The chairs and beach umbrellas have been brought out for the New Zealand batters. The conditions are punishing to say the least out there and the players take a much needed breather. Mitchell is on 14 off 30, Young on 21 off 48. As was the case in the first innings, it is these two who are sweating it out for NZ in a crucial phase of this second innings.

New Zealand 74/3 in 22 overs, lead by 46 runs

Nov 2, 2024 3:18 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Young and Mitchell countering the spin with boundaries | NZ 72/3 in 21 overs, lead by 44

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Oh Jadeja with an absolute corker to end the 21st over. Young came forward to defend but it spun sharply away from him, Pant collects it just above off stump. Young and Mitchell have tried hitting a couple of boundaries to counter the spin and they seem far more settled than any batter since Lunch. Young is on 20 off 46, Mitchell on 13 off 26.

New Zealand 72/3 in 21 overs, lead by 44

Nov 2, 2024 3:07 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Every ball is an event now | NZ 51/3 in 14 overs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: The ball is turning corners and life is quite difficult at the moment for the batters and for the wicketkeeper. Somehow, Mitchell and Young are still out there, batting away. Mitchell is on two off 14, Young on 14 off 34 balls.

New Zealand 51/3, lead by 23 runs

Nov 2, 2024 2:50 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: OUT! RAVINDRA STUMPED AND ASHWIN STRIKES! | NZ 44/3 in 14 overs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Oh Ravindra skips and jumps down the track, the ball spins away from him and Pant does the rest. Ravindra loses his bat in a desperate bid to get back in. A wonderful series with the bat for him but it has ended in a rather frustrating manner. Ravindra had swept Ashwin against the turn just the previous ball and got a four through the forward square leg region. It looks like he came with the intent getting a few quick runs early on before settling in. Well, he walks back roaring in frustration. The crowd is giving him a standing ovation though. This is Mumbai, they know their cricket and they know that Ravindra has had a wonderful series.

Ravindra st Pant b Ashwin 4 (3)

New Zealand 44/3 in 14 overs

Nov 2, 2024 2:45 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: OUT! Washington Sundar strikes | NZ 39/2 in 12.5 overs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Well Rishabh Pant had missed a catching chance off the fourth ball of that over from Washington as it went between his feet. This time, though, it takes the edge and goes to gully where Gill takes the catch. Washington Sundar batting and bowling to keep India up in this Test.

Conway c Shubman Gill b Washington Sundar 22 (47)

New Zealand 39/2 in 12.5 overs

Nov 2, 2024 2:39 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: The Kiwis are in the lead | NZ 34/1 in 11 overs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: A single off the second ball of the first over of the session by Ashwin for Young and then another single off the fifth ball. That second run draws New Zealand level with India. Young takes a single off the first ball of the next over bowled by Sundar and that gives the visitors the lead. Conway drives next ball, it turns big and goes for four byes off Pant's gloves. It is going to be hard work for the wicketkeepers as much as it is for the batters.

New Zealand 34/1 in 11 overs, lead by 6 runs

Nov 2, 2024 2:34 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: The third session begins | New Zealand 26/1

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Here we go then, Devon Conway is on strike, he has scored 15 runs in 30 balls. Will Young at the other end on eight off 20 balls. Ravichandran Ashwin has the ball in his hands.

Nov 2, 2024 2:29 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Ticking down to the third session

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Last session of the second day coming up. It is just the second of this Test but we are already into the third innings of the day. Surely, surely it's going to be all spin from India early on. The Indian team are grouping up at the boundary.

Nov 2, 2024 2:12 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: TEA! New Zealand are 26/1 in 9 overs, trail by 2 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Big appeal LBW off the last ball, turned down by the umpire and India decide to not review that. The bails are then knocked and the players head in for a cuppa. Young and Conway got singles off the first two balls of that over from Ravindra Jadeja. Then the fourth ball raised a puff of dust as it Jadeja pulled the length back outside off, the fourth fizzed past the outside edge and then the fifth slid back in.

Nov 2, 2024 2:10 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Jadeja replaces Deep | NZ 24/1 in 8 overs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: All right so now we have both India's spin twins in action. Ashwin sent the fifth ball of the eighth down the leg side and Conway helped it along towards long leg for four. Conway is on 14 off 29, Young is on strike to Jadeja and he is on seven off 15.

New Zealand 24/1 in 8 overs, trail by 4 runs

Nov 2, 2024 2:05 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: The Kiwis remain cautious | NZ 19/1 in 7 overs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Akash Deep has been given a fourth over, which could very well be his last. There was sharp turn and bounce fifth ball of the sixth for Ashwin in his first over. Young takes a single off the first ball from Akash Deep and Conway blocks off the rest. Conway is on 10 off 25 balls, Young on six off 13.

New Zealand 19/1, trail by nine runs

Nov 2, 2024 1:59 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Ashwin takes the ball | NZ 15/1 in 5 overs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: It is quite rare to see Ashwin to not take the new ball in the second innings but that is what has happened here. He has now come in for the sixth over. The spin great has had a torrid series but this pitch is spinning and turning everywhere. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on that delivery from Akash Deep.

New Zealand 15/1 in 5 overs, trail by 13 ru

Nov 2, 2024 1:54 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: A boundary for Conway in the third but Sundar probing

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Akash Deep veers on to Conway's pads a bit too much after conceding a leg bye first ball, the NZ opener picks it away through square leg for a four. Then just two singles in the next over from Washington in which Conway looked very uncomfortable indeed. Young, though, cool as ice. He has scored two in six, Conway on eight off 14.

New Zealand 13/1 in 4 overs, trail by 15 runs

Nov 2, 2024 1:43 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Washington Sundar shares the new ball

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: So India's last wicket pair is also their new ball pair. Washington Sundar comes in from the other end, his spell turned it around for India in the first session yesterday. Can he make early inroads today? Conway is facing him, he is on one off one, Will Young at the other end, he has faced a delivery for no runs.

New Zealand 2/1, trail by 26

Nov 2, 2024 1:37 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: BOWLED HIM! Akash Deep cleans up Latham!

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: That is some delivery from Akash Deep. India had appealed for LBW successfully off the previous ball, but Latham reviewed that straightaway, even before the umpire finished putting down his finger. As it turns out, he had got an inside edge to it. Deep keeps it full, gets to nip the next ball back in with Latham playing for the movement away. The ball hits the stumps unimpeded and Akash Deep roars, as does the crowd at the Wankhede Stadium.

Latham b Akash Deep 1 (4)

New Zealand 2/1 in 0.5 overs

Nov 2, 2024 1:35 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: On to New Zealand's second innings

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Right, Devon Conway and Tom Latham are out there, the latter taking strike as usual. Akash Deep to bowl the first over with the new ball this time, not Mohammed Siraj, which was the case in the first innings. Virat Kohli had a lot to say during the team huddle before India broke out on to the field and we can hear him chirp away now.

Nov 2, 2024 1:28 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: India 263 all out, lead by 28 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Wow, Akash Deep has been run out mainly because he was too slow to turn back when Washington refused the second run. Sums up much of India's innings really, especially wickets that fell before the second session. Washington was farming strike quite beautifully, sent the fourth ball from that over of Ajaz to deep third and sets off for a run. Akash Deep turns around after reaching the striker's end but is sent back by Sundar. Akash Deep takes his time turning around and trying to make his mark. In this time, Rachin Ravindra picks up the ball and throws it to Blundell who takes the bails off.

India have thus been dismissed for 263, Washington stranded on 38 off 36. New Zealand start their second innings trailing by 28 runs.

Nov 2, 2024 1:19 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Sundar farming the strike well

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Very good cricket in that 59th over there from Washington Sundar. Ish Sodhi brought back for it, Sundar refusing the single for the first three balls. Then Sodhi drops it shorter and it turns away from outside off, Washington rocks back to send it through the offside for a four. Then he pulls the next ball over wide long-on for a six. Washington then manages to shuffle across and sweep the last ball to fine leg for a single, keeps strike. He has moved to 33 off 32, Akash Deep won't face a delivery yet.

India 258/9 in 59 overs, lead by 23 runs

Nov 2, 2024 1:09 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: OUT! Five-wicket haul for Ajaz Patel!

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: It spits and spins and breaths fire on Ashwin and Daryl Mitchell takes the catch. India down to their last wicket. It was full and dipped on Ashwin, then bounced and turned to take the shoulder of the bat. There really is nothing Ashwin could've done about that.

Ashwin c Mitchell b Patel 6 (13)

India 247/9 in 58 overs, trail by 12 runs

Nov 2, 2024 1:03 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: FOUR! Ashwin takes IND into the lead

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Three runs off the first three balls of that over from Ajaz Patel. Ashwin has a very uneasy stay for the next three balls before sweeping the last ball over midwicket for a four.

India 239/8 in 56 overs, India lead by 4 runs

Nov 2, 2024 1:01 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Sundar, Ashwin looking to hit out the spin

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Phillips with a half-volley first ball of the 55th to Sundar and the batter goes inside out over covers for a four, it was nearly a six. Tries a couple of cut shots which don't come off and then he takes a single to stay on strike off the last ball. This is India's last batting pair and the pitch is looking quite treacherous now. Hitting out seems to be pretty much the only sensible option. India trail by just 3 runs now.

India 232/8 in 55 overs

Nov 2, 2024 12:48 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: OUT! No century for Gill

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Ajaz Patel gets his fourth wicket and it is the big one. Shubman Gill falls on 90. Just the perfect speed and drift from Ajaz, it is flighted on off, takes the outside edge but it looks like Gill hasn't brought his bat down in time. Edge and Daryl Mitchell takes the catch at slip.

Gill c Mitchell b Ajaz 90 (146)

India 227/8 in 53.2 overs

Nov 2, 2024 12:36 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Two more boundaries in the 50th over

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Washington reverse sweeps the very first ball he faces very effectively past slip for a four. He gets off strike third ball and then Ajaz gets the fourth ball to turn sharply past Gill's defence to the wicketkeeper. Gill keeps out the next delivery off the backfoot and then Ajaz errs on the batter's pads. Gill accepts the gift with glee, glancing it fine for four. Gill moves to 87 off 134 balls, Sundar on five off three.

India 221/7 in 50 overs, trail by 14 runs

Nov 2, 2024 12:34 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Shubman Gill counter-attacks

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Gill skips down the track to Phillips second ball of the 49th to convert the good length ball into a half volley and lofts it over mid-off for a four. He doesn't want to allow these NZ spinners to settle on that good length with the ball turning the way it is at the moment. He reverse sweeped the fourth ball into the ground to Mitchell at first slip. Then a half-volley to end the over from Phillips, Gill breaks his wrists and sends it past long-off for another four. So far so good from Gill, he is on 83 off 131, Washington Sundar is the brand new batter at the other end and he will now face Ajaz Patel, who is spitting fire at the moment.

India 212/7 in 49 overs, trail by 23 runs

Nov 2, 2024 12:26 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: OUT! Local hero Sarfaraz out for a duck!

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Once again for New Zealand, one brings two. Ajaz Patel has been brilliant in this session and it is going to be very hard indeed for India to negotiate him. Sarfaraz didn't do much wrong, just too good a delivery for him to face so early in his innings. It spins and bounces away from good length, Sarfaraz nowhere near the pitch of the ball. Edge and the wicketkeeper.

Sarfaraz c Blundell b Ajaz 0 (4)

India 204/7 in 48 overs

Nov 2, 2024 12:25 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: OUT! End of Jadeja's knock

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Phillips draws Jadeja forward and the latter pokes at it defensively. He couldn't get to the pitch of the ball and it spins, takes his outside edge and Daryl Mitchell takes a very good catch at first slip. Misfields had started creeping in for NZ due to the heat but Mitchell as sharp as ever.

Cheers around the ground now as local hero Sarfaraz Khan walks out.

Jadeja c Mitchell b Phillips 14 (25)

India 203/6 in 46.5 overs

Nov 2, 2024 12:13 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Probing over from Ajaz to Gill

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Shubman Gill didn't know much about anything in that over. The first ball is defended back to the bowler, then Gill drawn forward but there is extra bounce on that, it takes his glove but grazes off his back shoulder as well which stops it from being a catching opportunity for Blundell. The third ball also turns past Gill's defence and the fourth takes a leading edge to the empty silly point area. The fifth ball doesn't turn, Gill plays for it and a half-hearted LBW appeal comes. Then the ball hits the top half of Gill's bat to keep him in the crease.

Nov 2, 2024 12:10 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: The players are back for the second session!

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Shubman Gill takes strike, 70 off 106 balls while Ravindra Jadeja is at the other end on 10 off 18. Ajaz Patel to bowl the 44th over of this innings to start out the second session. The sun and the heat really beating down now on the Wankhede Stadium.

India 195/5 in 43 overs, trail by 40 runs

Nov 2, 2024 12:00 PM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Gill and Jadeja in for a gruelling session

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja would want to bat out as much of the second session as possible, if not the whole thing, but they would also know that it is going to be a gruelling experience.

Nov 2, 2024 11:44 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: The Pant-Gill stand

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: India came into the day on the backfoot, having lost three wickets to some bafflingly poor cricket towards the end of the first day. What better way to turn that tide than to hit some lusty shots and who better to do it than Rishabh Pant.

Nov 2, 2024 11:29 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Lunch called as spider-cam holds up play, India 195/5 in 43 overs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Spider cam hanging low around the mid-on area and that little malfunction has come with just minutes to go for Lunch. It also came right after someone was hovering near the sight screen and Jadeja needed that person to move. Finally, the umpires take off the bails as the spider-cam hangs on helplessly in its own web. Just when the players trudge off though, the spider-cam moves but the deed has been done. Early Lunch called. India dominated the first hour but New Zealand fought back strongly after drinks. The hosts have decided to send out Jadeja ahead of Sarfaraz, who would've been raring to go having shown how good he is on this ground a number of times in domestic cricket. The home side's tactics continue to raise eyebrows. But all in all, it's been a good morning session for them. Shubman Gill is on 70 off 106, Ravindra Jadeja on 10 off 18.

India 195/5 in 43 overs, trail by 40 runs

Nov 2, 2024 11:26 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Almost 6 overs since the last boundary

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Ajaz returned for the 42nd over, replacing Sodhi but the chokehold continues from New Zealand. The run rate has dropped to 3.20 in the last 10 overs. There is just under 10 minutes to go for Lunch though and so it looks like India are just waiting to get back into the hut. Not a bad strategy that. Gill is on 70 off 106 balls, Jadeja on 10 off 18 balls.

India 195/5 in 43 overs, trail by 40 runs

Nov 2, 2024 11:16 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: 40 overs gone...

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Sarfaraz Khan has scored 601 runs on this ground in six innings at an average of a whopping 150.3 in his first class career. It is Mumbai's home ground, after all, and he has been Mumbai's run machine. Surely, surely he would be seething sitting in the dressing room with his pads on, regardless of whether India wanted to maintain a left-right combination. Jadeja has looked fairly solid though, scoring six in 12 balls, Gill is on 69 off 100 balls.

India 190/5 in 41 overs, trail by 45 runs

Nov 2, 2024 10:59 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: OUT! That's it for Pant

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: It is Ish Sodhi who gets him. Umpire Darren Gough raises his fingers as the Kiwis appeal for LBW. Pant has a long chat with Gill and then takes the review. This ball has been sent in full and then spins in sharply. It misses the inside edge and hits the pads. It is umpire's call on wickets. Gough never gets 'em wrong. A brilliant innings comes to an end.

And how about it, Ravindra Jadeja has been promoted ahead of Sarfaraz Khan.

Pant lbw b Sodhi 60 (59)

India 180/5 in 37.3 overs

Nov 2, 2024 10:59 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Pant has slowed down

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Pant has scored just five runs in the 20 balls he has faced since scoring his half-century. He is starting to get fidgety and New Zealand had the perfect chance to get him with that catch, which makes it even worse for Henry. Ish Sodhi has been a huge reason for Pant slowing down and he continues in the 38th over. Can he make a dent here? Gill on 64 off 90, Pant on 56 off 57.

India 175/4 in 37 overs, trail by 60 runs

Nov 2, 2024 10:43 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: ANOTHER DROP! It's Pant this time and Phillips is the bowler again!

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Pant and Gill may just both go and score double hundreds if this is how lucky they are going to be throughout the day. Glenn Phillips could've got both Gill and Pant out today and India would've been staring into the abyss at this point. Pant ran two off the second ball of that 35th over, then he steps down the track and tries to go over long-on. Matt Henry is the man standing there, the ball is going straight to him and he spills it. New Zealand have already dropped more catches today than they did in the whole series it seems. Pant on 54 off as many at the end of that over, Gill on 60 off 81.

India 169/4 in 35 overs, trail by 66 runs

Nov 2, 2024 10:37 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Drinks in the first session!

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: Rishabh Pant on 50 off 48, Shubman Gill on 58 off 75. How expensive is that drop from Chapman going to be for them. It has been quite expensive thus far already, Gill has looked absolutely serene today outside of that shot. Mark Chapman has got his bib back on and he has ran out to the field again with the drinks. Spare a penny for his thoughts, he hasn't seen too much action in this series and now he has this on his conscience.

The partnership has reached 79 in 87 balls. Pant has quietened down since crossing his fifty but that doesn't seem to have bothered him at all. Ish Sodhi has been the main reason behind that slow-down and he continues after drink.

India 163/4, trail by 72 runs

Nov 2, 2024 10:29 AM IST

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: India trail by 73 runs

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 3rd Test Day 2: India have gone at a run rate of 5.85 in the first 13 overs of the day. Just three runs off the 32nd and 33rd overs though. Sodhi especially has been difficult to score against thus far. Extremely low bounce second ball of the 32nd over, Gill was shaping up for a pull, he somehow gets low and prods the ball away. Gill gets a half-volley fourth ball, takes a single with it and then Sodhi beats Pant in the air. Pant on 50 off 43 balls at the end of the over, Gill on 57 off 74.

India 162/4 in 32 overs

News cricket India vs New Zealand 3rd Test Day 2 Highlights: NZ 171/9 at Stumps, lead by 143 runs; Jadeja takes four wickets