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PremiumIndia Vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Highlights: Rachin Ravindra and Will Young have dashed India's hopes of making a comeback on Day 5 of the 1st Test in Bengaluru. The two batters stabilized the Kiwi innings after the initial setbacks of Tom Latham and Devon Conway. New Zealand will savor this 8-wicket victory even more, as it marks their first Test win in India in 36 years.
As for the Indian bowling, Jasprit Bumrah was in a class of his own, bowling an 8-over spell for 29 runs and taking both wickets for India in the fourth innings. Mohammed Siraj did the hard yards but could not claim a wicket.
Meanwhile, Ravindra and Young never let Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav settle on the crease, consistently stepping down the track and hitting boundaries. By the time Ashwin arrived to bowl, the match was already slipping from the home side's grasp.
However, despite the setback, Rohit Sharma's men will take a lot of confidence from this game, having staged a comeback after being bowled out for just 46 runs in the first innings. The Men in Blue scored 462 runs in the second innings, with Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant shining brightly.
Sarfaraz, who was only playing because Shubman Gill was injured, not only reached his maiden Test hundred but also converted it into a score of 150. Meanwhile, Pant's counterattacking innings turned the tide against the visitors but ended tragically, with the left-hander falling just one run short of his century.
Prior to that, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan had formed a partnership of 136 runs off 163 balls. However, Virat Kohli (70) was caught by Tom Blundell on the last delivery of Day 3, nearly extinguishing the hopes of Indian cricket fans.
India Vs New Zealand 2nd Test, Day 1 LIVE Score
India vs New Zealand Live: After the match, New Zealand skipper Tom Latham said, as quoted by Cricbuzz: “I think we were actually going to bat first as well. Good toss to lose in the end. We put the ball in the right areas for a long period of time and got the results. The first two innings set the game up for us. We knew India would come back at us in the third innings but the bowlers asked nice questions with the second new ball and got the results. We know what a quality side India are in their own conditions. We saw what the new ball did for us so we expected them to do the same to us. We managed to build a couple of partnerships up top and I thought the partnership between Rachin and Tim (Southee) put us on the front foot when the game was in the balance. It was nice to only chase a 100. He (ORourke) has been fantastic at the international stage. Pace, bounce, ability to move the ball in the air and off the wicket. He was backed up by the veteran Southee and Matt Henry as well. The way he (Southee) bowled up top in the first innings probably the set the tone for us beautifully and we know the capability Tim had with the bat. Young guy (Rachin), played Test cricket a few years ago. They way he has played in the last 12 months and sort of slotted into a new role he's not used to.. he showed his class in the first innings. Settled the nerves in our change room with the way he came out and batted today."
India vs New Zealand Live: After the match, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma said, as quoted by Cricbuzz: “It was a good effort with the bat in the second innings. We didn't bat well in the first innings. So knew what was ahead and couple of guys stood out. When you are 350 behind you can't think too much about it. just got to see the ball and bat. Couple of partnerships were really exciting to watch and got us back in the game. We could have easily been bowled out cheaply but proud of the effort. Everyone is on the edge of the seat when those two (Sarfaraz and Pant) are playing. They like the play the game which has got them success. Rishabh, with the way he bats he takes a lot of risks but I thought it was mature innings in the game. Defended good balls and left a few balls and then backed himself to play those shots as well. Sarfaraz showed great maturity as well. He is only playing his 4th Test match and to show that kind of maturity and very clear in his mind what shots he wanted to play. I said in my press conference after Day 2 that we knew it will be sticky early on and challenged with the overcast conditions but we didn't expect to be out under 50. New Zealand bowled pretty well and challenged every corner of our bat and we failed to respond to that. Games like these happen. We will take the positives and move forward. There are guys who have been in this situation before. We lost a game against England and won four games after that. Two Test matches to go and we know exactly what is needed from each one of us. We will try and put our best game forward."
India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra and Will Young have powered New Zealand to a famous 8-wicket victory at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. This win will mean so much to the Kiwi fans and cricketers alike who are winning the first Test match in India after 36 years despite not having star batter and captain Kane Williamson in the side.
India vs New Zealand Live: New Zealand now just need 4 runs to win the match. Will Young reverse sweeps Ashwin for a boundary and gets the Kiwis past the 100 run mark.
India vs New Zealand Live: And finally the man with 528 test wickets gets a chance to bowl in this contest with just 10 runs needed for New Zealand to win the contest. Ashwin immediately shows his class and doesn't allow Ravindra to play any easy shot.
India vs New Zealand Live: New Zealand are just 12 runs away from a victory at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. Rachin Ravindra and Will Young have looked this Day 5 Benglauru surface look benign and non-threatening while running down the track and taking on the Indian spinners.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra is now looking to end this game in a hurry. He hits Kuldeep for two boundaries and a double to make the difference of just 22 runs. At this stage, the Kiwis look set to get to the total in this session itself.
India vs New Zealand Live: It has been a one man show for India till now. Jasprit Bumrah has been the only wicket taker for the Men in Blue while all other bowlers haven't looked threatening at all. Meanwhile, Will Young and Rachin Ravindra have nicely settled on the crease and are now looking set to take their team to the total of 107 in no time.
India vs New Zealand Live: And we have probably seen the last of Bumrah this session. The pacer has given his everything he has and extracted two crucial wickets of Tom Latham and Will Young. Bumrah as given 29 runs in his 8 over so far.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra starts his innings by going forward and playing the delivery on the off side for a boundary. The left-hander continues from where he left off in the last innings.
India vs New Zealand Live: Drinks break has been taken for the first session of Day 5 after the wicket of Devon Conway. With just 72 runs required for New Zealand to win this game, could there be another twist in this tale? That's the question that every Indian cricket fan is wondering right now.
India vs New Zealand Live: Finally, the uncomfortable stay of Devon Conway at the crease has ended with Bumrah finally getting the much needed breakthrough for his team. The tactic of going round the wicket to the left hander worked with Conway missing a delivery from Bumrah that just pitched stuck to the line. Umpire declined to give the decision in India's favour but a successful DRS was taken by India.
India vs New Zealand Live: Pressure is back on the Indians with Will Young looking set on crease while Devon Conway also relieving a bit of pressure with a couple of boundaries.
India vs New Zealand Live: Will Young flicks the last ball from Siraj's over on the leg side for a boundary, getting the first boundary for his side in this innings. Will Young is looking better and better as the time goes on while Devon Conway is struggling to get settled.
India vs New Zealand Live: The pressure continues on Conway while Will Young looks relatively composed on the other hand. The right handed batter has scored 6 runs in just 9 balls and is easily able to rotate the strike.
India vs New Zealand Live: Another difficult over for Devon Conway, Siraj gets the ball to do too much for the left hander. While Conway did manage to play a drive on the off side, it was safely cut off by the fielder.
India vs New Zealand Live: Jasprit Bumrah troubles Conway even more. The left-hander is finding it hard to get the ball to his bat, and a delivery from Bumrah hits his hand, putting even more fears about this Day 5 Bengaluru pitch. Meanwhile, Will Young is find it relatively easy to rotate the strike.
India vs New Zealand Live: A lot of hits and misses for Devon Conway. Mohammed Siraj looks at his best as he frequently gets the ball to move away from Conway. The pressure is on the New Zealand batters from both ends
India vs New Zealand Live: First runs for New Zealand, Will Young flicks a delivery from Jasprit Bumrah on the leg side and gets a double for it. Things are looking difficult for New Zealand with Bumrah getting the red ball to do as he pleases.
India vs New Zealand Live: What a start from Jasprit Bumrah, dismissing the New Zealand skipper on a score of 0. Bumrah gets the ball to get back in on the second delivery after break and Latham is found LBW.
India vs New Zealand Live: Less than 10 minutes are left for live action to begin at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. The revised session is set to start at 10:15am with Devon Conway and captain Tom Latham coming in to bat while Jasprit Bumrah finishing the last two deliveries from his over from yesterday.
India vs New Zealand Live: The first session will begin at 10:15am and go on till 12:30pm, followed by the second session starting from 1:10pm and going to till 3:10pm. The last session will begin at 3:30pm and last till 5:15pm.
India vs New Zealand Live: Jasprit Bumrah will resume his spell at the M Chinnaswamy stadium from 10:15 am today. The pacer had just bowled 4 deliveries of the over when the match was halted due to bad light followed by excessive rainfall.
India vs New Zealand Live: LIVE action at M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru will begin at 10:15 am. However, with rain forecast after another hour, New Zealand might make a few changes in their batting order with a Glenn Phillips or Rachin Ravindra potentially coming up the order.
India vs New Zealand Live: There is now a bright sunshine over the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru and Saba Karim on JioCinema suggests that live action should begin very very soon.
India vs New Zealand Live: So the covers are finally coming off at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. The umpires have had a word with the staff from both teams and the next inspection is scheduled to be held at 9:45am. Saba Karim suggests that the conditions have changed dramatically at Bengaluru and the match could start as early as 10:00am.
India vs New Zealand Live: The drizzle and cloud cover have gone out at the Chinnaswamy stadium. The umpires are currently inspecting the field, followed by the match officials talking to the players from both teams giving an update.
India vs New Zealand Live: It is a gloomy morning in Bengaluru as clouds cover the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. There was a light drizzle in the morning and there will almost certainly be a delayed start to the match but cricket fans in Bengaluru and around the world would hope we have enough cricket today to get a result.
India vs New Zealand Live: Australian cricketer David Warner posted a heartwarming story for Sarfaraz Khan with the song ‘Soorma’ running in the background and the caption “Well done Sarfaraz khan. So much hard work. Awesome to see this"
India vs New Zealand Live: Less than an hour is left for live action to start at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Men in Blue will be hoping to secure some early wickets to put the Kiwis under pressure right from the start, while the New Zealand openers will want to tread carefully for the first few overs of the day. In any case, an exciting contest awaits us from 9:15 AM. Stay tuned to LiveMint to catch the live coverage.
India vs New Zealand Live: As per Indian Meterorological Department, there is a forecast of cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thunderstorm.
Meanwhile, Accuweather also predicts an 80 percent chance of rain and 48 percent chance of thunderstorms in Bengaluru today.
India vs New Zealand Live: In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mohammed Kaif wrote, “I have always maintained Sarfraz shouldn't be kept out because of fitness. He doesn't have a gym body but can bat for hours. Cricket is a game that accomodates all."
India vs New Zealand Live: Explaining the jumping and stretching movement during Day 4 of the Test, Sarfaraz said, "Rishabh had taken a blow on his knee so we had this discussion that we will run carefully. I had called 2 initially but then remembered he was having knee pain. Thank God he survived that,"
"Just that runs score freely. We were having good conversation. I wanted to give him singles as we know what he can do. It is not an easy wicket. We are still in the game. The ball is turning. If we can get 2-3 quick wickets, then NZ will have some troubles," the Indian batter added
India vs New Zealand Live: After a sensational innings by Sarfaraz Khan on Day 4 of India vs New Zealand 1st test, an old comment by Sunil Gavaskar defending the batter has gone viral.
Gavaskar told India Today last year, “If you are looking for only slim and trim guys, then might as well go to a fashion show and find some other models and give a bat and ball in their hands and then improve them. That's not the way cricket goes. You have cricketers in all shapes and sizes. Don't go by the size, go by the scores or wickets. He is not staying off the field when he scores a hundred. He is back on the field again. So, all that tells you is that the man is fit,"
"How can you score runs? I think at the end of the day if you are unfit, you aren't gonna score hundreds. Cricket fitness is the most important thing. Yo-Yo Test can't be the only criterion. You got to make sure that the man is cricket fit as well. If the person, whoever it is, is cricket fit, then I don't think it should be any matter," the former cricketer added
India vs New Zealand Live: Speaking on ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar said, "Very happy to see the way he plays fast bowlers, and he has played fast bowlers before as well against England. This was a pitch very similar to the foreign pitches that we get, where there is a bit of pace and bounce. Interestingly, I am imagining him on a flatter pitch in Australia, where there isn't a lot of seam movement,"
"He is going to give migraines to those Australian bowlers because of the shots that he plays. There is certainity, there is calmness and if you see the close up of Sarfaraz, he watches the ball always on to his bat. He has a tremendous hand-eye coordination. His technique isn't bad for Australia. I will be very excited to see how he goes, and he is a definite candidate, and he should walk into the India playing XI against Australia," the former Indian cricketer added
India vs. New Zealand Live: Due to extensive rains after India's innings, play could not resume on DAY 4, so the Stumps were called at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on 19 October. India scored 462 runs and gave New Zealand a target of 107 runs to win in the first Test of the three-Test series.
India vs New Zealand Live: Trailing by 125 runs on DAY 3, India managed to take the lead on DAY 4 by 106 runs in the first Test of the three-Test series at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on 19 October. New Zealand need need 107 to win.
India vs New Zealand Live: Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease for India. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. IND 462/8 in 99 overs. India lead by 106 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. Matt Henry continues the attack for New Zealand. Wicket!!Ashwin OUT via LBW on the third delivery. Jasprit Bumrah IN. IND 458/8 in 98 overs. India lead by 102 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. Will O'Rourke continues the attack for New Zealand. IND 457/7 in 97 overs. India lead by 101 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. Matt Henry continues the attack for New Zealand. IND 453/7 in 96 overs. India lead by 97 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. Ashwin slams a boundary straight down the ground on the 5th delivery and with this 450-up for the hosts. IND 453/7 in 95 overs. India lead by 97 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. Matt Henry continues the attack for New Zealand. IND 444/7 in 94 overs. India lead by 88 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are on the crease. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. Wicket!! Jadeja OUT on the third delivery as Will Young takes the catch. Kuldeep Yadav IN. IND 441/7 in 93 overs. India lead by 85 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are on the crease. Matt Henry continues the attack for New Zealand . India at 441/6 in 92 overs. India lead by 85 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: After losing the crucial wicket of KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are on crease. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. India at 438/6 in 91 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: After losing the crucial wicket of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja are on crease for India. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. Wicket!! KL Rahul OUT on the second delivery as he gets caught by Blundell. India at 438/6 in 90.2 overs at TEA.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rishabh Pant brings euphoria in the minds of Bengaluru crowd even as Kiwi players look in disbelief when the left hander hits Tim Southee for a 107 metere six on the leg side. Pant, who is in his 90s, proves once again that he doesn't believe in playing conventional cricket.
India vs New Zealand Live: Under pressure after being bowled out on a duck in the first innings, KL Rahul starts his innings with a boundary. The right hander follows it up with another good looking shot on the covers.
India vs New Zealand Live: A lapse in concentration from Sarfaraz soon after getting past the 150 run mark and New Zealand finally managed to break this crucial partnership. Local boy KL Rahul is the new batter on the crease for India.
