Tuesday , December 24 2024

New Zealand made a strong comeback after India's strong batting, now the real battle will be on the last day

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IND vs NZ, 1st Test: The first Test match being played between India and New Zealand in Bengaluru has reached an exciting turn. The fourth day's play ended prematurely due to bad light and heavy rain. By the end of the fourth day's play, New Zealand had played only 4 balls. In which the team could not even open its account. New Zealand needs 107 runs to win the match.

By the end of the third day's play, India had scored 231 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. The Indian team, which came to bat on the fourth day, was successful in performing well in the first two sessions. There was an important partnership of 177 runs between Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant. Sarfaraz scored 150 runs while Rishabh Pant was out after scoring 99 runs. But after this, Team India kept losing wickets at regular intervals.

At one time the Indian team had scored 408 runs after losing 3 wickets. But the team came into conflict after the fall of Sarfaraz Khan's wicket. At one time India lost the last 7 wickets for just 54 runs. In the last session of the fourth day, KL Rahul could score only 12 runs in front of the lethal bowling of Matt Henry and William O'Rourke. When Ravindra Jadeja also got out after scoring only 5 runs, the Indian team was all out for 462 runs in the second innings.

At one time the Indian team was in a strong position. But in the last session of the fourth day, the match went to New Zealand. India has given a target of 107 runs to New Zealand. New Zealand has not won a single bilateral series on Indian soil so far.