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With the help of two wickets of spin all-rounder Washington Sundar and three wickets of Ravindra Jadeja, India kept New Zealand under constant pressure on the first day of the third and final Test and pushed them on the backfoot till tea time. The Kiwi team, which won the toss and batted first, scored 192 runs for six wickets till tea time. At this time Daryl Mitchell was playing after scoring 53 runs. Captain Tom Latham scored 28 runs and Will Young scored 71 runs on 138 balls. Jadeja took three wickets for 53 runs.
Mitchell Santner ruled out of Wankhede Test due to injury
New Zealand's left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner has been ruled out of the third and final Test against India due to injury. Santner took a total of 13 wickets in the Pune Test and played an important role in giving the Kiwi team a historic victory. Santner suffered a left back muscle strain. Keeping the upcoming series in mind, the Kiwi team preferred to rest instead of taking any risk.
After 24 years, three Mumbai players played together in Wankhed.
A unique incident happened in the last test against New Zealand. There are three players from Mumbai in India's playing eleven in this test, namely Rohit Sharma, Yashvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan. Finally, in February 2000, three players from Mumbai played together in the team. In this test against South Africa, three Mumbai players Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Jaffer and current chief selector Ajit Agarkar were in the playing eleven.
Kohli will play his 200th innings in Test
Senior batsman Virat Kohli will play his 200th innings in the last Test against New Zealand. Kohli will play his 600th innings overall in international cricket and 250th innings at home. Kohli has scored 8035 runs in 199 innings at an average of 49.31 with 29 centuries and 31 half-centuries. He has scored 13906 runs in 283 innings of ODI and 4188 runs in 117 innings of T20 International.