Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan(Photo Credit: X/@BCCI)
India National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Match Scorecard: Indian national cricket team vs New Zealand national cricket team. The first match of the three-match Test series is being played from 16 October (Wednesday) at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Today, on the fourth day, Team India started playing ahead by 231 runs after losing three wickets in 49 overs. After India trailed by 356 runs, Team India came to bat in the second innings and scored 344 for 3 wickets in 71 overs. But after the brilliant performance of Indian batsmen Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant in Bengaluru, the rain has started again. At one end, Sarfaraz Khan (125) scored his first Test century while Rishabh Pant (53) completed his 12th Test half-century. India is now only 12 runs behind. Yesterday, Virat Kohli (70), Rohit Sharma (52), Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) were out. For New Zealand, Ajaz Patel took the maximum of two wickets. Whereas, Glenn Phillips got one wicket. Today New Zealand did not get a single wicket. Also read: India vs New Zealand play stopped on the fourth day of the first test match due to rain, century partnership between Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan
Due to the first day's play being canceled due to rain, on the second day of the first Test match, Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. Team India, which came to bat first in the first innings after winning the toss, had a disappointing start. In the first innings, Team India was limited to just 46 runs in 31.2 overs. Five batsmen of the Indian team were out on 0. Matt Henry took a total of 5 wickets for New Zealand. Whereas William O'Rourke got a total of 4 successes.
In reply, the entire New Zealand team, which came to bat in the first innings, was all out for 402 runs in 91.3 overs. For New Zealand, young star all-rounder Rachin Ravindra played the best inning of 134 runs. Opener Devon Conway scored 91 runs. Apart from these two, Tim Southee scored 65 runs. For Team India, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav took maximum three wickets each. Mohammad Siraj took two wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah and R Ashwin took one wicket each.
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