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3rd Test Updates: Jadeja takes 4; NZ 171/9 at stumps
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17:05 Jadeja takes 4; NZ 171/9 at stumps
NZ 171-9 (43.3 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin chipped away at the wickets to give India the upperhand on Day 2 of the third and final Test against New Zealand in Mumbai on Saturday.
On a pitch offering a lot of assistance to the spinners, Jadeja took 4/52, while Ashwin returned to form with figures of 3/63 to reduce New Zealand to 171/9 in 43.3 overs.
The visitors lead by 143 runs with just one wicket in hand.
Will Young was the lone Kiwi batter to offer some resistance as he made 51, while no other batter got above the 30-run mark.
New Zealand were 93/3 at one stage before Jadeja and Ashwin did the damage as the Kiwis lost six wickets for 78 runs.
India will be looking to claim the last wicket and finish off New Zealand's second innings without too many runs added.
They could fancy their chances of chasing down a total around 150.
Ravindra Jadeja celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Ish Sodhi.
17:00 Jadeja takes 4; NZ 171/9 at stumps
NZ 171-9 (43.3 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
India bring back pacer Akash Deep as Siraj is yet to bowl in New Zealand's second innings.
10 minutes left for stumps as Rohit makes the surprising decision to give Ashwin a break when he was in the middle of a fine spell.
He was worried about the spinners getting hit for boundaries, which was building New Zealand's lead quickly.
Henry misses the flick to be struck on the pads and the same next ball. The third ball is short and this time he is hit on the body going for the pull shot.
Henry clips the pacer through midwicket for one before Ajaz misses out on a full toss trying to flick it through midwicket.
Akash Deep interested in the appeal but the umpire is not as India decide against the review.
Jadeja continues his fine showing with the ball as he cleans up Henry with a superb delivery for 10.
New Zealand are reduced to 171/9 in 43.3 overs as the umpires call for stumps on the second day.
16:50 Jadeja, Ashwin leave NZ in a mess!
NZ 170-8 (42 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Jadeja continues as Matt Henry hits the first ball uppishly to long-off for a single. The next ball spins sharply and also bounces quite a lot but down the leg side to left-hander Ajaz Patel. Wicketkeeper Pant again is late with the gloves to concede four byes.
Ajaz clips the next ball for a single on the leg side to get off the mark.
Henry has a big swing across the line but is beaten before he makes good connection to launch the next ball straight down the ground for a six.
Ashwin didn't bowl a single carrom ball in the first 25 overs he bowled in the match. In the last four overs, he bowled four carrom balls, out of which two of them resulted in wickets.
Ashwin in a good rhythm. Ajaz is beaten first ball before he leaves the next. He plays and misses third ball going for a big swing over midwicket as Ashwin gets it to turn sharply.
The fourth ball is pitched up and this time Ajaz blocks it right under his eyes.
Ajaz makes good connection as he sweeps Ashwin over square leg for a six
Jadeja from the other end. Henry swings and misses before he flicks the next for a single to deep midwicket.
Ajaz comes forward to defend and looks to have been struck on the pads but there seems to be some bat on it. The bowler and keeper appeal but it is clearly bat first.
Ajaz is given out caught at short leg but he decides to take the review.
The ball has missed the bat and there is nothing on the UltraEdge as the decision is overturned.
16:38 Jadeja, Ashwin leave NZ in a mess!
NZ 150-8 (39 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Fantastic bowling from Ashwin. The carrom ball turns a long way and bounces as Young, playing for the off-spinner, is done in completely and he is lucky that there was no edge.
There was no edge as the ball went off the trousers which caused the noise.
Young then misses the sweep as Pant gets a glove on it and Sarfaraz at short leg does well to dive and get underneath the ball but the umpire is not interested.
Ashwin rewarded for some fine bowling as Young gets the leading edge and is caught and bowled by the bowler.
Young was struggling to read Ashwin. The carrom ball does the trick as the right-hande rlooking to flick got the leading edge and was caught by Ashwin.
Young walks back after a good knock of 51 on a difficult pitch against a high-quality spin attack.
Ashwin and Jadeja pick three wickets each to keep India's hopes alive.
16:31 Jadeja, Ashwin leave NZ in a mess!
NZ 148-7 (38 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Sodhi clips Ashwin through midwicket for a single and Young blocks the next. He clips the third ball for a single to complete his second half-century of the match from 95 balls.
He has played a crucial role in keeping the Indian spinners at bay and also keep New Zealand on course for a fighting total.
Sodhi runs the last ball with soft hands behind square on the off-side for a single to retain strike.
Jadeja keeps chipping away at the wickets. Sodhi looks to drive on the up but it goes uppishly as Kohli takes a smart catch at short cover.
Sodhi walks back for eight as New Zealand are reduced to 148/7 for an overall lead of 120 runs.
16:23 Ashwin strikes; NZ lose 6th wicket
NZ 145-6 (36 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Jadeja gets the ball to turn big to beat Young on the outside edge before he defends the next ball followed by a leave.
Young misses the sweep before he is beaten on the outside edge next ball before he keeps out the last ball with caution.
Ashwin continues as Young lap sweeps the spinner fine on the leg side for two runs. He looks to glance the next ball fine but this time Pant gets his gloves on it but can't hold on to the ball.
Pant's struggles behind the wickets continue. Maybe this was a chance but the wicketkeeper was unable to hold as he flaps at the ball with the gloves.
Young takes a single before Sodhi plays a nice drive through the covers for a four.
Jadeja continues as Young picks a single off the first ball and Sodhi punches the third ball off the backfoot to long-off for one.
Young well forward to block the flighted delivery before the next ball turns away to go past the outside edge.
He sweeps the next ball quite hard in front of square for a boundary.
16:14 Ashwin strikes; NZ lose 6th wicket
NZ 131-6 (33 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Sundar bowls a half-tracker as Phillips quick rocks back to pull it over midwicket for a six.
He slaps the fifth ball into the covers as Ashwin makes a diving stop to his left at mid-off to save the boundary and keep it down to one.
Young goes for the sweep but is beaten and the ball is not that far from the off-stump.
In the next over, Young sweeps Jadeja for a boundary through square leg followed by a single.
Phillips lofts the full delivery straight back over Jadeja's head for another boundary and takes a single off the last ball.
Phillips' entry has boosted the scoring rate a bit. New Zealand lead by 91 runs, they will look another 80-90 runs.
Ashwin back into the attack. Phillips immediately targets the spinner as he slog sweeps the first ball high over midwicket for a six.
Two balls later, he lofts the spinner powerfully over long-on for another six as New Zealand's lead goes past 100.
The flat delivery spins down the leg side as Pant makes a good stop to his left.
Ashwin gets revenge as he cleans up Phillips with the carrom ball, which goes straight on.
The master spinner brings out his bag of tricks to turn the ball the other way as Phillips plays for the spin. The full delivery pitched on the line of middle and leg stump before it turned the other way to crash into the off-stump.
Phillips walks back after a quickfire 26 from 14 balls.
Ashwin is delighted with that wicket as he not only dismissed the dangerous Phillips but also his second of the match. He has had to work really hard for his wickets despite the pitch offering a lot of assistance.
New Zealand lead by 103 runs with four wickets in hand.
16:09 Ashwin strikes; NZ lose 6th wicket
NZ 131-6 (32.5 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Sundar bowls a half-tracker as Phillips quick rocks back to pull it over midwicket for a six.
He slaps the fifth ball into the covers as Ashwin makes a diving stop to his left at mid-off to save the boundary and keep it down to one.
Young goes for the sweep but is beaten and the ball is not that far from the off-stump.
In the next over, Young sweeps Jadeja for a boundary through square leg followed by a single.
Phillips lofts the full delivery straight back over Jadeja's head for another boundary and takes a single off the last ball.
Phillips' entry has boosted the scoring rate a bit. New Zealand lead by 91 runs, they will look another 80-90 runs.
Ashwin back into the attack. Phillips immediately targets the spinner as he slog sweeps the first ball high over midwicket for a six.
Two balls later, he lofts the spinner powerfully over long-on for another six as New Zealand's lead goes past 100.
The flat delivery spins down the leg side as Pant makes a good stop to his left.
Ashwin gets revenge as he cleans up Phillips with the carrom ball, which goes straight on.
The master spinner brings out his bag of tricks to turn the ball the other way as Phillips plays for the spin.
Phillips walks back after a quickfire 26 from 14 balls.
15:58 Jadeja strikes again; NZ 5 down
NZ 101-5 (30 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Young continues to keep his end going as he takes a single off Sundar on the off-side. Blundell tries the reverse sweep but is beaten and h keeps out the last two balls.
Jadeja strikes with another wicket, his second in as many overs. Blundell looks to punch Jadeja but bottom edges it back on to his stumps to be bowled for four.
Glenn Phillips gets off the mark with a single before Young is beaten on the outside edge and inside edges the last ball.
New Zealand are 101/5 in 30 overs, for an overall lead of 73 runs.
15:49 Jadeja strikes; NZ lose 4th wicket
NZ 98-4 (28 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Sundar is back into the attack as he replaces Jadeja. Young pulls the short ball towards midwicket as Jaiswal swoops in quickly but the bowler is unable to gather the ball and Ashwin the back up puts in the dive but can't get to the ball, to give away another extra run.
Change of ends for Jadeja as he comes into the attack from the end, where he took his five-wicket haul in the first innings.
Ashwin, who took 1/32 in 11 overs, is replaced by Jadeja. He gets some extra bounce to beat Young before taking one to raise the 50-run stand for the fourth wicket with Mitchell.
The move to bring back Jadeja pays off. Mitchell looks to loft the spinner down the ground but ends up miscuing it high and senior pro Ashwin running back from mid-on takes a wonderful catch. He ran side on and kept his eyes on the ball throughout and managed to hold on despite tumbling to the ground.
The Jadeja-Ashwin partnership works wonders for India. Mitchell walks back after scoring 21 as New Zealand lose their fourth wicket.
Tom Blundell paddles the first ball he faces fine on the leg side for a four to get off the mark.
15:41 Young, Mitchell revive New Zealand
NZ 89-3 (25 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Young looking quite solid. After defending for most part of his innings so far, he goes after Jadeja lofting the spinner straight back over his head for a six.
He takes a single to long-off before Mitchell drives the next through the covers for two runs and keeps strike with one from the last ball.
India will be keen to break this partnership, which is shaping up to be quite threatening for their hopes.
The pitch seems to have eased out in the last 30 minutes and not many deliveries from the spinners are troubling the batters.
Mitchel clips Ashwin to midwicket for one before Young easily keeps out the last five balls of the over.
In the next over, Mitchell is beaten as he attempts to sweep Jadeja with the ball turning away sharply along with extra bounce.
He pushes the next through the covers for one and Young takes a single off the next.
Mitchell drives the last ball through the covers for a couple of runs.
Daryl Mitchell plays the sweep shot.
15:27 Young, Mitchell revive New Zealand
NZ 74-3 (22 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Young looks to loft Ashwin over the leg side but fails to get hold of the shot, as the ball falls safely on the leg side for two runs.
Young hits the last ball down to the fielder at long-on for one to retain strike.
Jadeja comes back into the attack as he takes over from Sundar. Young picks a single first ball to take his score to 20.
The second ball turns quite a bit as Mitchell is beaten before he takes one off the next.
Outside edge as Young defends with soft hands and the ball doesn't carry to Gill at second slip.
The last ball is a beauty, turns miles from the middle and leg stump to beat Young all ends up.
In the next over, India take the review after Mitchell misses the reverse sweep off Ashwin and was struck in front.
The impact is outside the line of off-stump as India end up losing the review.
He sweeps the next ball to deep square leg for a single.
15:09 Ashwin strikes; Ravindra out for 4
NZ 67-3 (19 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Mitchell inside edges Sundar past short leg for one to bring up New Zealand's 50. Young reverse sweeps the next ball for another run.
Mitchell plays the reverse sweep but on the bounce to Rohit at slip and blocks the last ball with a straight bat.
In the next over, Young collects a single off Ashwin to midwicket. Mitchell is hit on the pads as he misses the flick off a sharp turning delivery. India decide against the review.
The next ball again turns and bounces and beats Mitchell, who is struck high on the pads as the LBW shout is turned down again.
Mitchell uses his feet as he lofts Ashwin straight down the ground for a six. Pant's struggles continue as Ashwin drifts down the leg side but the keeper is clearly late and fails to gather the ball to give away four byes.
He is struggling to read the ball and Ashwin is not impressed.
Young happy to collect the singles and turn the strike over as he taps Sundar for a single.
Mitchell attacks Sundar this time as he slog sweeps the spinner powerfully through midwicket for a four.
14:58 Ashwin strikes; Ravindra out for 4
NZ 49-3 (16 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Sundar continues as Young picks a single off the first ball before Daryl Mitchell carefully plays out the rest of the over. He got an inside edge off the fifth ball but it fell short of the fielder at short leg.
Young sweeps Ashwin as the ball goes off the gloves but falls safely on the leg side for one.
Big turning delivery from Ashwin as Mitchell steps down the track but the ball goes off the pads over leg slip for two leg byes.
Mitchell goes back to defend as the ball goes off the inside half past leg slip for a single.
14:53 Ashwin strikes; Ravindra out for 4
NZ 44-3 (14 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Young clips Ashwin off his pads for a single before Ravindra sweeps the spinner powerfully through square leg for a four.
However, he pays the price for rash batting. He looks to attack Ashwin as he gives the charge but is deceived all ends by Ashwin. He is beaten in the flight and wicketkeeper Pant completes an easy stumping.
Ravindra falls for four as New Zealand slip to 44/3 in 14 overs, for an overall lead lead of 16 runs.
That is the first wicket for Ashwin in this Test after bowling 19 overs.
14:47 Sundar strikes; Conway out for 22
NZ 39-2 (13 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
India need Ashwin to find his rhythm. A wicket could make the world of a difference for the senior spinner who has struggled in all the three Tests so far.
Thumbs up from captain Rohit at slip as Ashwin gets the ball to turn sharply and beat Conway on the outside edge. The next ball is fuller as Conway drives it long-on for a single.
Young misses the sweep as Rohit and Pant appeal for caught behind but Ashwin not interested.
Sundar gets the ball to go straight on as Conway manages to clip it towards deep midwicket for two runs.
Conway gets the edge as he looks to defend Sundar but Pant misses out on the catch. He is struggling against spinners against the extra bounce and turn.
Sundar gets his man two balls later as Conway (22) gets a thick outside edge trying to stab at it and Gill at second slip completes an easy catch.
Devon Conway
14:38 Conway, Young give NZ the lead
NZ 34-1 (11 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Senior spinner Ashwin starts off with the ball after the tea interval. He will be desperate for his first wicket of the match and make a sizeable contribution in the second innings.
Conway sweeps the second ball for a single. Young looks to defend as the ball goes off the pads and is taken at short leg. India appeal for the catch off an inside edge but the umpire says no.
Young sweeps the spinner to deep square leg for one to level scores.
Off-spinner Washington Sundar from the other end. Young clips the first ball off his pads for one to give New Zealand the lead.
Sundar gets the ball to kick off alarmingly as Conway is beaten and wicketkeeper Pant struggles to gather the ball to concede four byes.
14:13 NZ recover to 26/1 at tea on Day 2
NZ 26-1 (9 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Ashwin continues as Young sweeps the first ball straight to the fielder halfway down at backward square leg.
He pushes the next ball into the covers for a single. Ashwin keeping it full and on the stumps as Conway blocks before he glances one down the leg side fine for a four.
Spin from both ends as Jadeja replaces Akash Deep. Young sweeps the first ball for one before Conway uses his feet to hit the spinner to long-on for a single.
Jadeja gets the ball to kick off from length and also turn as Young is beaten. The next ball turns sharply as the right-hander is again beaten on the outside edge trying to defend.
He offers no shot to the last ball as Young is struck on the pads but the confident shout for leg before is turned down. India decide against the review as the ball was not doing enough.
New Zealand go into the tea break on 26/1 in nine overs, trailing India by two runs.
Conway was unbeaten on 15 and Young on eight as the visitors recovered after the early dismissal of captain Tom Latham.
Earlier, left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel (5/103) grabbed five wickets to help New Zealand dismiss India for 263 as the hosts took a slender 28-run first-innings lead.
Rishabh Pant (60) played a counter-attacking innings and raced to his fifty, while Shubman Gill (90) missed out on a hundred by 10 runs.
New Zealand were guilty of dropping a couple of catches but Ish Sodhi found the breakthrough for the tourists when he trapped Pant leg before in the 38th over.
Pant's wicket slowed India's momentum even as Gill continued to erase the deficit.
Patel, who picked two wickets on the opening day, added to his tally by claiming Gill, Sarfaraz Khan and Ravichandran Ashwin.
14:04 Conway, Young steady New Zealand
NZ 19-1 (7 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Akash Deep to bowl his third over. He bowls full at the stumps, looking to target the pads but Conway manages to flick it through midwicket for two runs.
The left-hander keeps out the next few balls before he plays and misses last ball, to be beaten on the outside edge as Akash Deep gets the length ball to hold its line.
Ashwin comes into the attack as he replaces Sundar. The first ball is full and turns a long way as Young misses the flick and is hit on the pads. The next ball is full and wide as Young drives it square past point for two runs.
Another sharp turning delivery from Ashwin as Young struggles to keep it out, getting it off the inside half of the bat.
He gets an inside edge off the last ball looking to defend for a single to square leg.
Akash Deep to bowl his third over. Young takes a single first ball before Conway easily keeps out the rest of the over.
13:51 Akash Deep strikes; Latham out for 1
NZ 13-1 (4 ovs) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
Off-spinner Washington Sundar from the other end. The first ball is back of length but turns away sharply as Conway leaves and Pant struggles to gather the ball.
Conway clips the next with soft hands on the leg side for one and Will Young gets a big turning delivery which goes off his pads past leg slip for a leg bye.
Conway again tapping the spinner on the leg side for one and Young takes one off the last ball.
Akash drifts on the pads as Conway plays a nicely-timed flick through square leg for a four before he keeps out the rest of the over.
Three men around the bat for Young against Sundar. The right-hander easily drives the first ball to long-on for an easy single. Conway drives the spinner uppishly square on the off-side for one to deep point.
13:41 Akash Deep strikes; Latham out for 1
NZ 2-1 (1 ov) & 235 vs India 263 | Scorecard
India start with pacer Akash Deep but surely they will have a spinner from the other end.
Tom Latham defends the first ball before he gets an inside edge as the ball goes off the pads to fine leg for a single.
Devon Conway taps the third ball into the off-side for one to get off the mark.
Akash Deep strikes early as he gets Latham leg before wicket for one. He immediately takes the review.
There is a clear inside edge before the ball hits the pads as the decision overturned.
No need of the review next ball as Akash Deep cleans up his man. The pacer gets the ball to swing in quite a lot as Latham going for the big drive through the covers is bowled through the gate.
13:23 Sundar's 38 not out gives India the lead
India 263 all out (59.4 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Ajaz has single-handedly ensured India don't run away with a sizeable first innings lead, with the spinner claiming 4/22 in eight overs post lunch.
Overall, India have lost four wickets for 42 runs in 15 overs since the lunch interval.
The field is completely spread out for Sundar with nearly eight fielders patrolling the boundary to deny him the boundary.
Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi back into the attack.
Despite so many fielders on the boundary, Sundar still manages to still find the gap as he cuts the short ball from Phillip between thirdman and deep point for a four to bring up India's 250.
The next ball is short and this time Sundar rocks back to pull it powerfully over midwicket for a six.
He does well to shuffle across and paddle Sodhi to fine leg for a single off the last ball to keep the strike.
This is superb batting by Sundar. He drills the wide overpitched delivery from Ajaz in the gap through the covers for a four.
He steers the fourth ball to thirdman with soft hands and wants the second before deciding against risking the run.
Akash Deep very slow to turn back and takes it very casually as he is caught short by a flat throw from Ravindra in the deep.
Sundar is left stranded on 38 as India are bowled out for 263 in 59.4 overs, to take a slender lead of 28 runs.
Ajaz leads the Kiwi players off the field after he took 5/103 in 21.4 overs. He was instrumental in restricting India's charge after lunch.
13:12 Ashwin out for 6; India 9 down
India 247-9 (58 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
The two spinners taking calculated risks to build India's lead. Sundar lofts the flighted delivery from Phillips straight down the ground for a six.
The left-hander clips the spinner wide of long-on for one as he wants to push for the second but Ashwin is not interested.
Ajaz has a confident shout for leg before wicket turned down against Sundar. The ball turned in sharply into Sundar, who was beaten on the inside edge and hit on the pads.
The ball is turning sharply to miss the leg stump as umpire Michael Gough's decision stands vindicated.
The next ball hold its line as Sundar is beaten on the outside edge this time.
He can't get hold of the slog sweep as he wafts across the line only for a single to deep midwicket.
Turn and bounce for Ajaz to beat Ashwin outside the off-stump before he falls off the next ball.
This time the line is closer to the stumps as Ashwin looks to block but it hit on the gloves as Mitchell bags another catch in the slips.
Ajaz picks up a five-wicket haul, his sixth in Test cricket with all of them coming in Asia.
Ajaz continues his love affair with Wankhede, picking up his 19th wicket in his third innings. He had taken 14 wickets, including all 10 wickets in an innings, against India in 2021.
12:59 Ashwin, Sundar give India the lead
India 239-8 (56 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Sundar shows intent as he plays the inside out lofted shot off a full delivery from Phillips for a boundary.
Sundar caught in two minds as the short ball turns big and after initially looking to pull he bails out of the shot.
The last ball is short as Sundar cuts it to deep point for a single to keep strike.
Sundar clips Ajaz for a single before Ashwin gets an inside edge and rushes for one but the overthrow gets them another run, to level scores.
New Zealand will hoping they don't concede too big a lead which will put them in the driver's seat as India have to bat fourth on this pitch. which is getting increasingly difficult for the batters.
Ashwin slogs the last ball from Ajaz over midwicket for a boundary to give India the lead.
12:52 Gill out for 90; India lose 8th wkt
India 227-8 (54 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
India's hopes take a big blow as Gill is caught at slip off Ajaz. The full delivery turns sharply and also bounces as Gill looking to defend gets the edge and Mitchell completes another good low catch.
Gill walks back disappointed after a superb innings of 90.
The line and length was perfect as Gill had to play at it. The ball drifted in initially before pitching and turning away sharply as Gill leaned forward to defend.
Ajaz continues his love affair with the Wankhede picking up his 18th wicket in his third innings.
This has been a big jolt for India, losing their last four wickets for 47 runs.
Ravichandran Ashwin walks in at No 10. He attempts the big slog sweep against Ajaz but misses before he carefully blocks the next two.
New Zealand players celebrates the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja, who was dismissed by Glen Phillips.
12:45 Sarfaraz out for duck; India 7 down
India 227-7 (53 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
India are 221/7 in 50 overs, just 14 runs behind New Zealand now.
The full delivery from Phillips stays low as Sundar is beaten outside the off-stump. The left-hander leans well forward to block the flighted delivery, inside edging on to his pads.
The pitch is offering a lot more assistance to the spinners, with the ball not only turning sharply but also staying low on a regular basis.
Sundar drives Phillips down to long-on for a single and Gill blocks the last two balls.
Ajaz from over the wicket bowling into the rough to Sundar. He sweeps the second ball from outside the line of off-stump for a single to fine leg.
Gill takes one off the last ball, hitting it past the bowler to long-off.
In the next over, Gill uses his feet to hit Phillips to long-off for one as the deficit comes down to 10.
Sundar looking quite solid, playing to the merit of the ball and not trying anything rash.
The last ball is a half-tracker down the leg side as Gill misses out, pulling it to the fielder at backward square leg just for a single.
12:33 Sarfaraz out for duck; India 7 down
India 221-7 (50 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Sundar walks in at No 9 ahead of Ashwin, who not so long ago stroked a century against Bangladesh on a difficult pitch in Chennai.
Gill looking to charge as he uses his feet to loft Phillips over mid-off for a boundary.
A low full toss as Gill reverse sweeps it on the bounce to the fielder at slip.
Phillips overpitches as Gill plays a cracking drive through the covers for the second four of the over.
Sundar looks to disrupt the spinners. He reverse sweeps Ajaz through the vacant thirdman region for the third four in the space of seven balls for India.
Two balls later, he plays the sweep to deep square leg for just a single.
Ajaz gets the ball to turn big as Gill is beaten by a long way trying to defend. The next ball stays low as the well-set Gill adjusts by getting his bat down in time.
The last ball again stays low but it is way down the leg side as Gill helps it fine on the leg side for a four to continue the flow of runs.
17 runs from the last two overs as India look to score quick runs.
12:25 Sarfaraz out for duck; India 7 down
India 204-7 (48 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Phillips strikes in his second over after lunch. He gets the wicket of Jadeja, who gets the edge trying to defend and is taken by Mitchell at slip for 14.
The full delivery drew Jadeja forward as he attempted to defend but got the edge with Mitchell taking a sharp low catch to his left at slip.
Sarfaraz Khan walks out to a huge cheer from his home fans as he carefully defends the first ball he faces.
Gill pushes Ajaz on the off-side for a single before Sarfaraz attempts the sweep but is beaten. Extra bounce for the spinner as Sarfaraz looking to defend gets hit on the gloves but falls safely in the absence of a fielder at silly point.
Sarfaraz walks back for a duck as Ajaz gets the ball to turn and bounce sharply, clipping the gloves as wicketkeeper Blundell takes a sharp catch.
12:18 Gill, Jadeja bring up India's 200
India 200-5 (46 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Ajaz starts off with the ball in the post-lunch session. Gill, resuming on 70, blocks the first ball back to the bowler before the next ball bounces a lot more to strike him on the gloves but falls safely on the off-side.
The next ball turns away sharply to go past the outside edge before he is struck on the pads with the delivery which goes straight on and he keeps out the last ball.
Phillips from the other end. Jadeja clips the second ball off his pads for a single and Gill takes one down to long-on followed by another run to the former.
Ajaz from the other end. Jadeja guides the first ball on the off-side for a single before Gill keeps out the next few balls.
Nearly a run out off the last ball as Gill inside edges the last ball. Jadeja calls him for a quick single as both batters hesitate before deciding to go through for the single to bring up India's 200.
12:12 Gill, Pant hit 50s; India 195/5 at lunch
India 195-5 (43 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
With the Spidercam getting stuck, the umpires have called an early lunch with five minutes left for the break.
India are 195/5 in 43 overs at the lunch break on Day 2, trailing the Kiwis by 40 runs.
Gill has shouldered the responsibility with a mature knock of 70 not out. His 96-run partnership with Pant, who stroked a magnificent 60 from 59 balls, was instrumental in India's superb fightback.
Jadeja, promoted ahead of Sarfaraz Khan, is unbeaten on 10 as India look on course for a sizeable lead.
Ajaz took 2/76 in 13 overs as Pant went after him. Ish Sodhi provided New Zealand some relief as he bagged the key wicket of Pant to halt India's charge.
Overall, India scored 109 runs in 24 overs for the loss of one wicket in the morning session.
New Zealand also contributed to their own misery as they dropped a couple of easy catches.
11:26 Gill hits fifty as India fight back
India 195-5 (43 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
With 15 minutes left for lunch, Ajaz comes back into the attack in place of Sodhi. Jadeja clips the second ball fine for two runs and pulls the next for a single.
Phillips continues as Jadeja hits the second ball down to long-on for a single.
No boundary since the last 30 balls as Gill looks to break the shackles. He tries the reverse sweep but can't get it past point.
Gill clips the spinner through square leg for a single before Jadeja blocks the last ball.
11:14 Pant out for 60; India 5 down
India 190-5 (41 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
New Zealand will hope the Pant wicket could result in another wicket or two before the lunch interval.
Phillips bowls a tidy over, giving away just a single to Gill, after four dots in a row.
India need another good partnership of around 50-60 to put themselves on course for a decisive lead. They still have a lot of batting to follow in Sarfaraz, Sundar and Ashwin.
Jadeja and Gill not taking chances but looking to keep the scoreboard ticking along with ones and twos as they easily pick four singles off Sodhi.
In the next over, Jadeja gets a thick outside edge off Phillips for two runs and then picks a single off the fifth.
11:01 Pant out for 60; India 5 down
India 182-5 (38 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Gill dropped on 45 by Chapman and Pant dropped on 53 by Henry! How costly will these two errors prove for the Kiwis?
Short ball from Sodhi as Gill punches it through the covers for a single and Pant guides the next to thirdman for another run. Gill clips the last ball for another single to retain strike.
In the next over, Gill taps Phillips on the off-side as Pant calls him for a quick single before he takes one off an inside edge. The former retains strike with one from the last ball.
Pant makes most of a wide half-volley from Sodhi as he crashes it through the covers for a boundary.
However, the bowler gets revenge next ball as he gets Pant out leg before before wicket for 60.
Pant has a chat with his partner before he takes the DRS. The ball misses the inside edge and strikes the front pad. The ball has turned sharply but is clipping the leg stump as the umpire's decision stays.
A huge relief for New Zealand as Pant makes his way back after an entertaining 60 from 59 balls, with eight fours and two sixes.
He dominated the 96-run stand from 114 balls for the fifth wicket to help India get back into the contest after their collapse late on Day 1.
A surprise move from India as Ravindra Jadeja walks in at No 7 ahead of Sarfaraz Khan.
Jadeja gets off the mark with a single on the leg side and Gill takes one off the last ball.
10:44 Pant, Gill put India in control
India 169-4 (35 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Sodhi continues after the drinks break. Gill hits the first ball to long-on for one before Pant misses out on a short ball which turns sharply into the left-hander and strikes him on the elbow.
Pant was through the shot early as the ball turned sharply and bounced off the rough. He works the next ball into the gap at midwicket for a single.
Gill steers the last ball behind point where Henry puts in the dive to save the boundary.
Pant has been kept quiet for the last few overs. He looks to break free as he uses his feet and looks to hit Phillips over the top but it comes off the inside half, but away from the fielder at midwicket for two runs.
Another big miss by New Zealand on the field. Pant, on 53, then miscues a full toss hitting it straight to Henry at long-on, who puts down an easy catch.
That was New Zealand's second drop of the morning. That was quite easy as Henry had enough time to settle under it but the ball gone through his hands.
Two dropped catches sum up New Zealand's poor morning!
10:36 Pant, Gill hit 50s as India dominate
India 163-4 (33 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
India have dominated the opening hour on Day 2, scoring 77 runs from 14 overs bowled.
Pant and Gill have put on 79 runs for the fifth wicket from 87 balls to put the hosts in control. They now trail New Zealand by 72 runs.
New Zealand will also rue putting down the catch of Gill at a crucial juncture when he was on 45, putting down by substitute Mark Chapman off the bowling of Glenn Phillips.
Pant has dominated, hitting 50 from 48 balls, with seven fours and two sixes, while Gill has made 58 from 75 balls.
Their positive approach has ensured India have maintained a net run rate of nearly five, as India look in control on 163/4 in 33 overs.
Rishabh Pant celebrates his half-century.
10:30 Pant, Gill hit 50s as India dominate
India 163-4 (33 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Phillips bowls a quiet over, conceding just two runs including a leg bye. There is a huge appeal for leg before against Pant off the last ball, as the left-hander was struck on the pads but the umpire is not interested.
Sodhi from the other end. The short ball hardly bounces as Gill who has rocked back adjusts well to swat the ball on the leg side.
Gill drives the full delivery through the covers for one and Pant keeps out the last two balls.
In the next over, Gill clips Phillips with the spin through square leg for a single.
Pant is beaten as he looks to defend but the slight turn takes the ball past the outside edge. He plays a nice front foot drive off the next but straight to the fielder in the covers and blocks the last ball.
Rishabh Pant plays the reverse sweep.
10:24 Pant slams 36-ball half-century!
India 159-4 (30 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Gill happy to take the single and hand the strike back to Pant, who uses his feet to take the Phillips delivery on the full, as he flicks it through midwicket for a four.
The last ball is halfway down as Pant pulls it for another boundary to continue the flow of runs.
Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi comes into the attack. Gill drives the first ball through the covers for a single to bring up his fifty from 56 balls.
A few balls later, Pant takes one to midwicket to race to his fifty from 36 balls. This is the fastest fifty by an Indian batter against New Zealand in Tests.
Gill quick to latch on to the short ball, pulling it through midwicket for a boundary.
10:10 Pant's attack lifts India on Day 2
India 142-4 (28 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Change in the bowling as off-spinner Glenn Phillips comes into the attack. Gill immediately uses his feet to loft the spinner over long-on but has miscued it high as he fails to time it.
It is an easy catch for substitute Mark Chapman, who leaves everyone shocked as he puts down an easy catch running to his right at long-on.
Gill, on 45, gets a lifeline as New Zealand miss out on an important wicket.
Pant clips the next ball off his pads for a couple of runs and then takes one through the covers before Gill picks one off the last ball to keep strike.
In the next over, Gill keeps out the first three balls before taking one on the off-side.
Pant continues his attack as he reverse sweeps the spinner for a four through the off-side.
He charges down the track to loft Ajaz straight down the ground for his second six, to race to 40 from 29 balls.
The duo have now put on 58 from 57 balls as they now trail New Zealand by 93 runs.
The runs have come quite freely this morning, with India hitting 56 runs from nine overs.
09:58 Pant's attack lifts India on Day 2
India 126-4 (26 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Ajaz keeping the ball full as Gill defends before he drives the next to long-off for a single.
Pant uses his feet to loft the spinner over long-on for a six as the left-hander continues to make a statement with his positive approach.
He has raced to 27 from 21 balls, with four fours and a six.
Pant again down the track but this time has to defend followed by another block.
Rishabh Pant
09:55 Gill, Pant take India past 100
India 119-4 (25 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Pant gets an edge off Henry but the ball bounces before going to the fielder at slip. The wicketkeeper has come up to the stumps to stop Pant from using his feet to the pacer.
Pant whips the next ball on the leg side for a single and Gill flicks the third ball as the fielder at midwicket half stops it, to concede just two runs.
Gill plays another cracking drive through the covers for just a single as Rachin Ravindra saves the boundary with a diving stop to his left at mid-off, and Pant keeps strike with one from the last ball.
Pant won't let the bowlers dominate especially spinner Ajaz. He gets a big stride across and plays the lap sweep off the spinner fine on the leg side for a four -- his fourth boundary of the morning to race to 19 from 15 balls.
Pant clips the third ball for a single and Gill getting well forward to defend the flighted deliveries from Ajaz.
Gill gets a single off the last ball courtesy of an overthrow as Pant has to rush to the striker's end to complete the run.
Henry continues as Gill steers the first ball behind point for a couple of runs. He pulls the next ball, using his wrist to keep the ball along the ground for a single to deep midwicket.
Henry continues as Gill steers the first ball behind point for a couple of runs. He pulls the next ball, using his wrist to keep the ball along the ground for a single to deep midwicket.
Pant reaches out to a wide half-volley driving it gently through the covers for a single.
Good bouncer from Henry as Gill is hurried into the pull shot but manages to negotiate it quite nicely for one to deep square leg.
India have scored 33 runs in six overs bowled so far on Day 2.
09:41 Gill, Pant take India past 100
India 102-4 (22 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
Pace bowler Matt Henry from the other end. Gill defends the first ball on the off-side before he pushes the next through point for a single.
Pant gets an inside edge on to the pads before he plays a nice drive but straight to the fielder in the covers followed by a block.
He offers no shot to the last ball pitched wide of the stumps.
Ajaz continues as Gill defends the first ball before he gets an inside edge on to his pads off the third.
Gill releases the pressure as he uses his feet, playing a beautiful inside out shot over the covers for a four to take India past 100, in the 22nd over.
09:35 India face stiff task on Day 2
India 98-4 (20 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
New Zealand start the second day's play with spinner Ajaz Patel. The first ball is an overpitched delivery as Rishabh Pant drives it straight back past the non-striker for a boundary to make a confident start to the day.
He uses his feet to get to the pitch and again plays a nice cracking drive past mid-off for another boundary.
The next ball stays a bit low as Pant clips it into the shoulder of the fuelder short leg.
Pant attempts to defend but the ball turns a bit as he gets the outside edge which goes wide of the slip fielder for the third four of the over.
A huge appeal for leg before off the fifth ball but it has pitched outside the line of leg stump and he blocks the last ball.
09:11 India's batters face stiff task on Day 2
India 86-4 (19 ovs) vs NZ 235 | Scorecard
India's hopes of taking the crucial first innings lead depend on their young batting trio of Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan.
The youngsters are good players of spin but Ajaz Patel could prove to be a handful on the Wankhede pitch offering quite a lot of assistance to the spinners.
Dinesh Karthik in his pitch report says: 'This pitch is quite dry, it is a lot drier than the usual Mumbai pitch. Batting will be tough."
"They have to put pressure on the bowlers by playing their shots but also show solid defence when needed. They have to trust their defence."
Shubman Gill
09:00 Can batters rescue India on Day 2?
Welcome to the coverage of Day 2 of the third and final Test between India and New Zealand in Mumbai on Saturday.
A late collapse saw India slump to 84/4 in response to New Zealand's first innings total of 235 on the opening day.
New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell and Will Young made half-centuries in energy-sapping conditions before Ravindra Jadeja claimed a five-wicket haul to restrict the visitors.
Shubman Gill was unbeaten on 31 while Rishabh Pant was not out on one at stumps after India had come back into the game with Jadeja claiming 5/65 and Washington Sundar bagging 4/81.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli continued their horror run with the bat as the senior duo once again failed with the bat.
Rohit was unable to make the most of being dropped early as he was caught in the slips off Matt Henry for 18. Kohli then ran himself out for four while attempting a needless single to hand the advantage back to New Zealand in the final 15 minutes.
Ajaz Patel bowled Yashasvi Jaiswal for 30 after he missed the reverse sweep and trapped nightwatchman Mohammed Siraj lbw for a duck with the next ball.
Mitchell top-scored for the Black Caps with 82 and Young made 71 as the tourists endured oppressive heat and humidity at the Wankhede Stadium to lay a decent foundation in their quest to win the finale and sweep the series.
Young notched his half-century by hitting Washington out of the ground after lunch and looked well set for a maiden ton only to fall against the run of play, edging Jadeja to slip.
After ending the 87-run partnership for the fourth wicket, Jadeja claimed another victim in the same over by castling Tom Blundell for a three-ball duck, but Mitchell steadied the ship with a gutsy knock despite cramps.
Glenn Phillips fell for 17 before tea as Jadeja bowled him out with a straighter ball and the spinner got rid of Ish Sodhi and Matt Henry immediately after the break for his 14th five-wicket haul in Tests.
New Zealand won the opening match in Bengaluru by eight wickets for their first Test victory in India in 36 years, and wrapped up the series in Pune with a 113-run win.
It was New Zealand's maiden series triumph in India going back to 1955 and the they snapped the hosts' home streak of 18 straight series triumphs since a 2-1 loss to England in 2012.
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