India vs New Zealand, 1st Testt: Currently, the first match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Let us tell you that the third day of play in the match ended today, Friday, October 18.

At the time of stumps on the third day, the Indian team batted brilliantly in the second innings and scored 231 runs at the loss of three wickets after 49 overs. At present Sarfaraz Khan is batting at the crease after scoring 70* runs.

India-New Zealand first test match, condition of third day’s play

If we tell you in detail about the day’s game, New Zealand started the game today at 180/3. For New Zealand, Rachin Ravindra, who was not out on 22* runs on the second day, batted brilliantly and played an excellent century of 134 runs. Apart from Rachin, in the end bowler Tim Southee also played a useful inning of 65 runs, due to which New Zealand scored a total of 402 runs in the first innings.

Talking about India’s bowling, experienced spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav got 3 wickets each, while Mohammed Siraj got 2 wickets. Apart from this, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin got 1-1 wicket.

After this, on the third day of the game, India also started batting in the second innings, and a partnership of 72 runs was seen between Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma for the first wicket.

However, Jaiswal, who was set after scoring 35 runs, got stumped while playing a big shot against Ijaz Patel. So captain Rohit was unfortunately bowled out while defending after scoring 52 runs. Also, just before the end of the day, India also lost the wicket of Virat Kohli (70), who had set his sights.

After this the umpire announced the end of the day’s play. So if we talk about the bowling of the Kiwi team, in the second innings, Ajaz Patel got 2 successes and Glenn Phillips got 1 success.

Stumps on Day 3 in the 1st #INDvNZ Test!

End of a gripping day of Test Cricket 👏👏#TeamIndia move to 231/3 in the 2nd innings, trail by 125 runs.

Scorecard – https://t.co/FS97LlvDjY@IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/LgriSv3GkY

— BCCI (@BCCI) October 18, 2024