Team led by Virat Kohli India The dominance continued even on the third day of the ongoing Test against New Zealand in Mumbai. Riding on a scintillating half-century from Mayank Agarwal and some cameos from Cheteshwar Pujara, Shubman Gill and Axar Patel, the hosts set a mammoth target of 540 runs for the Kiwis. In reply, New Zealand scored 140 for 5 at stumps and needed 400 runs to win. Rachin was batting with Ravindra 2 not out, Henry Nicholls (36*).
India started the innings on Sunday with 69 for 0. New Zealand pacer Tim Southee tested Agarwal and Pujara with some shorts, but both showed excellent resilience, adding 102 runs for the first wicket.
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Agarwal hit two boundaries off Ejaz Patel – an inside driver at extra cover for a boundary and a six was the most pleasing shorts to complete his half-century. But soon, he was dismissed for 62, the exact score that the visitors had achieved in their first innings at the Wankhede on Saturday.
Pujara made a comeback with 44, while Gill made 47 as Rachin Ravindra’s first Test victim. The right-hander slipped off a ball that went straight to Kiwi captain Tom Latham.
Kiwi all-rounder got India’s captain’s prized wicket Virat Kohli (36) and Wriddhiman Saha (13) were caught by Kyle Jamieson near the boundary line and completed three wickets.
Ijaz continued to trouble the hosts as they decided to post 276 for 7 before dismissing Shreyas Iyer (14) and Jayant Yadav (6). The left-arm spinner took 4 for 106 in the second innings. Best match figures anywhere by any bowler against India, for a match total of 14/225.
Chasing 540, New Zealand once lost their stand-in captain early. Latham was batting on 10 when he was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin. The veteran off-spinner also defeated Will Young (20) and Ross Taylor (6) to reduce the visiting team to 55 for 3 wickets.
Daryl Mithsell, who replaced Kane Williamson, carried the run-chase for some time and stood firm against the Indian bowling attack. he has 2Outside He shared a 73-run partnership with Henry Nicholls for the Test half-century and fourth wicket.
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New Zealand were safe with Mitchell staying at the crease. He scored 60 runs in 92 balls including 7 fours before being dismissed by Axar Patel. The batsman played a wrong shot and was caught in the deep by Yadav.
Tom Blundell was the last Kiwi wicket to fall on the third day of the Mumbai Test. He tried to steal a sharp single, but a sharp one from substitute fielder Sreekar Bharat ended his stint at the crease. New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman got out for a duck in 6 balls.
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