India versus New Zealand 1st Test 3rd Day: Axar Patel five wicket haul leads India's fightback

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 It was an amazing bowling effort by the Indian bowlers to leave visitors in trouble at the end of day 3 played at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur on Saturday.

Starting on the overnight score of 129 for 0, R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma started the proceedings for Team India. Ashwin troubled Latham with his variations taking edges but not carrying to slips. Will Young looked confident with solid defense and attacking strokes. R Ashwin took the first wicket for Team India as Srikar Bharat took the review immediately for caught behind and the decision was overturned to out as it hit the edge. Young and Latham added 151 runs for the opening wicket.

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson came to the crease and made his intentions clear putting pressure on R Ashwin. The Indian captain Ajiyanka Rahane did not take the review for LBW as it was hitting the middle stumps. After settling in, Williamson played some brilliant shots to put pressure back on Indian bowlers. Rahane took the second new ball in 85th over and got rid of Kiwi captain Williamson at the stroke of lunch break, Umesh Yadav dismissed Williamson LBW. Williamson decided to review for LBW and the decision was retained. Williamson and Latham added 46 runs for the 2nd wicket.

The second session started off on a disappointing note as Srikar Bharat missed a stumping chance to get rid of Ross Taylor. Axar Patel got his first wicket of the innings dismissing Ross Taylor with a lovely catch by Srikar Bharat. The Indian spinners looked threatening troubled the New Zealand batters. Patel dismissed Nicholls LBW to bring back the hosts into the match. Axar then got rid of well-set Tom Latham stumped by Bharat.

Rachindra Ravindra looked confident against R Ashwin. Ravindra Jadeja produced a cracking delivery to dismiss Ravindra through the gate to leave New Zealand in trouble. The Indian bowlers kept a tight leash on Tom Blundell not allowing score runs easily. At the end of the 2nd session, New Zealand made 249 for 6.

The third session started off very well for Team India as Axar Patel grabbed the wicket of Tom Blundell that kept low and hit stumps. Axar picked his 5th wicket to rattle New Zealand batting. Kyle Jamieson played well but could resist his temptations and was caught by Axar Patel off Ashwin’s bowling. Will Somerville looked confident with defense against top-quality Indian spinners. Ashwin produced a good delivery getting Somerville to bowl out New Zealand for 296. With that, India grabbed an important 49 runs lead.

In their second innings, Shubman Gill failed to contribute as he was dismissed by peach by Kyle Jamieson. Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal took India to safety at the end of day 3 with a scoreboard reading 14 for 1 with a lead of 63 runs.

345 in 111.1 overs ( Shreyas Iyer 105, Jadeja 50, Tim Southee 5/69, Kyle Jamieson 3/69) and 14 for 1 in 5 overs ( Pujara 9*, Mayank Agarwal 4*, Kyle Jamieson 1/8) lead New Zealand 296 in 142.3 overs ( Tom Latham 95, Will Young 89, Axar Patel 5/62) by 63 runs.  


Axar Patel five-wicket haul leads India's fightback on day 3 


 

 

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