- Important partnership of 96 runs between Gill and Pant in the first innings.
- Scored 195 runs for five wickets until lunch, still 40 runs behind New Zealand
4 p.m. News Network
Bombay The last match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand will be played at Wankhede, Mumbai. The New Zealand team won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, the Kiwis’ first innings was reduced to 235 runs. In response, after scoring 86 runs for four wickets in their first innings on Friday, the Indian team lost one more wicket and added 109 more till lunch on Saturday, thus strengthening India’s dominance in the match.
So far till lunch on the second day, they have scored 195 runs after losing five wickets. Still 40 races behind. Currently, Shubman Gill is unbeaten on 70 runs and Ravindra Jadeja is unbeaten on 10 runs. Team India began play today with 86 runs for four wickets and Rishabh Pant had expressed his intentions by hitting two fours in the first two balls of the day. After this, he continued to bat aggressively and scored the 13th half-century of his Test career in 36 balls. At the same time, Shubman Gill also supported him well. Gill made the seventh half-century of his Test career. The only blow to India today came from Pant. Ish Sodhi revealed LBW to him. He was able to score 60 runs in 59 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes. There was a partnership of 96 runs in 114 balls between Pant and Gill. In this partnership, Gill’s contribution was 35 runs and Pant’s contribution was 60 runs. Sarfaraz Khan, Washington Sundar and R Ashwin are yet to bat for India. Now the Indian team will try to get a big advantage over New Zealand.
Kohli entertains his fans by dancing and not with the bat.
Indian team’s star batsman Virat Kohli is famous all over the world for his fun-loving style. He is often seen laughing and joking on the cricket field. It is no secret to anyone that King Kohli really likes to dance and sing. Something similar happened in the third test played against New Zealand, when the former captain danced in the middle of the field at the request of the fans. In fact, a video is going viral very quickly on social networks. In the video, some fans are seen sitting on the stands and having fun with the song My Name is Lakhan, then they turn the camera towards the ground where Virat Kohli is also seen dancing. This style of his has now won the hearts of his fans. Fans are reacting fiercely to this video.
