IND vs NZ Live Score, Day 3, 1st Test: Bumrah gets Blundell out; New Zealand 204/5, leads India by 158 runs

Four for Ravindra. Punches it down and bounces past Siraj to long-off fence. A couple of singles and that’s six runs off Siraj’s over. Bumrah starts with one that nips back in, hitting Blundell’s back thigh. Edged and taken! Rahul at second slip holds on to the ball. Glenn Phillips comes in. 

Ravindra could have taken his stump off. Gets the inside half of the bat on it but is safe. Takes a single to hand strike to new man in, Tom Blundell. Bumrah made it difficult for him but gets the line wrong on the last which is flicked to fine leg ropes. Gets off the mark. 

Siraj keeping up the tighter line. Hits Mitchell on the pads but was going down leg. Switches it up this time and beats the batter. An edge but beats the slip to third man fence. And OUT! Luck doesn’t go his way this time as he gets another edge which is caught by Jaiswal at gully. Held on to it well as the ball was going to the left of him. 

Tidy over by Bumrah. Ravindra got a bit of the bat on a few deliveries but that fourth one went dangerously close to the bat. Beats him to the keeper. Takes no chance in the next and lets it by. Blocks the last one to end the maiden over. 

Siraj continues. Ravindra gets a thickish edge towards mid-wicket and takes a single. His partner, however, hasn’t been able to get going just yet. Mitchell taking his sweet time to open his account today.

Bumrah this over. Ravindra shouldering arms, ball moving just across. Defending a few. Unable to get it past the fielder. Beats covers but Siraj stops it from running to the ropes. Three runs off the last ball. 

Siraj to get things going for India. Ravindra starts with a cracking shot to the ropes. Flicks it through mid-wicket. On the defensive for the next two. Going down leg in the fourth and Siraj continues the same line, getting him on the pads, but that was missing. Five runs. 

News from the ground is that Dhruv Jurel will continue keeping as Rishabh Pant nurses the injury he picked up yesterday. We’re hoping it isn’t anything serious and we will see him back in action soon. 

It’s a bright and sunny morning in Bengaluru. The pitch has dried up, revealing plenty of cracks. We have a good day of cricket coming up. Hopefully, the weather stays clear throughout. 

Just a few more minutes before Day 3 is underway. Rachin Ravindra (22) and Daryl Mitchell (14) will come out to bat for New Zealand. 

“Unfortunately, the ball hit straight on his kneecap, the same leg he has done a surgery on. He has got a little bit of swelling on it, and the muscles are quite tender at this point of time. It is a precautionary measure, we don’t want to take a risk, Rishabh doesn’t want to take a risk.”

Here are a couple of the unwanted records that India made on Day 2

Lowest Test total at home - READ

Third-lowest total in Test overall - READ

Yesterday, Kohli came out to bat number three in Tests after an eight-year gap. However, he got out for a nine-ball duck. 

“After a long time, KL has found a place at No.6. So, we want to make him bat there. The experienced players are the ones who have to take that extra responsibility, and this time it was Virat. He was the one who was ready to do that. We asked him whether he can bat at No. 3, because we wanted to give Sarfaraz [Khan] also the position in which he usually bats. We didn’t want to change Rishabh [Pant] and KL, and hence Sarfaraz went at four and Virat batted at three,” Rohit explained that decision. 

In short, yes. 

“I am hurting a little bit, because I made that call. But we want to challenge ourselves. This time it didn’t come off, the challenge that was thrown at us. We didn’t respond well, and we found ourselves in a situation where we got bowled out for 46 runs. As a captain, it definitely hurts to see that number, but in 365 days, you will make two or three bad calls, that’s absolutely fine, I guess,” Rohit said after the day’s play. 

After the first day’s play was called off without a ball being bowled due to rain, India, questionably, chose to bat and suddenly Wellington felt much closer than 7,000 miles away.

Here’s Dhruva Prasad taking you through second day’s play:

IND vs NZ, 1st Test, Day 2: New Zealand grabs India by collar, skittles host for its lowest total at home

New Zealand dominates India in Test match with Conway's century, India's lowest total, and Kiwi bowlers' brilliance.

- India opted to bat first in overcast conditions; brought in Kuldeep Yadav for Akash Deep

- Immediately regretted the decision as New Zealand pacers got plenty of movement on and off the pitch

- Five Indian batters scored a duck as India was shot down for its lowest-ever total at home - 46 inside 32 overs

- Matt Henry picked five wickets while William O’Rourke took four. 

- When Kiwis came to bat, the weather got clear in Bengaluru and there was less movement for Indian bowlers 

- Opener Devon Conway hit a brilliant 91 as New Zealand finished the day at 180/3 

- The spin trio - Ashwin, Jadeja, and Kuldeep - took a wicket each

“Slightly chilly, the sun is out and totally dry,” our reporter Dhruva Prasad with the good morning text. 

Welcome to the live coverage of the third day of the opening Test between India and New Zealand being played in Bengaluru. Stay tune for the live updates.