IND vs NZ highlights, Day 5, 1st Test: New Zealand beats India by eight wickets, takes series lead with historic win

Lots of running between the wickets. Only one needed now. And that’s the game! NZ scripts a historic win. 

Reverse sweep to the ropes. Young middles it and that brings up the 100 for NZ. A single and only three runs away from a historic win. 

Nine needed. Jadeja starts with three dots. Young finds the fielder at point in the fourth. Ends it with a leg bye. 

Ashwin into the attack. He was expensive in the first innings but can he anything to turn the game around? Not this over. Olly one run off it. 

Shout for caught behind but the bounce was deceiving. Jadeja gives away two and that brings it down to 10 needed. 

On the pads but going well down leg. Kuldeep has given away quite a few runs and gives away four more. Ravindra sweeps and places it between the fielders in the deep. Six runs off the over. NZ needs 12 to win. 

Ashwin does well to stop the boundary. Ashwin dives to his right and saves three. a A caught-and-bowled chance but dropped! Four runs off Jadeja’s over. 

Timed to perfection by Ravindra. He skips dow the track and drives it through covers for a four. Another one. This time, pulls it to the leg side to no man’s land. A single brings up the 50-run partnership. 

Young looks to sweep Jadeja but the ball hits him on the neck. He’s being attended by the medical team. A long break as Young takes the concussion test. 

Now Kuldeep Yadav into the attack. SIX! Young smacks the ball towards midwicket for a maximum. New Zealand in total control of the chase here. 

Jadeja continues. Ravindra takes a single off the first ball. He isn’t getting a lot of turn as well. Young continues to play and miss against Jadeja. 

Siraj replaces Bumrah in the attack. Ravindra continues to defend. Terrific effort by Indians in the field. This time its KL Rahul who defends a certain boundary. 

Jadeja. Low bounce beats Ravindra and keeper Jurel, and goes for four. Ravindra tries to slog sweep and gets beaten. Short and wide and Ravindra cuts for four. 

Bumrah continues from the other end. Not much lateral movement off the pitch. Ravindra is happy to defend. Bumrah continues to go past the outside edge. 

Ravindra Jadeja into the attack. Young tries to cut but gets beaten. It’s a no ball though. Tries to sweep, top edge that goes over keeper and runs away to the boundary. Follows it up with another four, this time punches towards square. 

Bumrah for his seventh wicket. Conway now tries to drive, gets a thick inside edge that goes for four. A huge appeal for LBW but umpire says not out. Indians discuss take review. OUT! Three reds and Conway has to go. A chancy knock finally to comes to an end. 

Rachin Ravindra in at number four. And he’s off the mark with a four! Opens the face of the bat and the ball goes past gully. Finishes the over with another boundary. Flick of the wrist and hits the ball towards midwicket. 

Siraj from around the wicket. Conway drives towards mid on and gets a single. Now Young drives towards square and gets a four. Indians are giving their best in the field. Bouncer and Young pulls the ball towards midwicket for four. 

Bumrah from around the wicket now. Inside edge and hits Conway’s inner thigh pad. Conway gets a single. Another Jaffa! This time to Young as the ball shapes away from right hander and goes JUST past outside edge. And again! Same delivery. And another one. Bumrah is just standing thinking of so many what ifs that could’ve turned into edges. 

Siraj again. Young continues to defend and leave. Trusting there won’t be much movement off the pitch. Maiden. 

Bumrah. Again Conway is beaten on the drive. Terrific bowling and it comes down to luck. And finally, Conway times his drive well and it goes for four towards cover. Conway is enjoying is luck at the moment. Yet another ball goes past the outside edge. Squares of Conway again but this time a thick outside edge that goes in the gap and for four. 

Siraj. Young is happy to defend and leave the balls outside off. Not much happening off the pitch apart from inconsistent bounce. On the pads and Young flicks it towards fine leg for four. 

Young takes a quick single off the first ball of Bumrah’s over. Now there’s a short leg in place for Conway. Conway hasn’t timed the ball well today. 

Siraj. Another play and miss for Conway. No consistent bounce in the wicket. This ball kept low and beat Conway again. Conway isn’t looking to play any shot. New Zealand just needs to play out this spell by the pacers. 

Bumrah. Comes back into Conway and hits the inner thigh pad. The bounced and hits Conway on the gloves. Shot up from the length. Conway steals a quick single. On the pads, Young tucks it fine and Siraj dives at the boundary to save a certain boundary. 

Siraj again. Conway flicks the ball towards square leg and gets a double. JAFFA! Squares up Conway. Wobble seam and holds its line. Just past the outside edge. Plays and misses. 

Bumrah again. Ball shapes away from right-handed Will Young and beats him. Bumrah getting the ball to shape in as well. Just two runs in that over. 

Siraj from the other end. A huge appeal again for LBW against Conway but umpire doesn’t respond. India doesn’t take a review, knowing it was pitched outside leg. Wicket-to-wicket bowling and Conway keeps defending. Maiden. 

The players are ready for what could be a very entertaining chase. 

OUT! Bumrah continues his over and gets Tom Latham LBW off the second ball of the day. Latham has reviewed. Three reds and India strikes!! What a start for India. 

We have a start time! 10:15 AM IST. 

The sun has come out in Bengaluru. Players are on the ground to warm up. 

We should have an official start time soon. 

Next inspection: 9:45 AM IST. We should get going soon as the covers have come off. 

Match start has been delayed due to a wet outfield.

According to Weather Underground, there will be a cloud cover in the morning session and the rain is likely to start around 1 PM IST. The forecast says the rain is likely to continue till night, affecting major part of the match duration.

It is overcast and drizzling in and around the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. 

Yes! In 2004, Mumbai, that too against Australia. 

IND vs NZ: What is the lowest score India has defended in Tests?

India has set New Zealand a target of 107 runs in the first Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Sarfaraz struck a 177-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Rishabh Pant to help India erase its mammoth 356-run first-innings deficit and recalled his alliance with the Indian wicketkeeper-batter last month at the same venue.

“Recently, we had a match here in the Duleep Trophy. We had to counterattack in the second innings. It was a similar situation. We had to score quickly and put the opposition in to bat. We were talking about how the Duleep Trophy days have returned. We said, ‘Chalo, phirse karte hain (Let’s do it again),’” Sarfaraz said after they day’s play.

“When the left-arm spinner [Ajaz Patel] was bowling, I was trying to give him [Pant] the strike, because I knew he would hit him outside [the ground]. There would be pressure from both ends because I was scoring well against the fast bowlers.”

“Though both teams staged comebacks through second lifelines on Saturday, one of them will know that, perhaps, a third chance is too much to ask for, especially over five days, though the Bengaluru rain could still broker a stalemate.”

Read Dhruva Prasad’s report from day four:

IND vs NZ, 1st Test: Rain gods, Sarfaraz-Pant alliance leave India hopeful after roller-coaster penultimate day

India, riding high on the partnership between Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan, went from initially setting up a historic win to staring at a 36-year low against New Zealand on Saturday.

- Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant put on a 177-run partnership for the fourth wicket. 

- Sarfaraz scored his maiden international ton and got out on 150. Pant was cleaned up one short of his century. 

- India collapsed after New Zealand took the second new ball. 

- India set New Zealand a 107-run target. 

- Rain stops play during the first over of New Zealand’s chase. 

The last day of this rollercoaster of a Test match. The first day got washed out; India dramatically got bowled out for its lowest Test total at home; New Zealand took a massive lead; India fought back; finally New Zealand took the upper hand. Now the equation is set - Kiwis need 107 to win, India 10 wickets. 

This might end in the first session itself if weather permits. There’s a forecast for rain today as well around noon. Will New Zealand be able close the game before or are we going to witness something magical from India? 

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