India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: The 1st Test between India and New Zealand has once again been delayed due to rain. There was a light drizzle in the morning, leading to the postponement of the scheduled start at 9:15 am. Covers have now come off at the Chinnaswamy stadium and umpires will conduct the next inspection at 9:45am. Saba Karim on JioCinema predicts that with conditions dramatically improved in Benglauru now, the match could start as early as 10:00am.
New Zealand will be looking to play positive cricket as they aim to end the first Test match quickly. Meanwhile, India will hope to replicate past successes as they seek to defend the lowest fourth-innings total in their Test history. An exciting day of Test cricket is set to unfold at the Chinnaswamy Stadium today.
Earlier on Day 4, extensive rains shortly after the start of New Zealand’s innings led to stumps being called for the day. The Men in Blue were bowled out for 462 runs, setting a target of 107 runs for the Kiwis. While this total may seem modest, it is larger than what India initially felt they could have achieved and smaller than what they would have hoped for after the platform set by Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant.
As for the Indian batting, Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant were the stars of the show. Sarfaraz, who was only playing because Shubman Gill was injured, not only reached his maiden Test hundred but also converted it into a score of 150. Meanwhile, Pant’s counterattacking innings turned the tide against the visitors but ended tragically, with the left-hander falling just one run short of his century.
Prior to that, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan had formed a partnership of 136 runs off 163 balls. However, Virat Kohli (70) was caught by Tom Blundell on the last delivery of Day 3, nearly extinguishing the hopes of Indian cricket fans.
New Zealand, William O’Rourke and Matt Henry took three wickets each, Ajaz Patel picked two wickets, while Tim Southee and Glenn Phillips clinched one wicket each.
After losing Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) and Rohit Sharma (52), Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan posted a partnership of 136 runs off 163 balls. However, Virat Kohli (70) was caught by Blundell on the last delivery of 49th over, bowled by Glenn Phillips. Sarfaraz was still batting at 70 when Stumps was declared for DAY 3.
For New Zealand, Ajaz Patel took 2 wickets, while Glenn Phillips picked up one wicket. On DAY 3, Kohli completed his 9000 runs in Test cricket in 197 innings. He has a batting average of 48 and has the highest Test score of unbeaten 254. Also, he has 29 centuries in his name.
India playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand playing XI
Tom Latham (C), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (WK), Glenn Phillips, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, Will O’Rourke.
India vs New Zealand Live: So the covers are finally coming off at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. The umpires have had a word with the staff from both teams and the next inspection is scheduled to be held at 9:45am. Saba Karim suggests that the conditions have changed dramatically at Bengaluru and the match could start as early as 10:00am.
India vs New Zealand Live: The drizzle and cloud cover have gone out at the Chinnaswamy stadium. The umpires are currently inspecting the field, followed by the match officials talking to the players from both teams giving an update.
India vs New Zealand Live: It is a gloomy morning in Bengaluru as clouds cover the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. There was a light drizzle in the morning and there will almost certainly be a delayed start to the match but cricket fans in Bengaluru and around the world would hope we have enough cricket today to get a result.
India vs New Zealand Live: Australian cricketer David Warner posted a heartwarming story for Sarfaraz Khan with the song ‘Soorma’ running in the background and the caption “Well done Sarfaraz khan. So much hard work. Awesome to see this”
India vs New Zealand Live: Less than an hour is left for live action to start at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The Men in Blue will be hoping to secure some early wickets to put the Kiwis under pressure right from the start, while the New Zealand openers will want to tread carefully for the first few overs of the day. In any case, an exciting contest awaits us from 9:15 AM. Stay tuned to LiveMint to catch the live coverage.
India vs New Zealand Live: As per Indian Meterorological Department, there is a forecast of cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thunderstorm.
Meanwhile, Accuweather also predicts an 80 percent chance of rain and 48 percent chance of thunderstorms in Bengaluru today.
India vs New Zealand Live: In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mohammed Kaif wrote, “I have always maintained Sarfraz shouldn’t be kept out because of fitness. He doesn’t have a gym body but can bat for hours. Cricket is a game that accomodates all.”
India vs New Zealand Live: Explaining the jumping and stretching movement during Day 4 of the Test, Sarfaraz said, “Rishabh had taken a blow on his knee so we had this discussion that we will run carefully. I had called 2 initially but then remembered he was having knee pain. Thank God he survived that,”
“Just that runs score freely. We were having good conversation. I wanted to give him singles as we know what he can do. It is not an easy wicket. We are still in the game. The ball is turning. If we can get 2-3 quick wickets, then NZ will have some troubles,” the Indian batter added
India vs New Zealand Live: After a sensational innings by Sarfaraz Khan on Day 4 of India vs New Zealand 1st test, an old comment by Sunil Gavaskar defending the batter has gone viral.
Gavaskar told India Today last year, “If you are looking for only slim and trim guys, then might as well go to a fashion show and find some other models and give a bat and ball in their hands and then improve them. That’s not the way cricket goes. You have cricketers in all shapes and sizes. Don’t go by the size, go by the scores or wickets. He is not staying off the field when he scores a hundred. He is back on the field again. So, all that tells you is that the man is fit,”
“How can you score runs? I think at the end of the day if you are unfit, you aren’t gonna score hundreds. Cricket fitness is the most important thing. Yo-Yo Test can’t be the only criterion. You got to make sure that the man is cricket fit as well. If the person, whoever it is, is cricket fit, then I don’t think it should be any matter,” the former cricketer added
India vs New Zealand Live: Speaking on ESPNCricinfo, Manjrekar said, “Very happy to see the way he plays fast bowlers, and he has played fast bowlers before as well against England. This was a pitch very similar to the foreign pitches that we get, where there is a bit of pace and bounce. Interestingly, I am imagining him on a flatter pitch in Australia, where there isn’t a lot of seam movement,”
“He is going to give migraines to those Australian bowlers because of the shots that he plays. There is certainity, there is calmness and if you see the close up of Sarfaraz, he watches the ball always on to his bat. He has a tremendous hand-eye coordination. His technique isn’t bad for Australia. I will be very excited to see how he goes, and he is a definite candidate, and he should walk into the India playing XI against Australia,” the former Indian cricketer added
India vs. New Zealand Live: Due to extensive rains after India’s innings, play could not resume on DAY 4, so the Stumps were called at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on 19 October. India scored 462 runs and gave New Zealand a target of 107 runs to win in the first Test of the three-Test series.
India vs New Zealand Live: Trailing by 125 runs on DAY 3, India managed to take the lead on DAY 4 by 106 runs in the first Test of the three-Test series at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium on 19 October. New Zealand need need 107 to win.
India vs New Zealand Live: Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease for India. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. IND 462/8 in 99 overs. India lead by 106 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. Matt Henry continues the attack for New Zealand. Wicket!!Ashwin OUT via LBW on the third delivery. Jasprit Bumrah IN. IND 458/8 in 98 overs. India lead by 102 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. Will O’Rourke continues the attack for New Zealand. IND 457/7 in 97 overs. India lead by 101 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. Matt Henry continues the attack for New Zealand. IND 453/7 in 96 overs. India lead by 97 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. Ashwin slams a boundary straight down the ground on the 5th delivery and with this 450-up for the hosts. IND 453/7 in 95 overs. India lead by 97 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav are on the crease. Matt Henry continues the attack for New Zealand. IND 444/7 in 94 overs. India lead by 88 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are on the crease. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. Wicket!! Jadeja OUT on the third delivery as Will Young takes the catch. Kuldeep Yadav IN. IND 441/7 in 93 overs. India lead by 85 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are on the crease. Matt Henry continues the attack for New Zealand . India at 441/6 in 92 overs. India lead by 85 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: After losing the crucial wicket of KL Rahul, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are on crease. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. India at 438/6 in 91 overs.
India vs New Zealand Live: After losing the crucial wicket of Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja are on crease for India. William ORourke continues the attack for New Zealand. Wicket!! KL Rahul OUT on the second delivery as he gets caught by Blundell. India at 438/6 in 90.2 overs at TEA.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rishabh Pant brings euphoria in the minds of Bengaluru crowd even as Kiwi players look in disbelief when the left hander hits Tim Southee for a 107 metere six on the leg side. Pant, who is in his 90s, proves once again that he doesn’t believe in playing conventional cricket.
India vs New Zealand Live: Under pressure after being bowled out on a duck in the first innings, KL Rahul starts his innings with a boundary. The right hander follows it up with another good looking shot on the covers.
India vs New Zealand Live: A lapse in concentration from Sarfaraz soon after getting past the 150 run mark and New Zealand finally managed to break this crucial partnership. Local boy KL Rahul is the new batter on the crease for India.
India vs New Zealand Live: A hard earned 150 for Sarfaraz that has almost certainly sealed his place in India XI for the next few test matches. It hasn’t been easy going for India since the second new ball was taken but Sarfaraz has batted well to get to this landmark.
India vs New Zealand Live: Pressure building on Sarfaraz Khan right after the new ball is taken. The right hander misses a few swinging deliveries from Southee and surprisingly receives some calming advice from none other than Rishabh Pant. Sarfaraz hits the last ball of the over for a single and will take the strike in the next over.
India vs New Zealand Live: Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant have powered India to 400/3 at the end of 80 overs with a lead of 44 runs. India are yet to lose a wicket this morning and New Zealand have taken the second new ball in order to break that trend.
Pant 87 (87)
Sarfaraz 146 (177)
India vs New Zealand Live: Runs coming quickly now for India, with both the batters quite set and singles easily available. Roles have now switched between Sarfaraz and Rishabh Pant with the left hander now taking most of the chances. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz has looked content with taking the singles. India now lead by 32 runs while 150 of the partnership has also come up.
Rishabh Pant 83 (81)
Sarfaraz Khan 138 (171)
India vs New Zealand Live: Runs coming in quickly for India with Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan consistently hitting boundaries in almost every over while also rotating the strike. In almost no time, India have not only relinquished New Zealand’s lead but also now lead by 18 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: India have now covered the lead set by New Zealand and now move on to setting up a total for the Kiwis. Notably, this is the biggest lead covered by India in the Test match cricket.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rishabh Pant started the second session with two defensive shots, followed by a sweep which did not quite connect. However, Pant says that’s enough of the waiting and jumps down the crease to hit Rachin Ravindra for a six down the ground. IND have gone past the 350 run mark and are now just trailing by 6 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra continues for New Zealand while Rishabh Pant takes the strike. Indian batsman will have to resettle themselves at this pitch after the rain delay.
India vs New Zealand Live: Finally, we have a start time for the match. The second session will begin at 1:50pm and go on till 3:30pm. 23 overs have been lost due to rain but some brilliant work by the ground staff at Bengaluru means that live action will begin in less than 10 minutes from now.
India vs New Zealand Live: And finally rain has stopped pouring at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru and the covers are coming off, as per many social media users present at the venue. However, an official word from the broadcasters or the BCCI is awaited on the matter.
India vs New Zealand Live: In a post on X, Tendulkar wrote, “Cricket has a way of connecting us to our roots. Rachin Ravindra seems to have a special connection with Bengaluru, where his family hails from! Another century to his name. And Sarfaraz Khan, what an occasion to score your first Test century, when India needed it most!
Exciting times ahead for both these talented youngsters.”
India vs New Zealand Live: As expected the start of second session of the day has been delayed due to rain and with no update from the BCCI yet it is hard to say if any cricket could be played today. Previously, 19 minutes were lost in the second session of the day due to rain.
India vs New Zealand Live: After picking up the crucial wicket of Virat Kohli with the last ball of the evening session yesterday, New Zealand would have hoped to get through this Indian line-up soon enough. However, the Kiwis were in for a surprise as Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan dominated the first session of the day with a 100-run-plus stand that almost wiped out the lead. However, just as India were on the verge of overhauling New Zealand’s lead, the Chinnaswamy ground was hit by rain, leaving cricket fans clamouring for the live action to resume as soon as possible.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rain continues to pour down on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru as both teams and cricket fans hold out hope for some cricket today. The broadcasters assure us that cricket will be possible once the rain stops, but with more rain forecast for the afternoon, it is hard to be confident at this stage.
India vs New Zealand Live: While rain keeps the live action at bay, lets take a look at the lowest totals India have defended in the 4th innings.
Lowest totals defended by India in 4th innings:
107 against Australia in 2004 (Wankhede, Mumbai)
143 against Australia in 1981 (Melbourne)
170 against south Africa in 1996 (Ahmedabad)
188 against New Zealand in 1969 (Mumbai)
188 vs Australia in 2017 (Bengaluru)
India vs New Zealand Live: Saba Karim on JioCinema predicts that rain has gotten heavier. The rain situation is currently very unpredictable with showers coming and going in quick succession.
India vs New Zealand Live: As per The Weather Channel, there is forecast for rain almost throughout the day. However, if rain gods don’t decide to play spoilsport, we may get a couple of hours of play post lunch.
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India vs New Zealand Live: Saba Karim on JioCinema says that its still raining heavily in Bengaluru but the commentator expects live action to continue after the Lunch recess.
India vs New Zealand Live: Sad news for cricket fans, Lunch has been taken at 11:20am, meaning around 19 minutes of cricket has been lost due to rain.
India vs New Zealand Live: A little drizzle has come at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru. From India’s perspective, there couldn’t have been a worse time for this disruption with the two batters set on the crease and closely inching chipping away at New Zealand’s lead.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rachin Ravindra comes into the attack and the Indian batters show him a little respect by not smashing the ball over his head for a six. Just 3 runs from Ravindra’s first over and India are now just trailing by 19 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live: 100 of the partnership between Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan comes up with the right hander hitting a powerful shot down the ground. New Zealand’s lead has come down to 22 and with no wicket lost since the monring, team India would feel very very confident about the match at this stage.
India vs New Zealand Live: Rishabh Pant shows Ajaz Patel why he is one of the most feared batsmen in world cricket. Pant hits Patel for two sixes down the ground, followed by a few close calls that were both decided in India’s favour by taking advantage of DRS. Pant, however, remained unfazed and stepped out again to get a boundary.
India vs New Zealand Live: Back to back sweeps from Sarfaraz Khan take India past the 300 run mark, while also getting the New Zealand lead in the 50s. With Sarfaraz continuing to remain positive despite the century, this match looks set to be an interesting clash.
India vs New Zealand Live: Spin from both ends now, Glenn Phillips has been brought into the attack in an attempt to stop the flow of runs and put the pressure right back on the Indian batters.
