New Delhi: Two days of play have been possible after Day 1 of the first Test between India and New Zealand was washed out due to the rain at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Team India bundled out for 46 runs in the first innings after captain Rohit Sharma opted to bat first.
Five Indian batters got out without scoring a single run and only two batters managed to cross the 10-run mark. Matt Henry picked up five wickets while William ORourke took four wickets.
Latham and Conway provided a great start to New Zealand and stitched a 67-run partnership for the opening wicket. Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Latham on 15 runs but Conway continued his brilliant batting and built another 75-run partnership with Will Young.
After their dismissal, Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee stitched a 137-run partnership for the eighth wicket as New Zealand scored 402 runs in the first innings. Rachin notched up a magnificent century and Southee also amassed a fifty. Trailing by 356 runs, Rohit and Jaiswal started well and stitched a 72-run partnership for the first wicket.
Ajaz Patel dismissed both the Indian openers but Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz built a 136-run partnership for the third wicket. Glenn Phillips removed Kohli (70) on the last ball of the day.
Stumps on Day 3 in the 1st #INDvNZ Test!
End of a gripping day of Test Cricket 👏👏#TeamIndia move to 231/3 in the 2nd innings, trail by 125 runs.
Scorecard – https://t.co/FS97LlvDjY@IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/LgriSv3GkY
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 18, 2024
Bengaluru weather for Day 4 of IND vs NZ Test
As per Accuweather, It will be a cloudy morning in the city and the temperature will range around 21 to 26 degrees Celsius. The probability of rain is very low throughout the day and fans can expect a full day of cricketing action without any interruption from the rain gods. The cloud cover is likely to be 100 percent and the humidity level is predicted to be 80 to 90 percent in Bengaluru.
