Journalism of Courage
Axar Patel took his fifth five-wicket haul to help India bowl out New Zealand for 296 runs on day three of the first test on Saturday. (Source: PTI)
New Zealand lost its last eight wickets for 82 runs in the first innings as Patel's fiery 5-62 put India in command. (Source: AP)
The hosts finished at 14-1 at stumps, with Mayank Agarwal (4 not out) and Cheteshwar Pujara (9 not out) unbeaten. Overall, India leads by 63 runs.(Source: PTI)
In the morning, Tom Latham and Will Young stretched their opening partnership to 151 starting from 129-0. It was the second highest opening stand by a New Zealand pair, after 231 by Mark Richardson and Lou Vincent at Mohali in 2003. Overall, it was the fifth highest opening stand by a visiting Test team on Indian soil. Young scored 89 runs, facing 214 balls, and hit 15 fours. He was caught behind off Ravichandran Ashwin (3-82). He put on 46 runs for the second wicket with Kane Williamson (18), who was dismissed lbw off Umesh Yadav (1-50). At lunch, New Zealand was placed at 197-2 and there was a sharp turnaround in fortunes thereafter. (Source: AP)
New Zealand lost four wickets on each side of the tea break and thus crashed from 197-2 in 85.3 overs to 296 all out in 142.3 overs. Patel ran through the middle order as spin and low bounce took precedence at Green Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon. (Source: AP)
The big blow came when Tom Latham was stumped off Patel in the 103rd over. The opener fell five runs short of his century after a lengthy innings. He top-scored with 95 runs, facing 282 balls and hit 10 fours. (Source: AP)
Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja (1-57) shared three late-order wickets to help quicken the Black Caps' downfall. (Source: PTI)
