Live score cricket, India vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 4
HIGHLIGHTS, India vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 4: That is it from our Live coverage of the fourth day of the Test series opener between India and New Zealand at the Basin Reserve. Tim Southee and Trent Boult hunted in pair to bundle India just after the hour mark on day 4 leaving New Zealand just nine runs to win the opener. Tom Latham and Tom Blundell took just 10 deliveries to hand New Zealand their record 100th Test victory.
HIGHLIGHTS, IND vs NZ 1st Test Day 4: New Zealand (348, 9/0) beat India (165, 191) by 10 wickets in Wellington.
05:36 IST: AND there comes the victory. A much-needed win for India. They defeated the No.1 Test side by 10 wickets and they have take a 1-0 lead in the 2-game series.
05:33 IST: Latham strikes a four against a fuller delivery from Ishant and took three runs off the next ball. New Zealand need ONE more run to win.
05:29 IST: Latham and Tom Blundell are at the crease. Ishant opens the strike.
05:18 IST: Southee to Bumrah. OUT! Daryl Mitchell takes a stunner at slip as India bundle for 191. NEW ZEALAND NEED 9 RUNS TO WIN.
05:16 IST: Southee to Pant. OUT! Slog sweep and Boult takes it in the deep.
05:10 IST: CDG to Ishant. OUT! Traps him in front of leg and he departs on 12.
05:06 IST: Jamieson to Ishant. FOUR! Short and around middle as Ishant shifts to punch it over covers for a boundary., And that puts India on a lead, by 1 run.
05:02 IST: Its DRINKS BREAK now. At the hour mark on day 4, India have lost three quick wickets. Pant hold key as India now trail by 3 runs in Wellington.
04:50 IST: Boult to Ishant. FOUR! Length ball around off and Ishant drives it through covers for a four.
04:46 IST: Southee to Pant. FOUR! Angled down to the off side as he plays a sweep drag through midwicket for a boundary.
04:44 IST: The last time India suffered an innings defeat in New Zealand was in 1976. And the last and the only time India suffered an innings defeat under Kohli's captaincy on overseas track was in 2018 at Lord's against England.
04:38 IST: Boult and Southee have managed to expose the tail end of India's batting early on day 4 leaving Pant as India's only hope of a miracle. India still trail by 21 runs.
04:34 IST: Southee to Ashwin. OUT! Traps him between leg and middle and umpire raises his finger.
04:27 IST: Southee to Pant. FOUR! Short again and this time he goes up and over the slip cordon for a boundary to the third-man fence.
04:26 IST: Southee to Pant. FOUR! Short and outside off as Pant pulls it through mid-wicket for a boundary.
04:15 IST: Southee to Vihari. OUT! Sucker ball! Gets the ball to turn in and Vihari outsmarted. India in deep trouble.
04:09 IST: Boult to Rahane. OUT! Change in angle, and he successfully finds that outside edge as Rahane departs on 29.
04:03 IST: Boult to Rahane. FOUR! Extra width and uppish in length as Rahane drives it through point.
04:02 IST: Well, a little swing is in offer for Boult, who has began the attack for New Zealand on day 4. And he is targetting the front pads.
04:00 IST: And Day 4 kicks off with India trailing by 39 runs.
03:45 IST: One final stat before the day begins - If New Zealand win, they will complete 100 Test wins and will be the seventh team to acheive the milestone.
03:24 IST: "Blue sky to start the fourth day"
03:00 IST: A win in the first Test for New Zealand will also seem them rising to the second spot in the ICC Rankings chart with with 109 ratings (+4). India will remain atop but will lose three ratings.
02:40 IST: Ashwin after day 3: We have to take every ball at a time to be honest, because there is still enough in the surface. We are not yet in a stage from our perspective where we can look at it very far. We will have to take it per session, per hour, however small a target we can set, the better it is for us. They (Rahane and Vihari) batted very well. It is important to stay in the moment and continue the way they are batting. They are set, they know what the wicket is like.
02:25 IST: Boult on dismissing Indian skipper Virat Kohli: Almost every time we miss, he hits and he hits it well and gets boundaries. From our point of view, we are just trying to dry the boundaries for him. I think using the wicket and using the short ball was a good plan and being able to control his run rate. It's nice to draw the air out of him.
02:12 IST: For India, Rahane and Vihari need to bat out the first session, make a difference of 100 runs in the total leaving the rest on Pant's shoulders to carry on with his antics. If the match goes to day 5, it will only imply that India have batted well and subsequently the pressure will be on the New Zealand sie.
01:50 IST: The win for New Zealand will bring them the much-needed 60 points and help them shift to the fifth position with 120 points from six Tests in ICC World Test Championship points table.
01:45 IST: New Zealand technically need two more wickets to wrap up the contest and inflict India's first Test defeat since December 14, 2018 when they had lost to Australia in Perth by 146 runs. Since then, they won eight and drew one.
01:39 IST: Here are the playing XI for the two sides...
New Zealand: Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult
India: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
