After day one washed out, because of rain yesterday India started their first innings and faced 64.4 overs, lost three wickets, and scored 146 runs. The hit-man of the Indian batting line Rohit Sharma scored 34 runs off 68 balls and out. A new youngster Shubman Gill tried his best by adding 28 runs to his team’s scorecard. Cheteshwar Pujara was leaving the ball constantly, he faced 54 deliveries and scored just 8 runs. The captain of the team Virat Kohli batted very sensibly, he scored 44 runs off 124 balls not out. Ajinkya Rahane also showed his class and patience by facing 79 balls and he scored 29 runs not out.
Yesterday all the New Zealand bowlers were swinging the ball a lot. In swing, out swing, late swing, early swing. We have seen all the verities of swing bowling yesterday. Tim Southee bowled 17 overs and gave 47 runs. Trent Boult took one wicket in 12.4 overs with leaking 32 runs. Kyle Jamieson was the most dangerous bowler yesterday, he bowled 14 overs, gave 14 runs, took one wicket. Colin de Grandhomme also bowled some good spells, he bowled 11 overs, gave 23 runs. Neil Wagner took one wicket in ten overs.
IND vs NZ Highlights today Sunday, 6-20-2021 – Final, ICC World Test Championship from The Rose Bowl, Southampton.
Kane Williamson chose to bowl after winning the toss.
India team: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli (capt), 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Rishabh Pant (wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Jasprit Bumrah.
New Zealand team: 1 Tom Latham, 2 Devon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 BJ Watling (wk), 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Trent Boult.
Match Timings: 10:00 GMT | 11:00 Local | 02:00 IND
Umpires – Michael Gough, Richard Illingworth
TV Umpires – Richard Kettleborough
Match Referee – Chris Broad
Reserve Umpire – Alex Wharf
Match number – Test no. 2425
