India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 4: Sarfaraz scores his maiden century

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Sarfaraz Khan and Virat Kohli led India's fightback on the third day of the ongoing first Test match against New Zealand as the hosts scored 231/3 at stumps. India are 125 runs behind but the game no longer looks bleak. New Zealand scored 402 in their first innings and took a lead of 336 runs.

Rohit Sharma (52) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) gave India a strong start but lost their wickets to Ajaz Patel. Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan then led India's defense, with the former losing his wicket in the last ball. Kohli started off with 70 off 102 balls. Meanwhile, Sarfaraz remained unbeaten with 70* off 78 deliveries.

Kohli and Sarfaraz also scored a century stand in 101 balls, but the former's wicket could prove to be a turning point for India in the second innings. On Day 4, we could see Pant batting first with Sarfaraz as he was padded on Day 3. After Pant, we could next see KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin in the batting order. The pitch is good for batting and India will be hoping to progress with wickets in hand.

After the final session on day three, New Zealander Ravindra said: “I was just trying to build partnerships. The partnership with Tim (Southee) really helped me, the goal was clear and we knew what we had to do.” (On Bengaluru.) ) It's a bit reassuring even though the wicket is completely different. It's nice to have him (his father) here. Great Here too, I took the entire booklet (of ticket allocations) with me. Virat is obviously a great player, he punished us but we still have a lot of runs to play with.

Key highlights of India vs New Zealand, 1st Test Day 4

– Sarfaraz Khan hit his maiden Test century off 110 balls.

– Rishabh Pant came out to bat alongside Sarfaraz Khan, whose knee was badly strapped.