Cricket News Desk. The first Test of the 3-match Test series is being played between India and New Zealand. Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly on the fourth day of the match being played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Pant came first and spent some time on the wicket. But then when he settled down, he destroyed the Kiwi bowlers. During this, he gave a crushing defeat to New Zealand's Indian origin player Ijaz Patel. He scored 16 runs in one over.
Rishabh Pant shocked Ajaz Patel
Actually, Ajaz Patel came to bowl the 66th over of the Indian cricket team's innings. Rishabh Pant welcomed him with a six. He hit a skyscraper six on the front side. After this the next ball was a dot. Then on the third ball of the over, Pant again hit a six in the same style. However, after this he narrowly escaped being out in that over. However, he hit another four on the last ball of the over.
How was the fourth day's play so far?
Sarfaraz Khan's unbeaten first century and Rishabh Pant's unbeaten 53 runs put India in a strong position in the opening session on the fourth day of the first Test against New Zealand on Saturday. In the first session of the day, play was interrupted due to rain and players had to leave the field. After waiting for a few minutes the umpire announced lunch. India had scored 344 runs for three wickets in their second innings when play was stopped due to rain.
India is still behind New Zealand by 12 runs. Sarfaraz is present at the crease after scoring 125 runs in 154 balls with the help of 16 fours and three sixes. Pant, who was out due to a knee injury while keeping wickets on the third day of the match, has made a comeback and so far has hit five fours and three sixes in his innings of 56 balls. Both of them kept the New Zealand bowlers away from success in the first session of the day by making an unbroken partnership of 113 runs for the fourth wicket.
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