Second day's play ends, New Zealand 171/9 in second innings, lead over India by 143 runs so far

The last match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at Wankhede, Mumbai. The New Zealand team won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, the Kiwis' first innings were reduced to 235 runs. In reply, India's first innings ended at 263 runs. The second day's play is over. New Zealand has taken a lead of 143 runs by scoring 171 runs for nine wickets in the second innings.

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The third Test match between India and New Zealand is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. By the end of the second day's play, New Zealand scored 171 runs for nine wickets in the second innings and took a lead of 143 runs. Ajaz Patel returned unbeaten after scoring seven runs. Will Young scored the most runs for the Kiwis on Saturday. He played a brilliant inning of 51 runs. Apart from them, Conway scored 22, Mitchell scored 21 and Phillips scored 26 runs. The remaining four batsmen could not even touch double figures. For India, Jadeja took four wickets and Ashwin took three wickets. Whereas, Akash Deep and Sundar got one wicket each.

India's first innings ended at 263 runs. New Zealand won the toss and batted first and scored 235 runs in its first innings. In this sense, Team India got a lead of 28 runs. Shubman Gill scored the highest 90 runs for India. On Saturday, India started the game at 86 runs for four wickets and lost the remaining six wickets to score 177 runs. Shubhman Gill and Rishabh Pant carried the Indian innings forward today and batted aggressively. Both of them made a partnership of 96 runs for the fifth wicket. During this period, Pant scored the 13th half-century of his Test career and Gill scored the seventh half-century.

Pant was out LBW due to a big hit. Ish Sodhi sent him to the pavilion. He was out after scoring 60 runs in 59 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes. After this the Indian innings faltered. At one time India's score was 180 runs for four wickets and then in scoring 83 runs, Team India lost the last six wickets. After Pant's dismissal, Ravindra Jadeja was out after scoring 14 runs and Ravichandran Ashwin was out after scoring six runs. Shubhman Gill played an innings of 90 runs in 146 balls with the help of seven fours and one six. Sarfaraz Khan and Akash Deep could not open the account. Washington Sundar hit some big hits in the end and gave India the lead. He remained unbeaten after scoring 38 runs in 36 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes. Ajaz Patel took five wickets for New Zealand. Whereas, Matt Henry, Glenn Phillips and Ish Sodhi got one wicket each.