IND vs NZ: Daryl Mitchell increased the tension of Indian fans, said- New Zealand team is ahead in the competition

Sports Desk : In the third Test being played between India and New Zealand, the Indian team is currently behind by 149 runs. New Zealand scored 235 runs in the first innings. Whereas by the end of the first day's play, the Indian team had scored 86 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Daryl Mitchell, who scored the most runs for New Zealand, said that the match is still on par. If we get wickets early in the morning then we can easily win the match.

Mitchell told reporters after the end of the first day's play, “We have made a good score and hopefully tomorrow we will be successful in taking some more wickets from them in the beginning.” We will see which way the match goes on the next day. Right now the match is on par. If we get wickets early in the morning then the match can turn in our favor.”

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On a spin-friendly pitch, India's spinner Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets and Washington Sundar took 4 wickets. It was only on the basis of his performance that the New Zealand team could not score a big total. Mitchell said that his team was not surprised to see these circumstances. He said, “The red soil of this area has similar characteristics, it also has a little bounce and turn. When we reached here in the morning, we knew what kind of challenges we would face.”

match status

New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, the New Zealand team scored 235 runs. In which Daryl Mitchell scored the maximum runs. Mitchell scored 82 runs and Will Young scored 71 runs. For India, Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets and Washington Sundar took 4 wickets. In reply, for India, Rohit Sharma scored 18 runs, Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 runs, Virat Kohli scored 4 runs and Gill remained unbeaten till the end of the game after scoring 31 runs. At the end of the day's play, India scored 86 runs at the loss of 4 wickets.

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