In the final session at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, fast bowlers Matt Henry and William O’Rourke took three wickets apiece to bowl out India for 462 runs.
New Zealand captain Tom Latham and Devon Conway emerged to bat however just four balls were bowled and no runs were scored before terrible light constrained the players off, a weighty deluge started and stumps were called.
“I wouldn’t say this is a simple wicket. O’Rourke stated, “Obviously, we are up against a world-class team.”
“I think we have to be confident going out there tomorrow, and I hope that the rain stays away for the sake of the crowd and that we get the chance to try to get the total.”
New Zealand will endeavor on Sunday’s last day to enclose up their most memorable triumph by India starting around 1988. Only two Tests have been won by the Black Caps in India, one of which was in 1969.
In a 2004 Test at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, India successfully defended a target of 107 against Australia.
In addition, play was disrupted by rain toward the end of the first session, resulting in approximately two lost hours on an action-packed day.
Before the Black Caps were successful with the second new ball, Sarfaraz, who scored 150 runs, and Pant, who played with his left hand and scored 99, added 177 runs for the fourth wicket to overcome India’s significant deficit of 356 runs.
Sarfaraz, who scored his first century in four Test matches, was caught at cover off Tim Southee shortly after reaching 150.
Since I began playing cricket, my aspiration has been to represent India and score a century. The 26-year-old Sarfaraz told reporters, “I’m happy.”
“It’s anything but a simple wicket and I feel the game has not gotten no longer any of our concern. They will also succumb if we can quickly eliminate two or three wickets.
With a delivery from around the wicket that took the edge of the bat and rattled the stumps, O’Rourke stopped Pant from scoring a century and bowled KL Rahul out for 12 on the final ball of play.
After taking Friday off due to a knee injury, Pant took the mound.
He was out of action for more than a year due to the same knee injury he sustained in a serious car accident in December 2022.
Henry scored two runs in one over as the wickets continued to fall.
After New Zealand used the second new ball in the 81st over, India lost seven wickets for 54 runs and resumed the game with a score of 231-3.
O’Rourke, a rookie, took three wickets in consecutive maiden overs to earn 7-114 from India’s two innings.
Before lunch, Sarfaraz reached his ton by punching a boundary off the back foot through Southee’s cover. Pant gave him a hug, and teammates and fans gave him a standing ovation.
In the first innings, India were bowled out for 46, their third-lowest Test score and lowest at home.
After that, Rachin Ravindra of New Zealand finished ahead of the tourists with 134, guiding them to 402 overall.
