IND vs NZ: Lunch break.. Sarfaraz - Rishabh Pant aggressive.. Match stopped by rain

IND vs NZ Test | Internet Desk: Rain again hampers India-New Zealand first Test. Half an hour before the end of the first session on the fourth day, the umpires stopped play due to rain. Lunch break was announced. By this time, India scored 344 runs for the loss of three wickets in the second innings. Still only 12 runs behind. India continued their onslaught as they opened the fourth day with an overnight score of 231/3. Sarfaraz Khan (125*) scored a century while Rishabh Pant entertained with a half century. Both of them have already added 113 runs for the fourth wicket. It is known that Sarfaraz was ducked in the first innings. Now he supported India with a single century. Even if the rain has subsided now, the game is likely to start after the lunch break.

Without giving any chance..

The morning of the fourth day was overcast and play continued under floodlights. The fans are a bit worried about the performance of Sarfaraz-Rishabh Pant pair with expectations that it will favor pace bowling. However, both of them played a timely innings, shrugging it all off. More importantly, Sarfraz sent the ball from the middle of the fielders with late cut shots and got boundaries. On the other hand, Pant also showed aggression without showing his pain. No matter how hard the Kiwis pacers and spinners tried, they did not give a wicket. India can try to win the match if they score at least another 200 runs in the remaining two sessions today. Cricket analysts predict that the last innings batting will be very difficult.