Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar's excellent bowling did not allow New Zealand to go far. They started well with the pairing of Shubman Gill and Yasswi Jaiswal. But the hosts lost three wickets in two overs in the last afternoon.
New Zealand were bowled out for 235 on the first day of the Mumbai Test. Then India ended the day's play with 86 wickets for 4 runs. They are behind by 149 runs.
Batting earlier, New Zealand lost 3 wickets for 72 runs. Daryl Mitchell and Will Young's 87-run stand saw the team overcome the danger. When Young was out for 71 runs off 138 balls, Mitchell led the team by handling the spin of Jadeja and Washington. No one could make a big pair with him. He scored 82 runs off 129 balls.
Jadeja took 5 wickets. Washington gets 4 wickets.
New Zealand were all out in the first hour of the last session. Rohit Sharma got out in the seventh over to reply. The team broke the opening pair by 25 runs. India were then on course to end the day with Jaiswal and Gill's pair. They took a big blow to break the pair of 53 runs. The host team lost 3 wickets in 8 balls. Ejaz Patel took two wickets in Khruche. Jaiswal was dismissed for 30 runs. Gill is unbeaten on 31 runs, Rishav Pant was playing on 1 run.
