India vs NZ, Day 3 Kanpur Test: Shubman Out on 1, India 14/1 at Stumps

Latest updates from Day 3 of the Kanpur Test between India and New Zealand.

India finished day three of the first Test against New Zealand at the Green Park Stadium in pole position. At stumps, India are 14/1, leading by 63 runs after Axar Patel picked his fifth five-wicket haul in just seven innings in Test cricket to bowl out New Zealand for 296.

Starting off the second innings with a 49-run lead, India lost their first wicket as Shubman Gill was clean bowled by an incoming delivery from Kyle Jamieson, hitting the top of off-stump. The dismissal also made Jamieson the fastest New Zealand pacer to reach 50 Test wickets in nine innings, breaking former speedster Shane Bo'd's record which, he had achieved in 12 innings. Cheteshwar Pujara got some boundaries while Mayank Agarwal was cautious in taking India to safety till stumps were called.

Earlier, Axar Patel completed his career's fifth five wicket haul as India managed to bowl out New Zealand for 296, taking a lead of 49 runs. Apart from Patel's 5/62, Ravichandran Ashwin (3/82), Ravindra Jadeja (1/57) and Umesh Yadav (1/50) chipped in.

Ravichandran Ashwin opened the bowlers' account this morning with the wicket of Will Young before Umesh Yadav picked up the important wicket of Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson before Lunch.

In the second session, Axal Patel picked up two wickets within 3 overs and then later sent back Tom Latham on 95 before Ravindra Jadeja too opened his account, reducing NZ to 249/9 at Lunch.

In the final session of the day, Patel first sent back Blundell and then Tim Southee to complete his fifer as finished at 5/62.

This morning, Will Young and Tom Latham started on the overnight score of 129/0 and continued to defy the Indian bowlers for the first hour of play.

It was an absorbing passage of play where there was a keen contest between bat and ball. Ishant Sharma was probing with his line and length while Ravichandran Ashwin brought his repertoire of variations to the fore.

32 runs were added to the overnight score before Will Young got out on 89. He edged an outside off delivery from Ashwin, which kept low, and the outer edge was snapped up by KS Bharat. Umpire Nitin Menon gave it not out but India immediately went for a referral and replays showed the ball caressing the bat on its way to Bharat who is keeping today after Wriddhiman Saha complained of stiffness in his neck.

Ashwin almost had his second wicket in the 73rd over had India taken the DRS. The ace off-spinner got one to turn from leg-stump and rapped Latham's pad in front of off-stump. Later, replays showed three reds, which meant a costly miss for India.

The Kiwis were 151/1 as Kane Williamson walked out to bat. He was nervy against Ashwin but came out in full flow against Ravindra Jadeja, smashing him for boundaries through cover and point. After taking the new ball, India were rewarded with Williamson's wicket at the stroke of lunch, as Umesh Yadav got a length ball to nip back in and rapped the right-hander on his back pad. Kane too asked for a referral but the replays showed the ball hitting the top of mid-stump and the Kiwi skipper had to return to the dressing room on 18.

Resuming at 197/2 after Lunch, India were superb in pushing New Zealand to the back foot. The bowlers built pressure and did not give any loose deliveries and were rewarded for their efforts as Patel got Ross Taylor and Henry Nicholls in quick succession.

The left-arm spinner got a length delivery to turn and take the outer edge off Ross Taylor's bat on forward defence to substitute keeper KS Bharat. He then returned in his next over to take out Henry Nicholls, who missed the sweep and was rapped on the back pad. Nicholls reviewed the decision but couldn't reverse it.

Tom Latham, who was as solid as a rock, fell five short of his 12th Test hundred in a sudden rush of blood in the 103rd over.

The left-hander came out to defend, but the inner edge rolled to Bharat, who kept his balance to complete the stumping, giving Patel his third wicket of the session.

Debutant Rachin Ravindra looked good while striking Ashwin for boundaries but his promising stay at the crease ended with Ravindra Jadeja bowling him through the gate as New Zealand wobbled from 214/2 to 241/6.

Patel struck again after Tea, sneaking one past Tom Blundell's defence with low bounce. He then grabbed his fifth five-wicket haul in Test cricket by surprising Tim Southee with an angled-in delivery, which spun past the bat to leave the stumps shattered. Kyle Jamieson, who showed some resistance, miscued a slog to Patel at deep mid-wicket off Ashwin in the 139th over. Four overs later, the off-spinner had William Somerville clean bowled to wrap up New Zealand's innings.

Saha Nursing Stiff Neck

Before the start of play on Day 3, the BCCI informed that first-choice wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha would not take the field due to neck stiffness, adding that the medical team was monitoring his progress.

"Wriddhiman Saha has stiffness in his neck. The BCCI medical team is treating him and monitoring his progress. KS Bharat will be keeping wickets in his absence," the statement read.

The update from BCCI did not mention a particular time for Saha returning to wicketkeeping duties during the Test.

Saha, playing in his first Test since the pink-ball Test against Australia in Adelaide last year, batted in the first innings on Friday, making just one off 12 balls before nicking an outswinger behind to keeper Tom Blundell, becoming one of the five scalps of pacer Tim Southee.

He had kept wickets for 55 overs on day two.