India vs New Zealand LIVE Score Updates, 3rd Test, Day 1: Jasprit Bumrah Misses Out For India As NZ Skipper Tom Latham Opts To Bat

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: New Zealand’s Playing XI

New Zealand (Playing XI): Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: India’s Playing XI

India (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Bumrah misses out, here’s what Rohit Sharma said

“We understand that we haven’t played well in this series. Looks like a good pitch. Hopefully we can restrict them as quickly as possible. Our focus is on this Test match. Bumrah is not well, Siraj comes in for him.”

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Here’s what Tom Latham said at the toss

“We are gonna have a bat. Looks a good surface, hopefully put a good total on the board. What we did in Bangalore was great, we had to switch quickly to Pune and nothing changes. A new opportunity this game. It’s about adapting to the surface as quickly as possible. Santner has got a side strain. Ish Sodhi comes in. Henry is back for Southee.”

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Toss

New Zealand skipper Tom Latham won the toss and opted to bat against India in the third Test of the three-match series in Mumbai. 

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Pitch report

“If you look at this pitch, there’s a little bit of moisture in it and hence the dark brownish colour. As you look at the other pitches in the square, you can see the difference in colour, it’s slightly orangish. That’s how this pitch will eventually become. It’s about understanding what happens when moisture is there. There’ll be a little bit of turn at the start and as the day progresses, it might get slightly better to bat on. But towards the end of the day’s play and definitely tomorrow and as the game progresses, there’ll be a lot more turn. If the team winning the toss, doesn’t bat first, I’d be very surprised. In the last five Test matches, 84% of the wickets have been picked up by the spinners.”

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: India’ abysmal batting performance

Regardless of their remarkable fightback in the second innings of the opening Test, the abysmal show from India’s famed batters against quality seam in Bengaluru and an abject surrender against spin have set in motion the beginning of the end for some of India’s superstars. The totals of 46, 156 and 245 do paint a sorry picture before Rohit’s team embarks on a more challenging conditions in Australia.

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Crucial WTC points

After losing their first home series in 12 years, India need to win the Wankhede Test to remain in contention for a slot in the World Test Championship final at Lord’s in June. With six Tests remaining in the 2023-25 cycle, two-time runner-up India will need to win at least four more to have another crack at the WTC trophy.

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: India look to avoid clean sweep

Team India had a horrible outing in the first two Tests of the three-match series against New Zealand. Rohit Sharma and co got completely dominated by the Kiwis in all the departments and lost the series 2-0. They will now look to bounce back, in order to avoid an embarrassing whitewash. 

IND vs NZ, 3rd Test Day 1 Live: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the third and final Test of the three-match series between India and New Zealand, straight from Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Stay tuned for all the live updates.