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India vs New Zealand 2021 1st Test Full Commentary

Result · Nov 25 2021, Thu - 09:30 AM (IST)
1st Test, - Green Park
INDIA
345, 234/7 decl
NEW ZEALAND
296, 165/9
Match Drawn
CRR:1.68
Player Of The Match
  • 111.1

    OUT! L.B.W. Ajaz Patel to Ishant Sharma. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, hit pad. Trapped in front! India's innings comes to an end. They bowled out for 345. Shreyas Iyer brought up his maiden test century. Couples of fifties from Gill and Jadeja. Southee picked up five wickets. Jamieson picked up three wickets. Join us for New Zealand's innings in a while.

  • 110.6

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Latham.

  • 110.5

    SIX! Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed in the air under control over long on for 6 runs.

  • 110.4

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to mid off for no runs, fielded by Williamson.

  • 110.3

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Length ball, off stump on the front foot working, missed for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 110.2

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 110.1

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Latham.

  • 109.6

    Ajaz Patel to Ishant Sharma. Stock ball half volley, off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 109.5

    Ajaz Patel to Ishant Sharma. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Somerville.

  • 109.4

    Ajaz Patel to Ishant Sharma. Stock ball half volley, middle stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to short leg for no runs, fielded by Latham.

  • 109.3

    Ajaz Patel to Ishant Sharma. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 109.2

    OUT! Bowled. Ajaz Patel to Ravichandran Ashwin. Stock ball half volley, down leg side backing away driving, missed. Finally, Ajaz Patel picks up a wicket.

  • 109.1

    Ajaz Patel to Ravichandran Ashwin. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, inside edge to silly point for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 108.6

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. In-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, outside edge to first slip for no runs, fielded by Taylor. That's Lunch on Day 2. India managed to score 339 for the loss of 8 wickets. Southee picked up five wickets. Do join us for the upcoming session in another 40 minutes.

  • 108.5

    Kyle Jamieson to Ravichandran Ashwin. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Patel.

  • 108.4

    FOUR! Kyle Jamieson to Ravichandran Ashwin. In-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed past third man for 4 runs.

  • 108.3

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. In-swinging half volley, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Somerville.

  • 108.2

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Young.

  • 108.1

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 107.6

    Ajaz Patel to Ravichandran Ashwin. Stock length ball, to leg on the back foot glancing, Play and Miss (Leg Side) for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 107.5

    Ajaz Patel to Ravichandran Ashwin. Stock ball half volley, off stump on the front foot pushing, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 107.4

    Ajaz Patel to Umesh Yadav. Stock ball half volley, to leg on the front foot driving, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Southee.

  • 107.3

    Ajaz Patel to Umesh Yadav. Stock ball half volley, middle stump on the front foot pushing, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 107.2

    Ajaz Patel to Ravichandran Ashwin. Stock length ball, off stump on the back foot working, to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ravindra.

  • 107.1

    Ajaz Patel to Umesh Yadav. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, to long off for 1 run, fielded by Jamieson.

  • 106.6

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, leading edge to backward point for 1 run, mis-fielded by Nicholls, fielded by Patel.

  • 106.5

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Out-swinging back of a length, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 106.4

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Out-swinging length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 106.3

    Kyle Jamieson to Umesh Yadav. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, missed for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 106.2

    Kyle Jamieson to Ravichandran Ashwin. Length ball, middle stump on the front foot flick, in the air under control to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Somerville.

  • 142.3

    OUT! Bowled. Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville. Off break half volley, down leg side on the front foot sweeping, missed. Cleaned him up! New Zealand bowled out for 296. Latham top-scored with 95. For India, Axar picked up five wickets. Do join us for India's second innings in a while.

  • 142.2

    Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Iyer.

  • 142.1

    Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville. Off break half volley, down leg side on the front foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Jadeja.

  • 141.6

    Umesh Yadav to Ajaz Patel. Half volley, off stump no foot movement Steer, to gully for no runs, fielded by Rahane.

  • 141.5

    Umesh Yadav to William Somerville. Short, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Ashwin.

  • 141.4

    Umesh Yadav to William Somerville. Length ball, outside off stump no foot movement pushing, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Jadeja.

  • 141.3

    Umesh Yadav to William Somerville. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to mid off for no runs, fielded by Jadeja.

  • 141.2

    Umesh Yadav to William Somerville. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, mis-timed to cover for no runs, fielded by Patel.

  • 141.1

    Umesh Yadav to William Somerville. Full toss, middle stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, run save by Ashwin.

  • 140.6

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Ajaz Patel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Iyer.

  • 140.5

    Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Agarwal.

  • 140.4

    Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville. Off break length ball, outside off stump down the track working, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Jadeja.

  • 140.3

    Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville. Carrom ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 140.2

    Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to first slip for no runs, fielded by Rahane.

  • 140.1

    Ravichandran Ashwin to William Somerville. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, hit pad to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Yadav.

  • 139.6

    FOUR! Umesh Yadav to Ajaz Patel. Short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep square leg for 4 runs.

  • 139.5

    Umesh Yadav to Ajaz Patel. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Jadeja.

  • 139.4

    Umesh Yadav to Ajaz Patel. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, mis-timed to square leg for no runs, fielded by Pujara.

  • 139.3

    Umesh Yadav to William Somerville. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Ashwin.

  • 139.2

    Umesh Yadav to William Somerville. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs.

  • 139.1

    Umesh Yadav to Ajaz Patel. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to backward point for 1 run, fielded by Gill.

  • 138.6

    OUT! Caught. Ravichandran Ashwin to Kyle Jamieson. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Slog, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to deep mid wicket, caught by Patel. Jamieson tries to go big but ends up giving away his wicket.

  • 138.5

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Kyle Jamieson. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 138.4

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Kyle Jamieson. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, mis-timed to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Pujara.

  • 138.3

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Kyle Jamieson. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Pujara.

  • 138.2

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Kyle Jamieson. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 138.1

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Kyle Jamieson. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Pujara.

  • 137.6

    Axar Patel to William Somerville. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Jadeja.

  • 137.5

    Axar Patel to William Somerville. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot shoulders arms, Left for no runs, fielded by Saha.

  • 137.4

    Axar Patel to William Somerville. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Agarwal.

  • End of Over 81
    Over 81. no runs. Bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin. New Zealand: 138/7 (rr 1.70)
  • 80.6

    Tim Southee to Wriddhiman Saha. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot working, to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Nicholls. India has declared for 234-7, and they set a target of 284 for New Zealand to win this Match. Join us for New Zealand's run chase in a while.

  • 80.5

    Tim Southee to Wriddhiman Saha. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Young.

  • 80.4

    Tim Southee to Axar Patel. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Young.

  • 80.3

    Tim Southee to Wriddhiman Saha. Length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to square leg for 1 run, fielded by Nicholls.

  • 80.2

    FOUR! Tim Southee to Wriddhiman Saha. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep cover for 4 runs.

  • 80.1

    Tim Southee to Axar Patel. Length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed in the air uncontrolled to long on for 1 run, fielded by Somerville.

  • End of Over 80
    Over 80. no runs. Bowler: Ravindra Jadeja. New Zealand: 138/7 (rr 1.73)
  • 79.6

    William Somerville to Axar Patel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Patel.

  • 79.5

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, mis-timed to deep square leg for 1 run, fielded by Young.

  • 79.4

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Late Cut, to short third man for no runs, fielded by Ravindra.

  • 79.3

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, to short fine leg for no runs, fielded by Latham.

  • 79.2

    William Somerville to Axar Patel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot driving, in the air under control to long on for 1 run, fielded by Jamieson.

  • 79.1

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break length ball, outside off stump moves in front Scoop, in the air under control to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Young.

  • End of Over 79
    Over 79. no runs. Bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin. New Zealand: 138/7 (rr 1.75)
  • 78.6

    Ajaz Patel to Axar Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, Gloved to short leg for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 78.5

    Ajaz Patel to Axar Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs, fielded by Latham.

  • 78.4

    Ajaz Patel to Axar Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 78.3

    SIX! Ajaz Patel to Axar Patel. Stock length ball, down leg side down the track Slog, well timed in the air under control over deep mid wicket for 6 runs.

  • 78.2

    Ajaz Patel to Wriddhiman Saha. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot sweeping, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Ravindra.

  • 78.1

    Ajaz Patel to Axar Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Ravindra.

  • End of Over 78
    Over 78. no runs. Bowler: Ravindra Jadeja. New Zealand: 138/6 (rr 1.77)
  • 77.6

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Southee.

  • 77.5

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break half volley, to leg on the front foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 77.4

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break half volley, down leg side on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Young. Sixth Test fifty for Saha.

  • 77.3

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break length ball, middle stump on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Nicholls.

  • 77.2

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break half volley, to leg on the back foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Southee.

  • 77.1

    William Somerville to Wriddhiman Saha. Off break half volley, down leg side on the front foot glancing, to backward square leg for no runs, fielded by Taylor.

  • End of Over 77
    Over 77. 3 runs. Bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin. New Zealand: 138/6 (rr 1.79)
  • 76.6

    Ajaz Patel to Axar Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, missed for no runs, fielded by Blundell.

  • 76.5

    Ajaz Patel to Wriddhiman Saha. Stock ball half volley, middle stump on the front foot pushing, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Somerville.

  • 76.4

    Ajaz Patel to Wriddhiman Saha. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Williamson.

  • 76.3

    Ajaz Patel to Wriddhiman Saha. Stock ball half volley, middle stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs.

  • 76.2

    Ajaz Patel to Axar Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to long on for 1 run, fielded by Somerville.

  • 76.1

    Ajaz Patel to Wriddhiman Saha. Stock ball half volley, down leg side on the back foot glancing, to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Ravindra.

  • End of Over 98
    Over 98. no runs. Bowler: Ravindra Jadeja. New Zealand: 165/9 (rr 1.68)
  • 97.6

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs. That's Stumps on Day 5. A nail-biting match ends in a draw. Indian bowlers were fierce in the final session picking up five wickets. Ravindra and Patel managed to survive the Indian spin trio. Shreyas Iyer has been adjudged as Player of the Match. Join us for the following second Test between India and New Zealand on Dec 03 live from Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Until then, cheers.

  • 97.5

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Ashwin.

  • 97.4

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 97.3

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Yadav.

  • 97.2

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Agarwal.

  • 97.1

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.

  • End of Over 97
    Over 97. 4 runs. Bowler: Axar Patel. New Zealand: 165/9 (rr 1.70)
  • 96.6

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Ashwin.

  • 96.5

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Agarwal.

  • 96.4

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock ball half volley, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 96.3

    FOUR! Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot glancing, well timed past fine leg for 4 runs.

  • 96.2

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 96.1

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Agarwal.

  • End of Over 96
    Over 96. no runs. Bowler: Ravichandran Ashwin. New Zealand: 161/9 (rr 1.68)
  • 95.6

    APPEAL! Ravichandran Ashwin to Ajaz Patel. Carrom length ball, to leg on the front foot working, hit pad to silly point for no runs, fielded by Gill, appeal made for L.B.W.

  • 95.5

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Ajaz Patel. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs.

  • 95.4

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Ajaz Patel. Carrom length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Gill.

  • 95.3

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Ajaz Patel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Gill.

  • 95.2

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Ajaz Patel. Off break half volley, off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Gill.

  • 95.1

    Ravichandran Ashwin to Ajaz Patel. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid on for no runs, fielded by Sharma.

  • End of Over 95
    Over 95. no runs. Bowler: Axar Patel. New Zealand: 161/9 (rr 1.69)
  • 94.6

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Ashwin. Struggling to pick up the last wicket.

  • 94.5

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.

  • 94.4

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, missed for no runs.

  • 94.3

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Agarwal.

  • 94.2

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

  • 94.1

    Axar Patel to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

  • End of Over 94
    Over 94. 2 runs. Bowler: Ravindra Jadeja. New Zealand: 161/9 (rr 1.71)
  • 93.6

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to deep square leg for no runs, fielded by Agarwal.

  • 93.5

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to cover for no runs.

  • 93.4

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to silly point for no runs, fielded by Gill.

  • 93.3

    Ravindra Jadeja to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot pushing, to third man for 1 run, fielded by Ashwin.

  • 93.2

    Ravindra Jadeja to Rachin Ravindra. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the back foot defending, to silly mid off for no runs.

  • 93.1

    Ravindra Jadeja to Ajaz Patel. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, thick edge to third man for 1 run, fielded by Ashwin.