India 9 Down, Jamieson Completes Fifer

Southampton: New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson, second right, celebrates with teammates the dismissal of India’s captain Virat Kohli during the third day of the World Test Championship final cricket match between New Zealand and India.
(Photo: PTI)

India Scored 146 on Day 2

The entire first day had got washed out due to rain and Saturday saw the toss finally take place with Kane Williamson calling it right and electing to bowl first. The teams managed 64.4 overs of play before bad light forced them off the field. Stumps were called with India’s score at 146/3 with Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane at the crease.

Virat was batting on 44 (124 balls) and his deputy Rahane on 29 (79 balls). The two had added 58 runs for the fourth wicket.

Earlier, openers Rohit Sharma (34 off 68 balls) and Shubman Gill (28 off 64 balls) had provided a solid start of 62 in 20 overs then Kyle Jamieson provided the breakthrough on the first ball of his sixth over, having Sharma caught at third slip.

Gill followed…

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