India and cricket go hand in hand and now we all are aware that the test series is going on between New Zealand and India. Not only the fans of India but also many people are glued to the TV screen to know the news and be active in the whole cricketing scenario. Let us talk here about what exactly happened on the fifth day and how our champions tackled the whole game with awe and surprise. The game began with India needing one more wicket to beat New Zealand in the Kanpur Test as Ravindra Jadeja removed Tim Southee to extend the home team’s dominance in the fourth innings.
New Zealand invited pressure back on them after a good first session where Tom Latham and William Somerville added 76 runs for the second wicket. Jadeja and Ravichandran picked 3 wickets while Axar Patel and Umesh Yadav scalped one wicket each that brought India back in the game. Coming back to Ashwin, after removing Latham, he has surpassed Harbhajan Singh to become India’s third-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket with his 418th scalps. Anil Kumble leads that tally with 619 wickets, followed by Kapil Dev’s 434 scalps. (IND vs NZ LIVE SCORECARD 1st Test Day 5).
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India Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav. In the end, it has been seen that the match has been Drawn! As the game or Play has been called off citing bad lights in Kanpur. New Zealand has done some exceptional work as the match has ended in a draw. So it can be said that India vs New Zealand- 1st Test ends in a draw. Let us know what the next test brings for us. Cricket fans get excited about the new series arriving soon.
