India Trail By 39 Runs On 3rd Day, First Test

India trail New Zealand by 39 runs after the former finished the day at 144 for four. Ajinkya Rahane and Hanuma Vihari remained unbeaten on 25 and 15, respectively, at the end of Day 3 in Wellington.

Right from day 1, New Zealand has been on the dominant side and their tail wagged big time to post a good first innings total of 348. The deficit of 183 understandably put India under severe pressure.

Indian captain Virat Kohli was ruled out at 19 off 43 balls by Trent Boult. He successfully took over the job of tormenting the Indian batsmen. It was a top-class seam and swing bowling show on a third-day pitch, which still had something for fast bowlers.

With the wicket of Mayank Agarwal, Southee became the first New Zealand bowler to pick up 300 wickets in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is combined.