India vs New Zealand WTC Final Live Score Day 3: Bad Light stops play; NZ- 101/2 Stumps

NZ 101/2 (48.5)

Stat Attack- Devon Conway's wicket was Ishant Sharma's 200th Test wicket away from home

NZ 101/2 (49)

NZ 99/1 (44)

NZ 76/1 (39)

NZ 70/1 (34.2)

NZ 57/0 (28.5)

NZ 36/0 (21)

Ravichandran Ashwin has bowled two consecutive maiden overs after being brought in as second change to replace Ishant Sharma. Ashwin has bowled 2 overs without leaking a single run. 

Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been brought in as second change by skipper Virat Kohli. Ashwin has replaced Ishant Sharma in India's bowling attack at the moment. Ashwin bowled a maiden as his first over of the WTC final. 

Kiwi batsmen are looking comfortable in the middle having played more than 11 overs in their first innings. Both Tom Latham and Devon Conway have faced over 30 balls each in the match and have scored 11 and 8 respectively. New Zealand are currently batting at 19/0 (12 overs).

The covers are off as New Zealand batters resume batting in the second innings of the one-off Test. The play was stopped briefly due to sudden drizzling in the 11th over of the game. 

The Kiwis were batting at 19/0 when the umpires called for covers as it started raining in Southampton. India had bowled 10.1 overs before the play stopped at the Ageas Bowl.  

India pacer Mohammed Shami has been brought in place of Jasprit Bumrah by skipper Virat Kohli. Shami comes in as the first bowling change for India.

Devon Conway has scored his second boundary of the WTC final against India as he hit one through covers off Jasprit Bumrah's bowling. 

NZ: 16/0

Latham: 8 (26)

Conway: 8 (22) 

After the end of five overs in the second innings, New Zealand batters have managed to put 11 runs on the board for no wickets. 

New Zealand batter Tom Latham scored the first boundary for the Kiwis in the fourth over of the second innings off Jasprit Bumrah's bowling. New Zealand 7/0 in 4 overs. 

Kiwi batsmen Tom Latham and Devon Conway are looking good so far in the middle as they have scored 2 runs for New Zealand in two overs. 

The second innings of the inaugural World Test Championship final has begun after Kiwi bowlers bowled out India for 217 runs in 92.1 overs. Tom Latham and Devon Conway have opened the batting for New Zealand, while Ishant Sharma has started with the ball for India.  

New Zealand pacers have bowled out Indian batsmen for 217 runs on the board in 92.1 overs. Kyle Jamieson emerged as the star bowler for the Kiwis as he picked the first five-wicket-haul of the World Test Championship final. 

Kyle Jamieson has picked two back-to-back wickets to register the first five-wicket haul in the WTC final. Jamieson picked Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah in the 92nd over of the match, just after lunch.   

India: 213/7 (91 overs)

Jadeja: 15 (52)

Ishant: 4 (12)

The second session of Day 3 of the World Test Championship final has begun with India batting at 212/7. New Zealand will be raring to pick three more wickets before the end of the second session, while Indian batters will be looking to put some more useful runs on the board. 

Jadeja: 15 (51)

Ishant: 3 (7)

New Zealand pacers were on top of the game during the first session of Day 3 as they picked 4 wickets and leaked just 65 runs. India finished at 211/7 in 89 overs before lunch. Indian skipper Virat Kohli, wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane, and all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin lost their wickets before lunch as Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, and Neil Wagner picked wickets for the Kiwis. 

Match officials have called for a lunch break on Day 3 of the inaugural World Test Championship. India lost four wickets and scored 65 runs in the first session of the day. Indian skipper Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, and Ravichandran Aswin were the batsmen New Zealand bowlers picked up today at the Ageas Bowl.   

IND: 211/7 (89 overs)

Tim Southee has picked his first wicket in the form of Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin, who scored a useful 22 from the 27 balls he played in the game. 

IND: 205/7

After dismissing Ravichandran Ashwin in the previous over, New Zealand's Tim Southee dropped an important catch of Ravindra Jadeja off Trent Boult's bowling. When Jadeja tried to hit one in the last ball of the 87th over, he nicked outside edge towards Tim Southee, which the latter dropped.  

IND: 209/7 (88 overs)

India has finally breached the 200-run mark on Day 3 of the one-off Test against New Zealand. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are currently batting in the middle for India after losing three wickets in the first session of the day, including skipper Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and Ajinkya Rahane.

IND: 201/6 (86.2 overs)

Jadeja: 11 (33) 

Ashwin: 18 (24) 

India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has finally got himself off the mark with a double on his 11th ball. Ashwin fetched another couple in the very next ball and then a boundary off the last ball to help India reach 190/6 (83 overs). 

Jadeja: 10 (29)

Ashwin: 8 (14)

Tim Southee came to bowl on the back of two consecutive maiden overs in the game. He continued the momentum and delivered another maiden over for the Kiwis. Southee has bowled 6 maiden overs so far in the game.  

0-0-0-0-0-0 Wagner: 2-40/15

IND: 182/6

Jadeja: 10 (23)

Ashwin: 0 (8)

Neil Wagner bowled his fifth maiden of the game and second consecutive for New Zealand bowlers. 

New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner has dismissed Ajinkya Rahane for 49 runs. Rahane was just one short of his 24th Test fifty when a change in fielding position by Kane Williamson assured his wicket. Wagner now has 2 wickets under his name from 14 overs. 

Rahane hits Colin de Grandhomme for a 4 in the first ball of his 12th over. 

2-0-3-0-0-0 Wagner 0 1-38/13

IND: 171/5

Rahane: 42 (111)

Jadeja: 6 (13)

Drinks break

Kyle Jamieson has struck again as he dismissed Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant for just 4 runs. Jamieson started off by dismissing Indian skipper Virat Kohli for 44 runs before sending Pant back to the pavilion. Pant faced 20 balls before he finally got off the mark with a stylish boundary. However, the next shot came out too loose as an outside edge flew to Tom latham at the second slip. 

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson would happy with the start his bowlers have provided in the first session of Day 3. new Zealand pacers bowled three back-to-back maiden between over 68 and over 70, one of which was also a wicket-maiden that saw Indian skipper Virat Kohli being dismissed by Kyle Jamieson. 

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman, who has joined Ajinkya Rahane in the middle on Day 3 of the World Test Championship final, got off the mark after facing 20 balls without scoring a single run. Pant got off the mark with a stylish boundary off Kyle Jamieson's bowling.   

Rishabh Pant, who joined India's vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane in the middle after the dismissal of Virat Kohli, has survived a scary lbw appeal by New Zealand skipper Kyle Jamieson in the 70th over. 

India's wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has joined vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane in the middle after the dismissal of Virat Kohli for 44 runs.  

New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson has struck early by dismissing his Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli in the 68th over of the match. The Indian skipper was still batting at his overnight score of 44 off 132 balls before being dismissed lbw. Kohli took a review but the decision remained as the replay showed impact on the line and the ball hitting stumps. 

Rahane takes a couple off the first ball in the 67th over. The India vice-captain nudged one through fine-leg to take two runs off Trent Boult's bowling.  

Ajinkya Rahane has scored the first run of Day 3 as he got off the mark in the 66th over against Kiwi pacer Kyle Jamieson. Kohli is yet to score his first rune of the day and is still batting at 44.  

Indian opener Shubman Gill has said the way Indian batters have fought in the game is very satisfactory and anything above 300 would be a very good target in the first innings of the World Test Championship final.  

Indian opener Shubman Gill has said his skipper Virat Kohli has been a big inspiration for him and everyone else back home when asked about the latter's Test career. "Virat has been an inspiration for me and everyone else back home. He has revolutionised Indian cricket," Gill on Kohli completing 10 years in Test cricket. 

The play on Day 3 of the World Test Championship final has begun in Southampton after a short delay due to a wet outfield. The game has resumed from where it had stopped on Day due to bad light after the tea break. India 146/3 in 64.4 overs. 

IND vs NZ WTC Final: Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started the innings slowly as was expected on a pitch that is ideal for New Zealand's pace battery. Sharma and Gill put together 62 runs on the board before Kiwi quick Kyle Jamieson struck and dismissed the Mumbai batsman. Jamieson sent Sharma back to the pavilion for 34 runs. Neil Wagner was brought in as second change and he managed to pick Shubman Gill's wicket in his very first over. Gill had scored 28 runs before he was dismissed. 

Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli steadied the Indian innings for the remaining period before lunch. The duo continued batting for some time into the second session before Pujara was dismissed lbw by Trent Boult. Ajinkya Rahane joined his skipper in the middle and batted for the rest of the day and forged an important partnership of more than 50 runs before the play was stopped by the match officials due to bad light. 

IND vs NZ WTC FInal: The start of play on Day 3 has been delayed due to a wet outfield. Match officials conducted an inspection at around 10:20 am local time. The game is now expected to resume at 11 am local time, which would be 3:30 pm in India. 

The covers are off the pitch on Day 3 of the World Test Championship final. The start of play has been delayed due to wet outfield and an inspection is scheduled to take place at 10:20 am local time.  

As Virat Kohli walks out to bat for India today on Day 3 of the World Test Championship final, he will mark 10 years in Test cricket. Kohli had made his debut on June 20, 2011, against West Indies.  

India: 146/3 (64.4 overs)

Rohit Sharma - 34 (68)

Shubman Gill - 28 (64)

Cheteshwar Pujara - 8 (54)

Virat Kohli - 44* (124)

Ajinkya Rahane - 29* (79)

New Zealand

Trent Boult - 1-32 (12.4)

Kyle Jamieson - 1-14 (14)

Tim Southee - 0-47 (17)

Neil Wagner - 1-28 (10)

Colin de Grandhomme - 0-23 (11)  

New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson, who provided the first breakthrough to the Kiwis on Day 2 of the WTC final by taking Indian opener Rohit Sharma's wicket, has heaped praise on Indian batsmen. Jamieson, while speaking to the press after the end of play on Day 2, said Indian batters played really well and were very patient with balls that were coming outside off. 

Meanwhile, India's white-ball cricketer Sanju Samson, who is currently in isolation in Mumbai, gave a sneak peek into his routine under hotel quarantine. Samson is part of India's white-ball squad that is scheduled to travel to Sri Lanka next month for a three-match ODI series and as many T20Is.  

India's bowling coach Bharat Arun opens up on ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who is part of Men in Blue's Playing XI in the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship final. Arun said Ashwin always loves to come out of his comfort zone and learn new things, which makes him a special bowler.  

Day 3 of the World Test Championship final could see outbreaks of rain in between with heavy overcast conditions. According to UK Met Department, Southampton is expected to see outbursts of rain throughout the day. The weather at the Ageas Bowl is currently cloudy.