India vs New Zealand WTC Final Live Score Day 2: Bad light plays spoilsport, Stumps Day 2

IND 146/3 (64.4)

IND 146/3 (64.4)

IND 146/3 (64.4)

IND 134/3 (58.4)

After the delayed start of session 3 of day 2, Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane are out on the crease and look to build a strong partnership. 

IND 125/3 (56.5)

IND 120/3 (55.3)

The much-awaited World Test Championship (WTC) Final is underway with Team India batting first against the all-pace attack of New Zealand. Although openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started India's innings solidly notching up a reasonable 50+ run partnership, the duo were dismissed before the lunch break. However, as soon as the second innings started, Cheteshwar Pujara was unsettled when he was hit hard by a fierce bouncer from Neil Wagner. 

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After a rain-enforced delay to the start of the World Test Championship (WTC) final, India and New Zealand stepped on to the Ageas Bowl to begin proceedings of the high-octane clash on Saturday as the sun shone bright at Southampton, albeit through the clouds. India's veteran wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik, now in England as a commentator, stunned fans with his wordplay and sharp remarks in the commentary box. 

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India was batting at 120/3 before the officials called for an early tea due to bad light in Southampton. India lost 1 wicket in the second session as it lost Cheteshwar Pujara to Trent Boult. Kohli and Rahane are still batting in the middle as the duo has scored 35 and 13 runs respectively. 

After losing three wickets on Day 2 of the WTC final, India has finally crossed the 100-run mark. India is currently batting at 100/3 with Kohli and Rahane in the middle. Kohli has scored 23 off 72 balls and Rahane has scored 6 off 25 balls. 

India is currently batting at 118/3 after the end of the 54 overs. Indian skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane are batting in the middle after the loss of three wickets. Kohli is batting at 35 off 93 balls and Rahane at 12 off 47 balls. 

India is currently batting at 106/3 after the end of 50 overs. Kohli and Rahane are on the pitch holding up to the fiery New Zealand pace attack. Kohli has scored 27 runs, while Rahane has scored 8 runs.   

India's vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane was saved from getting run-out in the 42nd over of the match. Rahane touched the last ball of the over for a single but the New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson got hold of it and attempted a run-out. Williamson missed the stumps as Rahane entered the crease with the help of a dive just in time.   

India has lost three wickets on Day 2 of the WTC final. India lost two wickets before lunch and lost one in the form of Cheteshwar Pujara after the start of the second session. Kohli and Rahane are currently batting in the middle for India. While Kohli is batting at 20 off 69, Rahane has scored 4 off 15. Neil Wagner, Kyle Jamieson, and Trent Boult have taken wickets for the Kiwis. 

New Zealand pacer Trent Boult has dismissed Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara for just 8 runs. India 88/3 in 40.2 overs. Pujara was dismissed lbw by Boult as the ball hit him directly on the pads. 

India lost its first wicket after lunch as Cheteshwar Pujara had to return back to the pavilion after being dismissed lbw by Trent Boult. India batting at 91/3 after the end of 41 overs. Kohli is batting at 17 off 59, while Ajinkya Rahane has scored 3 off 1. 

India finished at 87/2 after the end of 40 overs. Kohli and Pujara are looking settled in the middle having played more than 50 balls each. Kohli is batting at 16 off 55, while Pujara at 8 off 53. 

Virat Kohli becomes the sixth Indian batsman and 42nd overall to score 7,500 runs in Test cricket. Kohli took 154 innings to reach the milestone, same as former Indian skipper Sunil Gavaskar.  

New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner hit Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara on his helmet during the 37th over of the first innings in the WTC final. The protective part of Pujara's helmet flew off as Wagner's nasty bouncer hit the back of his equipment. 

India 78/2 after the end of 37 overs. Kohli and Pujara are still in the middle with 7 and 8 runs respectively under their belt. 

New Zealand all-rounder bowled his fifth maiden overs in the WTC final and his fourth consecutive maiden after the start of the second session on Day 2 of the Test. de Grandhomme has bowled 8 overs and has leaked just 15 runs at an average of 1.88. 

Kohli and Pujara are still in the middle after the loss of two wickets in the first session. After the lunch break on Day 2 of the WTC final, India is at 78/2 with Kohli 7 for 36 and Pujara 8 for 42. 

Cheteshwar Pujara has finally found his first runs of the World Test Championship final in the form of a boundary off Wagner's bowling. Pujara registered his first runs after facing 35 balls without scoring. 

India is currently batting at 74/2 after the end of 34 overs. Kohli has scored 7 off 36, while Pujara has 4 off 36. 

Kohli failed to judge de Grandhomme's last ball of the 32nd over as it went directly to the hands of wicket-keeper BJ Watling after hitting the Indian skipper's pads. 

Kohli broke the rhythm of New Zealand bowlers after the lunch as he scored the first run following two back-to-back maiden overs and after five dot balls in the third. Kohli took a single off Wagner on the last ball of the 31st over.  

Kiwi bowlers have bowled two back-to-back maiden overs after the lunch break. Wagner and de Grandhomme started for the Blackcaps with two maiden as Kohli and Pujara take their time to score. India still at 69/2

Neil Wagner starts for Blackcaps after the lunch break with Virat Kohli on strike for India. Wagner looked good as he delivered six back-to-back dot balls to register another maiden over. India still at 69/2. 

The play has resumed after lunch on Day 2 of the World Test Championship final. India lost two crucial wickets in the first session of the game. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill were both dismissed before the start of lunch. New Zealand pacer Jamieson took Sharma's wicket for 34 runs, while Wagner dismissed Gill for 28. Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara are currently batting in the middle.  

Former India international has heaped praise on Rohit Sharma, saying "As an opener, he has passed with flying colours". Laxman said Sharma was leaving the balls very well until his wicket fell. Sharma scored 34 off 68 balls before edging one off Jamieson. 

Match officials have called for the lunch break to mark the end of the first session on Day 2 of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship. India lost both its openers in the first 28 overs of the game as Kyle Jamieson and Neil Wagner struck early to dismiss Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill respectively. India finished the session at 69-2 with Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli Kohli still batting in the middle. 

Indian skipper Virat Kohli plays his signature cover drive off Neil Wagner's bowling after the latter dismissed Shubman Gill in his previous over and registered figures of 1-0/1. 

Neil Wagner comes into the attack, bowling his first over in the inaugural edition of the WTC final. India had already lost 1 wicket in the form of opener Rohit Sharma, when Wagner dismissed Shubman Gill for 28. 

Indian skipper Virat Kohli has joined Cheteshwar Pujara in the middle after Neil Wagner dismissed Shubman Gill in his first over of the game. Wagner bowled a wicket-maiden as his first over of the WTC final. 

0-1-0-0-0-0 Southee: 0-26/7

IND: 63-1

Gill: 28(61)

Pujara: 0(15)

0-0-0-0-0-0 Jamieson: 1-10/7

IND: 62-1

Gill: 27(59)

Pujara: 0(11)

Another maiden over by pacer Kyle Jamieson, who dismissed Rohit Sharma in his last over. 

Tim Southee was called back into the attack in the 22nd over by skipper Kane Williamson. Southee bowled a maiden over with Shubman Gill on strike. India is currently at 62-1 with Pujara and Gill in the middle. 

Cheteshwar Pujara has come in place of Rohit Sharma, who got out off Kyle Jamieson's bowling in the 21st over of the game. 

India lost settled opener, Rohit Sharma, for 34 runs off Kyle Jamieson's bowling. Tim Southee took an impressive catch at the slip. India is now at 62-1. 

0-0-4-0-1-2 deGrandhomme: 0-15/4

IND: 62-0

Rohit: 34(67)

Gill: 27(53)

India cruising comfortably with 55-0 on board; Rohit, Gill looking good

New Zealand takes the first review of the match after the umpires deny LBW appeal by deGrandhomme. The review showed Rohit getting an inside edge on his bat before the ball hit his pads. New Zealand lost the review. 

India is currently batting at 53-0.

Rohit hit a boundary off deGrandhomme to take India past 50. Shubman Gill is batting at 23(46), Rohit at 29(60). 

0-0-0-0-4-0 deGrandhomme: 0-4/2

IND: 49-0

Rohit: 25(56)

Gill: 23(40)

0-0-0-0-0-0 Jamieson: 0-8/4

IND: 49-0

Rohit: 25(56)

Gill: 23(46)

Jamieson bowled back-to-back in-swingers to Shubman Gill, denying the 21-year-old the opportunity to score runs. A bouncer from Jamieson in the fifth ball of the over hit Gill on the helmet. 

0-0-0-4-0-0 Jamieson: 0-8/3

IND: 45-0

Rohit: 21(50)

Gill: 23(40)

Shubman Gill slaps Kyle Jamieson's short ball through mid-wicket 

Match officials have called for the first drinks break after the start of play on Day 2. IND: 41/0 after 14 overs

Colin deGrandhomme brought into the attack by New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson. India is looking comfortable at the moment with both their strikers intact at the crease. deGrandhomme bowled third maiden over for the Kiwis after Boult and Jamieson. 

0-0-0-0-0-0 deGrandhomme: 0-0/1

IND: 41-0

Rohit: 21(50)

Gill: 19(34)

0-0-0-0-0-0 Jamieson: 0-4/2

IND: 41-0

Rohit: 21(44)

Gill: 19(34)

0-0-0-0-0-0 Boult: 0-11/6

IND: 41-0

Rohit: 21(44)

Gill: 19(28)

• Trent Boult bowls the first maiden over of the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship final. 

0-4-0-0-0-0 Jamieson: 0-4/1

IND: 41-0

Rohit: 21(38)

Gill: 19(28)

• Kyle Jamieson called in by Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson to bowl his first over in the WTC final

1-0-0-0-0-0 Boult: 0-11/5

IND: 37-0

Rohit: 21(38)

Gill: 15(22)

0-0-3-4-0-0 Southee: 0-25/5

IND: 36-0

Rohit: 21(33)

Gill: 14(21)

0-3-0-0-0-0 Boult: 0-10/4

IND: 29-0

Rohit: 17(30)

Gill: 11(18)

4-0-0-4-0-2 Southee: 0-18/4 

IND: 26-0

Rohit: 17(26)

Gill: 8(16)

• Rohit scores his first boundary

0-0-0-4-0-0 Boult: 0-7/3 

IND: 16-0

Rohit: 7(20) 

Gill: 8(16)

• Gill slams the first boundary of WTC final 

3-0-0-0-0-0

IND: 12-0

Rohit: 7(20)

Gill: 4(10)

0-0-1-0-0-0

IND: 9-0

Rohit: 7(15)

Gill: 1(9)

3-0-0-0-0-0

IND: 3-0

Rohit: 3(1)

Gill: 0(5)

0-0-0-0-0-2

IND: 5-0

Rohit: 5(7)

Gill: 0(5)

• Chance of a run-out missed by Neil Wagner after a miscommunication between Rohit and Shubman

1LB-0-0-0-0-2

IND: 8-0

Rohit: 7(11)

Gill: 0(6)

New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has opened the bowling for the Kiwis

Indian players pay tribute to the legendary athlete Milkha Singh by wearing a black armband. Milkha Singh had succumbed to post-COVID complications on Friday night. 

India and New Zealand players have walked out on the field for the national anthems of their respective countries. 

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship final in Southampton.  

Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah. 
 

Kane Williamson (C), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (VC), BJ Watling (WK), Devon Conway, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Kyle Jamieson, Colin de Grandhomme, Henry Nicholls
 

"We would have probably bowled first looking at the condition," India skipper Virat Kohli. 

The BCCI on Saturday shared the first glimpse of the Ageas Bowl pitch, which had been under the cover for the past 24 hours due to heavy rains in Southampton. The pitch cover was removed early morning on Saturday and judging by the looks of it, seamers are expected to get some help.   

Meanwhile, the current and former Indian cricketers all came together to pay their tributes to the legendary athlete Milkha Singh, who succumbed to post-COVID complications on Friday night. 

New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (C), Tom Blundell, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (VC), BJ Watling (WK), Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, Neil Wagner, Matt Henry, Will Young, Kyle Jamieson, Colin de Grandhomme. 

India's Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (C), Ajinkya Rahane (VC), Rishabh Pant (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah. 
 

According to UK's meteorological department, the weather in Southampton is expected to largely remain dry as no rains are predicted for Saturday.