India vs New Zealand HIGHLIGHTS 1st Test Day 3: Fifties from Kohli and Sarfaraz keep India afloat

IND vs NZ 1st Test Day 3 Highlights: Virat Kohli, who completed his 9,000 Test runs today, became Glenn Phillips' victim on the final ball of the day

India after a disappointing outing with the bat on Thursday, came back strong in the second innings on Friday, with help of half-centuries from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan. Indian ended days play with scoreboard reading 231 for 3, with New Zealand still leading by 125 runs on the basis of thier first innings total.

Earlier, New Zealand started day 3 with thier overnight score of 180 for 3, but Indian bowlers struck early to reduce them to 233 for 7 at one point. However, Rachin Ravindra (134) and Tim Southee (65) after the early jitters wnet on to add 137 runs for the eighth wicket, which helped New Zealand finish thier innings on 402 and with a huge lead of 356 runs after first innings.

In bowling for India, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets each. Md Siraj took two wickets, while Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin took one wicket each.

In reply, India came back strong as skipper Rohit Sharma (52) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (35) added 72 runs for the first wicket, before both getting dismissed by Ajaz Patel. Virat Kohli (70) and Sarfaraz Khan (70 not out), then added 136 runs for the third wicket to lead the Indian fightback. In the meantime Kohli also completed his 9000 Test runs and became, only the fourth Indian to achieve the milestone. 

However, in an anti-climactic manner Glenn Phillips removed Kohli on the final ball to day three and reduced India to 231 for 3 after 49 overs at stumps. Sarfaraz Khan was still at the crease with New Zealnd still leading the game by 125 runs.

India 2nd innings full scorecard after day 3- 

India 2nd Inning
231-3 (49 ov) CRR:4.71
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Yashasvi Jaiswal	st TA Blundell b AY Patel	35	52	6	0	67.31
Rohit Sharma (C)	b AY Patel	52	63	8	1	82.54
Virat Kohli	c TA Blundell b G Phillips	70	102	8	1	68.63
Sarfaraz Khan	Not out	70	78	7	3	89.74
Extras	4 (b 0, Ib 3, w 0, nb 1, p 0)
Total	231 (3 wkts, 49 Ov)
Yet to Bat	KL Rahul,Rishabh Pant,Ravindra Jadeja,Ravichandran Ashwin,Kuldeep Yadav,Jasprit Bumrah,Mohammed Siraj
Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Tim Southee	7	1	22	0	0	3.14
Matt Henry	11	1	52	0	1	4.73
William O'Rourke	11	1	48	0	0	4.36
Ajaz Patel	12	2	70	2	0	5.83
Glenn Phillips	8	1	36	1	0	4.5