Ajaz Patel bagged 14 of the 17 Indian wickets to fall in the Mumbai Test, but the hosts continued to boss the game, setting New Zealand an improbable 540 after declaring on 276 for 7. R Ashwin then cracked open the visitors’ top order, leaving his side five wickets away from victory at stumps on the third day.
Ajaz had finished with 14 for 225 - the best match figures against India in Tests - and finally found a modicum of support from Rachin Ravindra, the other left-arm fingerspinner, who picked up three wickets.
However, there wasn’t as much support on the batting front for Daryl Mitchell, who led New Zealand’s resistance with an assured 60 off 92 balls. Mitchell, who batted at No.3 again in the injury-enforced absence of Kane Williamson, was either right forward or right back to India’s spin trio. He often jumped out of the crease and upset the lengths like how Mayank Agarwal had done earlier in the match.
Brief scores:
India 1st innings 325
New Zealand 1st Innings 62
India 2nd innings 276/7 Dec.
(Mayank Agarwal 62, Cheteshwar Pujara 47, Shubman Gill 47, Ajaz Patel 4/106, Rachin Ravindra 3/56)
New Zealand 2nd innings 140/5
(Daryl Mitchell 60, Henry Nicholls 36, Will Young 20, Ravichandran Ashwin 3/27, Axar Patel 1/42) (Cricinfo)
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