India vs New Zealand 1st Test at Kanpur, 25 Nov, 2021

Toss: India, who chose to bat
India 345/10 (111.1)  &  234/7 (81)
New Zealand 296/10 (142.3)  &  165/9 (98)
Match drawn
Man of the Match: Shreyas Iyer

      Over 1.0   

    Over 0.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, no run, comes on to the front foot and blocks it back to the bowler.

    Over 0.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, no run, gets an inside edge onto pad, that's what Ashwin is also suggesting.

    Over 0.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to Tom Latham, no run, gets covers the line and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 0.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, no run, presses forward and pushes it back to the bowler.

    Over 0.5 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Tom Latham, no run, gets forward and punches it back to the bowler.

    Over 0.6 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Tom Latham,1 run, goes back in the crease and glances to backward square leg

      Over 2.0   

    Over 1.1 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, no run, gets forward and pushes it back to the bowler.

    Over 1.2 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, no run, leans forward and defends it on the off-side.

    Over 1.3 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, no run, gets cover the line on the front foot and defends it on the off-side.

    Over 1.4 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, no run,  gets outside the line of off stump and defends

    Over 1.5 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Tom Latham, no run, gets forward and easy block on the off-side.

    Over 1.6 Axar Patel bowls it flat in the air to Tom Latham, no run, hangs back and defends off the bottom of the bat

      Over 3.0   

    Over 2.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Will Young, no run, gets inside the line and  solid in his forward defence

    Over 2.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Will Young, no run, gets forward and looks to defend but gets beaten.

    Over 2.3 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Will Young, no run, presses forward and blocks it back to the bowler.

    Over 2.4 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Will Young, 2 runs, gets a thick edge that rolls wide of backward point and picks up a couple of runs.

    Over 2.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Will Young, no run,  goes back and carefully nudges this to leg gully

    Over 2.6 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls a quicker arm ball to Will Young, out Lbw!!  It was a flighted delivery that kept really low and hit Young on the front pad, he had a good forward stride too. The impact was around middle and it was no way going to hit the stumps. 

      Over 4.0   

    Over 3.1 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to Tom Latham,1 run, gets forward and pushes it to mid-on for a single.

    Over 3.2 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and just manages to defend off the bottom of the bat

    Over 3.3 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets covers the line and blocks it back to the bowler.

    Over 3.4 Axar Patel bowls a quicker arm ball to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and defends it on the off-side watchfully.

    Over 3.5 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets his down time to defend this flatter delivery

    Over 3.6 Axar Patel tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, gets behind the line and blocked off the front foot

    That is Stumps on Day 4.New Zealand need 280 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand

      Over 5.0   

    Over 4.1 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to Tom Latham,1 run, gets back in the crease and nudged towards the short fine leg region

    Over 4.2 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, lunges and defends solidly onto the track

    Over 4.3 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, presses forward and defends it back to the bowler.

    Over 4.4 Ravichandran Ashwin bowls it flat in the air to William Somerville, no run, gets forward and tries to play inside the line, the ball beats the inside edge of the bat.

    Over 4.5 Ravichandran Ashwin tossed up delivery to William Somerville, no run, defended off the front foot towards silly point

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