India will square off against New Zealand in the third Test match at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai from Friday onwards. The Kiwis have been able to show that it is possible to beat India in India as their winning streak was breached after 12 years.
India has been a potent force in home conditions but New Zealand have punched above their weight, as always they are expected to do.
Mitchell Santner was the star of the show in the previous Test, bagging a total of 13 wickets to take the Player of the Match award. Moreover, New Zealand came up with a collective show as Devon Conway, Tom Latham, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, and Tom Blundell played crucial knocks.
On the other hand, nothing has gone right for Rohit Sharma’s team. The batting unit has failed miserably whereas the experienced spinners have looked insipid despite all the help on the track.
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Ravichandran Ashwin needs 40 runs to complete 3500 runs in the red-ball version. He also needs five boundaries to reach 400 fours in Test format.
KL Rahul needs 19 runs to reach the 3000-run mark in the red-ball version.
Mitchell Santner needs 59 runs to reach the 1000-run mark in Test matches.
Sarfaraz Khan needs six fours to complete 50 boundaries in Test format.
Rohit Sharma needs a dozen sixes to complete 100 maximums in the multi-day format.
Rachin Ravindra needs 81 runs to complete 1000 runs in Test cricket.
Tim Southee needs seven sixes to complete 100 maximums in the red-ball version.
Shubman Gill needs nine fours to complete 200 boundaries in Test cricket.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Jasprit Bumrah (VC), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (WK), Dhruv Jurel (WK), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Akash Deep, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana.
New Zealand squad: Tom Latham (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell (1st Test only), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (2nd and 3rd Test only), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
