(16.2 ov, T:147) 263 & 71/6
Day 3 – Session 1: India need 76 runs.
Current RR: 4.34
• Min. Ov. Rem: 69.4
• Last 10 ov (RR): 43/3 (4.30)
Only once has a higher target been successfully chased at the Wankhede Stadium
Ravindra Jadeja took the last New Zealand wicket • BCCI
India 263 and 0 for 0 need 147 runs to beat New Zealand 235 and 174 (Young 51, Jadeja 5-55, Ashwin 3-63)
It took Ravindra Jadeja eight balls in the morning to complete his third ten-wicket match haul in Test cricket. New Zealand were able to add three to the overnight lead of 143, setting India 147. Only once has a higher target been successfully chased at the Wankhede Stadium, by South Africa back in 2000. Overall, there have been only eight fourth-innings scores at the ground bigger than the 147 that India needed to avoid their first-ever home series whitewash in a series of a three Tests or more.
Starting the day with only one wicket in hand, New Zealand opted to not get the pitch rolled, which can settle the pitch down for 15-20 minutes. The effect was apparent: the ball turned sharply and the last pair struggled to put bat to ball. R Ashwin bowled a maiden over before three singles arrived off Jadeja. Eventually Ajaz Patel’s slog sweep settled with deep midwicket to give Jadeja his second-best match figures in Test cricket.
Sidharth Monga is a senior writer at ESPNcricinfo
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