Mumbai | India reached 195/5 to trail New Zealand by 40 runs at lunch on day two of the third and final Test here on Saturday.
Resuming at their overnight score of 86/4, Rishabh Pant (60) played a counter-attacking innings and raced to his fifty, while Shubman Gill (70 not out) also scored a half century.
New Zealand were guilty of dropping a couple of catches but Ish Sodhi found the breakthrough for the tourists when he trapped Pant leg before in the 38th over.
New Zealand had scored 235 in their first innings.
Brief Scores: New Zealand 1st inning 235 all out in 65.4.1 overs (Daryl Mitchell 82, Will Young 71; Ravindra Jadeja 5/65, Washington Sundar 4/81) India 1st innings: 195 for 5 in 43 overs (Shubman Gill 70 not out, Rishabh Pant 60; Ajaz Patel 2/76)
Scoreboard at lunch on the second day of the third and final Test between India and New Zealand here on Saturday.
New Zealand 1st innings: 235
India 1st innings (overnight 86/4)
Yashasvi Jaiswal b Ajaz Patel 30
Rohit Sharma c Latham b Matt Henry 18
Shubman Gill batting 70
Mohammed Siraj lbw b Ajaz Patel 0
Virat Kohli run out 4
Rishabh Pant lbw b Ish Sodhi 60
Ravindra Jadeja batting 10
Extras: (lb-1, nb-2) 3
Total: 195/5 in 43 overs
Fall of wickets: 25-1, 78-2, 78-3, 84-4, 180-5
Bowling: Matt Henry 8-1-26-1, William ORourke 2-1-5-0, Ajaz Patel 13-1-76-2, Glenn Phillips 13-0-54-0, Rachin Ravindra 1-0-8-0, Ish Sodhi 6-0-25-1.
