IND vs NZ 3rd Test Day 3 Live Scorecard

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 3rd Test Day 3: Pitch report by Murali Karthik and Dinesh Karthik

Day three of this Test match and this game has come a long way. 14 wickets, 15 wickets and I am pretty sure that day three is going to produce a result. New Zealand have the option of using any of the rollers or not roll it at all. If you use a heavy roller, it becomes much slower in nature. If you use a light roller, it tends to bind it up and keep it as quick as it is. But New Zealand could do the clever thing and not take a roller at all which would mean the pitch will have natural disintegration. There is the opportunity for two rolling sessions to happen - one NZ could take it and soon after, before India's batting, they have the opportunity to take the roller as well. That's a very interesting part of today's play. Let's come to something that's even more interesting, this pitch. This pitch has produced a lot of wickets, simply because of the abrasive nature of how this pitch has been in the top layer. There's a lot of dryness hence there's been a lot of turn, the odd one going straight but it's been consistent turn and that's the Mumbai pitch where there's consistent turn and a lot of bounce. If you were a bowler, you'd agree you could bowl from any of the ends and I feel there's enough happening in both the ends. But if I had to suggest, I'd say the commentary box end has produced a lot more wickets for the spinners. But that doesn't mean from the pavilion end, not too much is happening. Probably not as abrasive as this side because there's a little more rough in front of the batter. Batting on both ends is going to be hard work and the bowlers will enjoy bowling here. Ajaz is going to be the threat for India, simply because of the lengths that he bowls and how he slowed up. That's where the left-handers are going to be key for India. Yesterday in the pre-lunch session, there wasn't too much effect of Ajaz Patel because of how Rishabh Pant played. So if the left-handers come and play him aggressively, I think India can cruise home

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