After 55 overs,India 154/4 ( Shreyas Iyer 17 , Ravindra Jadeja 6)
Iyer and Jadeja rotate the strike with their running between the wickets, as Somerville concedes four singles. One more over to go for tea.
After 54 overs,India 150/4 ( Shreyas Iyer 15 , Ravindra Jadeja 4)
Another maiden for Kyle Jamieson, his sixth over the innings, as Iyer opts to stay cautious. Not much time left for tea from here.
After 53 overs,India 150/4 ( Shreyas Iyer 15 , Ravindra Jadeja 4)
Iyer narrowly escapes getting dismissed by Somerville as the spinner’s animated appeal is turned down by umpire Virender Sharma, with the Kiwis eventually reviewing it and getting umpire’s call on impact and wickets. Just one from the over, bringing up the 150 for the hosts.
After 52 overs,India 149/4 ( Shreyas Iyer 14 , Ravindra Jadeja 4)
Jadeja gets off the mark in style, pulling a short ball from Jamieson towards the long leg region off the second delivery. Four from the over.
After 51 overs,India 145/4 ( Shreyas Iyer 14 , Ravindra Jadeja 0)
First maiden for Somerville in 11 overs, as Shreyas Iyer, who will look to anchor the innings from here, blocks his way through the over. Meanwhile, Ravindra Jadeja walks out to bat ahead of Wriddhiman Saha. India will need a major partnership or two from here, with not too many batting options left.
After 50 overs,India 145/4 ( Shreyas Iyer 14 , Ravindra Jadeja 0)
Jamieson has gone for a couple of expensive overs, but has kept New Zealand in the game with timely dismissals, and this time it’s Ajinkya Rahane who falls in the second delivery, chopping the ball onto the stumps while looking for a cut. Before that, he had successfully appealed for caught-behind after firing one down the leg side, with the India skipper reviewing right away and Ultra Edge showing a flatline. Wicket maiden for the lanky seamer. With two new batters at the crease, New Zealand have the chance to trigger a collapse and try and restrict the hosts to 250 or less.
OUT! Jamieson gets the dangerman Rahane, who ends up chopping the ball onto the furnitue while looking to cut a back-of-length delivery. This one delivery after he managed to overturn the umpire's decision that ruled him caught-behind. He'll be disappointed to not convert the start into a big score. IND 145/4
Rahane b Jamieson 35
After 49 overs,India 145/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane (C) 35 , Shreyas Iyer 14)
FOUR! The boundaries are starting to glow for the Indians now, as Rahane moves into the 30s with a well-timed cut through cover for his sixth boundary. The two batters do well to rotate the strike between themselves with singles, three of which are collected in the next five deliveries.
After 48 overs,India 138/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane (C) 29 , Shreyas Iyer 13)
FOUR! Shreyas Iyer moves to double figures with a beautiful on drive off a full delivery from Jamieson, the ball racing away to the square leg boundary. Single off each of the next two balls. Six from the over.
After 47 overs,India 132/3 ( Ajinkya Rahane (C) 28 , Shreyas Iyer 8)
Tidy over from Somerville with just one coming off it as Iyer collects a single off the first delivery.
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