India vs New Zealand Highlights 1st Test 2021 Day 5: Bad Light Plays Spoilsport, Match Ends With a Draw

Ajinkya Rahane looked a bit upset with the umpires as they decided to call off the game due to bad light. 

Ajinkya Rahane looked a bit upset with the umpires as they decided to call off the game due to bad light. 

So the match has ended with a draw. Bad light has stopped the play for the game. 

Ravindra Jadeja is truly having a time of his life as he got the wicket of Tim Southee. Bowls in line pitches in line and rattles the stumps with no bat involved. Tim Southee OUT.

Just a couple of wickets left now for India to win the first Test match. Ravindra Jadeja scalped his third wicket. Pitches in line, impact in line and Jamiesonmakes his way to the pavilion. 

So India just needs three wickets to win the first Test match. The Indians have bowled brilliantly for the last three overs of the game. 

New Zealand is on the verge of losing this game as India has got yet another wicket. Ravi Ashwin strikes and gets rid of Tom Blundell. He's been terribly unlucky this time. 

India enjoys an upper hand for now in the Test match. The home team is just four wickets away from getting their win the Test match. 

The pitch is offering a turn now and now the Indian bowlers are looking to snap wickets and they have been quite successful in the same. This time it's Ravindra Jadeja who has been in action and got the wicket of Kane Willaimson. Bowls in line pitches in line and the pact is also in line. Williamson OUT on 24

That's another wicket for India in the form of  Henry Nicholls. Axar Patel bowls in line pitches in line and the impact is also in line. Henry LBW on 1 run. 

Just ahead of the Tea, Ravindra Jadeja has stuck and got rid of Ross Taylor. Bowls perfect line and impact was also in line. Taylor OUT on 2. 

Here's a prolific feat achieved by Ravi Ashwin as he went past Harbhajan Singh to be the third-highest wicket-taker in Test Cricket for India. Ashwin now has 218 Test wickets from 80 games. 

Here's another wicket for India as Ravi Ashwin gets rid of Tom Latham who just scored a half-century. Bowls and off-spinner and the batsman gets under the edge only to disturb the furniture. Tom OUT on 52 runs.

Here's another wicket for India as Ravi Ashwin gets rid of Tom Latham who just scored a half-century. Bowls and off-spinner and the batsman gets under the edge only to disturb the furniture. 

Tom Latham scored his third Test 50 and this could be termed as the match wining or match-saving innings for the Kiwis. 

Tom Latham is on the verge of reaching his half-century. This would simply give the visiting team an edge. India is looking for yet another wicket right now. 

A quiet passage of good play from India. They are slowly tightening the screws on New Zealand. But skipper Kane Williamson, who is looking in good touch, would be the man India want to dismiss. 

Umesh Yadav has produced a beauty and dismissed William Somerville with his first ball in the second session. A short ball, and Gill takes a good diving catch after Somerville miscues it. India need eight more wickets to take a 1-0 series lead. 

So it's lunch and the Kiwis have batted quite well in the first session of Day 5. No wickets have fallen and certainly, the team enjoys an upper hand. But India continues to hunt for wickets at this juncture. NZ needs 205 runs to win. 

So it's lunch and the Kiwis have batted quite well in the first session of Day 5. No wickets have fallen and certainly, the team enjoys an upper hand. But India continues to hunt for wickets at this juncture. NZ needs 205 runs to win.