NZ vs IND 2020: Tom Blundell Not To Take Field On Day 3, To Go Under Assessment

New Zealand opening batsman Tom Blundell will not take the field on Day three of the ongoing first Test match at Basin Reserve, Wellington. Blundell hurt his shoulder while fielding on Day three and he will now undergo assessment. He will be under the assessment for Day four too. Meanwhile, Tom Blundell had scored 30 runs from 80 balls in the first innings.

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On the other hand, New Zealand has put themselves in command as they have scalped four wickets. The visitors are 115-4 and they still are in arrears by 68 runs. The Kiwis have also got the big wicket of Indian skipper Virat Kohli. New Zealand’s pack leader Trent Boult bowled from round the wicket and tested Kohli with a short-pitched delivery.

New Zealand is in command.

The Indian captain who has looked out of sorts on this tour went for the pull shot but got a faint edge to the keeper, BJ Watling. The visitors once again got off to a bad start as Prithvi Shaw was dismissed cheaply for 14 runs. Subsequently, Pujara made an error in judgment to leave the ball which was coming back into him.

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Furthermore, Mayank Agarwal was unlucky as he was dismissed by an innocuous delivery down the leg-side. Meanwhile, New Zealand posted 348 runs in the first innings as the tail was able to wag around. The debutant Kyle Jamieson continued to have a good Test match as he scored 44 runs from 45 balls with the help of one four and four sixes.