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NEW DELHI: New Zealand find themselves just 107 runs short of securing a rare Test victory on Indian soil, but pacer William O'Rourke cautioned against complacency despite the seemingly achievable target. The Kiwi bowlers, led by O'Rourke and Matt Henry, who shared six wickets between them, managed to dismiss India…

NEW DELHI: Sarfaraz Khan's first century in Test cricket and Rishabh Pant's magnificent 99 may not be enough to stop New Zealand from securing their first Test victory on Indian soil in 36 years, with only 107 runs needed on the final day of a captivating series opener.

NEW DELHI: Sarfaraz Khan's magnificent 150 and Rishabh Pant's brisk 99 propelled India to a second innings total of 462, setting New Zealand a target of 107 in a thrilling day of Test cricket at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Swashbuckling Rishabh Pant on Saturday agonizingly missed out on a well-deserved century by just 1 run in the second innings against New Zealand on Day 4 of the first Test in Bengaluru.

India's remarkable recovery in the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru saw them erasing the visitors' mammoth 356-run first-innings lead with a batting performance that is in stark contrast to the hosts' embarrassing 46 all-out in the first innings.

Sarfaraz Khan scored his maiden Test century on day four of the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru, which helped India cut the visitors' first-innings lead to under hundred runs.

BENGALURU: The swagger with which India’s top-order batters went about their business at the M Chinnaswamy stadium here on Friday against New Zealand was quite unlike a team that is looking to save a Test. After all, they had just conceded a 356-run first-innings deficit.

Rohit Sharma overcame his first-innings failure with a half-century on day three of the rain-hit first Test against New Zealand at the M Chinnaswamy, but it's another incident involving the India captain that made bigger noise on social media.

At stumps, India were trailing by 125 runs after the visitors scored 402 runs in their first innings. Read Further on Dynamite News:

NEW DELHI: India's second innings on the third day of the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru saw a spirited fightback, with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Sarfaraz Khan scoring fluent half-centuries.

BENGALURU: One of the most indelible images of the day — on a day full of them — was slip fielder KL Rahul ducking from a Tom Latham edge that whizzed past him at comfortable catching height. This was just after New Zealand had overhauled India’s first-innings score. Rahul’s reaction…