India vs New Zealand 1st Test Day 4 Highlights: Early Stumps taken due to rain; NZ need 107 to win

Bengaluru weather live updates, 19 October (Saturday): Team India is 125 runs behind New Zealand and have seven wickets in hand in the first Test match being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. On Day 4, Team India will be aiming to get into a lead as they fight to save the Test but the match is expected to be impacted by rain once again. There’s a 25% chance of rain on Day 4 - 19 October (Saturday).

The proceedings on Day 4 are expected to start at 9.15 AM IST. We need to remember that Day 1 of the ongoing Test was also washed out due to rain. Nonetheless, the match has progressed at a breakneck pace since then with New Zealand scoring 402 in reply to India’s first innings total of just 46.

Rachin Ravindra made 134, while Tim Southee struck a quick-fire 65.

In their second innings, Indian openers put up 72 before Yashasvi Jaiswal went back to the dugout after scoring 35, while the captain Rohit Sharma smashed 52. Virat Kohli and Sarfaraz Khan then stitched a solid 136-run stand before Glenn Phillips got Virat Kohli out on the last ball of the day. Kohli edged the off-spin ball to the keeper as Day 3 came to an end.

New Zealand are on the top and all eyes will be on Sarfaraz Khan who is currently on 70 not out. With KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ravichandran Ashwin still to come, India will hope to take a sizeable lead which will not only allow them to avoid defeat but script an unexpected win to move closer to the World Test Championship final.

Meanwhile, the news from the centre is that Rishabh Pant did the warm-up on Day 4 and is expected to bat. He did not keep wickets on Day 3 after getting hit with a ball on his knee, the same leg that was hurt in the car accident. However, with him taking the field on Saturday for warm-up, it’s expected that the flamboyant southpaw will be available to bat for India.