India Vs New Zealand Test Day 2 LIVE Score: Challenging day for IND; Rishabh Pant on strike, Score at 21/3

India Vs New Zealand Test Day 2 LIVE: Jaiswal on strike

Jaiswal scores 8 runs off 41 balls.

India Vs New Zealand Test Day 2 LIVE: Rishabh Pant on strike; hits a boundary

Match resumes, Rishabh Pant on strike, hits a boundary. This is the first four of the day 

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE: IND vs NZ to resume shortly

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE: The game is set to continue shortly, with Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal heading to the pitch.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE: IMD forecast for Karnataka today

As per MeT department, IMD has predicted isolated heavy rain over Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, Davangere, Tumkur districts.

Isolated heavy rain/thundershowers are expected over Belagavi, Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag, Bagalkote districts. 

Light to moderate rain has been predicted over the remaining districts of Coastal Karnataka & South Interior Karnataka. 

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE: Rain stops, IND vs NZ game to start soon

Rain in Bengaluru stopped and covers are also coming off. Game is likely to start soon.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE: ‘India did not take the right approach’, says Anil Kumble

India did not take the right approach with the bat, says Anil Kumble

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE: Rain stops play on day 2 of opening Test between India and NZ

India were struggling at 13 for 3 when rain stopped play on day two of their opening Test against New Zealand here on Thursday.

India lost the wickets of skipper Rohit Sharma (2), Virat Kohli (0) and Sarfaraz Khan (0) early in the morning.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE: Bengaluru drizzle halts match

The covers are being hurried onto the field as it has started to drizzle. The match has stopped. India’s score is currently at 13 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. 

Yashasvi Jaiswal not out at 8 for 37 balls

Rohit Sharma OUT on 2 in 16 balls

Virat Kohli OUT on 0 in 9 balls

Sarfaraz Khan OUT on 0 in 3 balls

Rishabh Pant not out at 3 for 11 balls

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: ‘Dismissal ball could have been comfortably tackled off…’ Manjrekar says as Kohli is OUT on 0

“Have said this before will say it again. Virat has compounded his problems by wanting to be on the front foot to every ball. No matter the length. Today’s dismissal ball could have been comfortably tackled off the back foot,” Manjrekar wrote on X.

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Sanjay Manjrekar praises Kohli to bat at No 3

Taking to X, Manjrekar wrote, “Hats off to Virat Kohli! Coming out to bat at no 3 bcoz the team needed it. Ganguly, Tendulkar were very keen to open in white ball cricket, but never wanted to go up the order in Tests. That’s a true champion right there for you! Virat”

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Sarfaraz Khan OUT

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: It’s a challenging day for India, as they lost their third wicket with Sarfaraz Khan departing for a duck after facing just three balls. He was dismissed by Matt Henry.

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Virat Kohli OUT; Sarfaraz Khan steps in

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: India loses two big wickets; after Rohit Sharma, NZ bowler dismissed Virat Kohli at 0. He was dismissed by Will O’Rourke . 

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Virat Kohli at No 3 after 2016

Virat Kohli came to bat at No. 3 first time after eight years, last time he played in No 3 in 2016

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Rohit Sharma OUT

Captain Rohit Sharma OUT at 2 off 16 balls

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Who are the Playing XI?

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

New Zealand (Playing XI): Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke.

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal on strike; IND at 4

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Rohit and Yashasvi open the match. India is at 4 in 2.4 overs

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Rohit Sharma speaks about the changes in the playing XI

India captain Rohit Sharma talked about the changes in the playing XI and said after winning the toss, “We are going to have a bat first. It has been under the covers, and we do understand that it could be slightly sticky early on, but the nature of the pitch is such that you would want to put runs on the board first.”

“You want to get the result as much as we want. We assess where we are and decide what needs to be done as a team. We have played well in the last few Test matches. Fresh series for us, and we want to start well. From the last Test two changes, Gill misses out, and Sarfaraz comes in. Kuldeep comes in for Akash,” Rohit concluded.

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Why Shubman Gill is not playing against New Zealand today?

Shubman Gill was unavailable for the opening Test due to a neck stiffness, paving the way for Sarfaraz Khan to step in.

India Vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Shubman Gill Injured; Sarfaraz, Kuldeep in Playing XI. Here’s the squad

Rohit Sharma

Yashasvi Jaiswal

KL Rahul

Virat Kohli

Sarfaraz Khan

Rishabh Pant

Ravindra Jadeja

R Ashwin

Kuldeep Yadav

Jasprit Bumrah

Mohammed Siraj

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: India elect to bat first against New Zealand in rain-hit first test

India won the toss and opted to bat first under cloudy skies on the second day of the rain-hit opening test against New Zealand on Thursday. The first day’s action was called off without a ball being bowled due to rain with more bad weather expected this week.

India made two changes to their team, bringing in Sarfaraz Khan for injured batsman Shubman Gill and spinner Kuldeep Yadav for pace bowler Akash Deep.

“The pitch has been under the covers for a couple of days and we do understand it will be sticky to start with,” India skipper Rohit Sharma said.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Rohit Sharma wins toss

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Rohit Sharma has won the toss and India is set to bat first at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

Simon Doull said that the outfield is absolutely dry, reported Jio Cinema. However, the early hours would reportedly not be easy to bat on.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Wet spells to continue until October 22

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: According to Regional Meteorological Centre in Bengaluru, there is possibility of downpours until October 22.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Covers off at Chinnaswamy stadium

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: As rain versus cricket battle is slated to begin at 9:15 am today, the covers have been taken off the field while heavy cloud cover persists.

Morning session: 9:15 am to 11:30 am

Afternoon session: 12:10 pm to 2:25 pm

Evening session: 2:45 pm to 4:45 pm

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Check maximum and minimum temperature here

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: According to Regional Meteorological Centre in Bengaluru, weather conditions are expected to be generally cloudy with possibility of heavy rain today. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 25 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature is may likely settle around 20 degrees Celsius.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: IMD predicts ‘heavy rainfall’ in Karnataka today

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: According to India Meteorological Department’s forecast and warning for October 17, light to moderate rainfall is likely over most places while heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is likely over Kerala and south Interior Karnataka today.

Andhra Pradesh Weather LIVE Updates: Govt installs 5,000 cameras to monitor districts hit by rains

Andhra Pradesh Weather LIVE Updates: The state government has installed nearly 5,000 surveillance cameras in the worst affected districts to monitor the situation 24/7. The cameras were installed across Bapatla, Prakasam, Nellore, Tirupati, Chittoor, Annamayya, Kadapa, Kurnool, Nandyal, and Anantapur districts and is monitored from the Real Time Governance System (RTGS) command control room.

Kerala Weather LIVE Updates: IMD issues ‘orange alert’ for parts two districts

Kerala Weather LIVE Updates: The India Meteorological Department has sounded an “orange alert” for two districts in Kerala — predicting very heavy rainfall in isolated places. Northern Malappuram and Kannur were placed under an orange alert. 10 other districts, including Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Kasaragod, were given a yellow alert predicting heavy rainfall.

Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Civic body, traffic personnel work overtime to handle situation

Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Rains continued to lash Bengaluru on Wednesday keeping the civic body and traffic personnel on their toes clearing stagnant waters and vehicular congestion from the city’s affected areas. Disaster response force personnel have been deployed in Bengaluru, where incessant rains flooded several areas on Tuesday.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Day 1 washed off

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Day 1 of the 1st Test match in Bengaluru has officially been called off. However, the match will start earlier than ususal tomorrow, beginning at 9:15am instead of 9:30am.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: No update on start of play yet

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: The covers are back on the pitch, and there is no official word on whether any play will be possible today. The umpires conducted an inspection of the surface, but their body language did not inspire much confidence. It seems highly unlikely that we will see any cricket today, but stay tuned as events unfold in Bengaluru.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Rain halts, covers coming off

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Covers are coming off at the Chinnaswamy stadium as rain has seemingly stopped in Bengaluru. However, it does remain to be seen if Day 1 of the 1st Test can still be salvaged at this stage. 

As things stand, 1st session was officially called off while we should soon see the announcement about calling off the second session. Best case scenario, we see 20-30 overs of play today, that is in case the groundsmen can dry the stadium in time and rain doesn’t decide to play spoilsport once again.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Rain starts again

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Multiple users on social media are now reporting that a light drizzle has once again gripped Chinnaswamy stadium. Could this be the final nail in the coffin for this day? We’ll have to wait for official confirmation for the broadcasters on that.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Chinnaswamy weather update

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: According to Revsportz, rain has stopped in Bengaluru and ground staff are now having a discussion. While we are yet to receive an official confirmation from the broadcaters, if this news turns out to be true, we might get to see at least one session of play today.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Rohit Sharma doesn’t want to rely on few bowlers for Border Gavaskar trophy

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Speaking ahead of the first match, Rohit said, “When it comes to batting, there are a lot of options. We want to create the same in bowling as well. We want to create bench strength where tomorrow if anything happens to anyone, we are not worried,” 

“We don’t want to heavily reliant on a few individuals. That is not the right thing to do. We want to look at the future and try and make sure we get the right guys in as well,” the Indian captain added

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: What happens if rain stops now? 

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: With one session already washed out due to rains, there are only two more sessions of play left in the day. If rain stops now, umpires will take a look at the playing conditions at the Chinnaswamy stadium to ascertain if any play can be conducted there on Day 1. Once they decide that the conditions are fit to play cricket, the toss will be held followed by shortened game of cricket.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Lunch taken, light drizzle continues at Chinnaswamy

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: It’s official, Lunch has been taken in Bengaluru, meaning one sesssion of play has been washed out due to rain on Day 1. Saba Karim on JioCinema states that rain continues to plague the Chinnaswamy stadium.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Tom Latham on IND pace attack

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Speaking ahead of 1st Test, latham said, “When you think of playing in these conditions, you naturally focus on the spinners. But India also has an equally formidable pace attack with Bumrah, Siraj, and Akash Deep, who’s played the last couple of Tests against Bangladesh. It’s a well-rounded side,”

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Rain stops at Chinnaswamy

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Multiple users on X state that rain has now finally stopped at Bengaluru’s Chinnaswamy stadium. While we are yet to receive an official confirmation, if this does turn out to be true, cricket fans may finally get to some play today. Although, it remains to be seen how much time will be lost in the day.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Weather forecast for afternoon

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: There is around 35% percent chances of rain during the afternoon, suggesting that once the play starts in M Chinnaswamy stadium, there may not be many interruptions.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Rohit Sharma on Mohammed Shami’s fitness

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Speaking about Mohammed Shami’s fitness levels ahead of 1st Test, Rohit said, “So he had to start again fresh. Right now, he is at NCA (National Cricket Academy). He is working with the physios, the doctors at NCA. We are keeping our fingers crossed. We want him to be fit. We want him to be 100% fit. More than anything else, we don’t want to bring an undercooked Shami to Australia. That is not going to be the right decision for us.”

“It is quite tough for a fast bowler having missed so much of cricket. Then suddenly to come out and be at his best, it is not ideal. We want to give him enough time to recover and be 100% fit. The physios, the trainers, the doctors have set a road map for him. He is supposed to play a couple of games before he plays international cricket. We will see where he is at after this New Zealand series. Then take a call at what stage of Australia he will be fit for us,” the Indian captain added

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Light drizzle in Bengaluru

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Saba Karim on JioCinema says there is only light drizzle in Bengaluru and once that ends there could be start of play in just the next 45 minutes to 1 hours. Notably, Bengaluru, unlike Kanpur’s Green Park stadium, has one of the best drainage systems in the country.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Yashasvi, Gill in focus

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal would look to continue their great performances in Test match cricket after the start of play in Bengaluru. The two players are being seen as the next generation of Indian cricket after the retirement of skipper Rohit Sharma and batter Virat Kohli.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Virat Kohli on verge of history

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Virat Kohli is just 53 runs away from getting 9,000 runs in Test cricket. Kohli is the third highest run scorer for India behind Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar.

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: Bengaluru weather updat

India Vs New Zealand, Bengaluru Weather LIVE Updates: A new video from Black Caps X handle has given us a glimpse at the weather conditions in Bengaluru. In the video, Rains seem to be hitting hard at the Chinnaswamy stadium, making it almost clear that the first session would be washed out. 

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Virat Kohli ‘world clas cricketer’

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Speaking at a pre-match press conference, 
“Virat has always been a world-class cricketer. He has performed for such a long period of time and he is as hungry as when he made his debut. I remember opening the batting with him when he made his debut in Sri Lanka. To now, his hunger is always there,” 

“And that is what makes him a world class cricketer and I am sure that he will be hungry to get runs in this series and probably moving forward to Australia as well. And we know that once he gets into those runs scoring how consistent can he be,” Gambhir added

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Bengaluru weather report

India vs New Zealand LIVE: According to the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD), Bengaluru may experience heavy rains over the next few days.

On Tuesday morning, the Indian team’s practice on the eve of the match was washed out. The training session, slated for 11:15 AM, had to be cancelled following heavy rainfall since morning.

As per Accuweather, there will be cloud cover over Bengaluru during the day and there is a 41 percent chance of rainfall.

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Covers coming off in Bengaluru

India vs New Zealand LIVE: While the scheduled toss has been delayed in Benglauru, covers are now coming off at the Chinnaswamy stadium, giving a ray of hope to the Indian fans. 

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli in focus

India vs New Zealand LIVE: A lot of pressure will be on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be in focus as team India take on New Zealand during the 1st Test match in Bengaluru. The two veteran cricketers have failed to convert their starts into big scores and will need to show their mettle once again in the longest format of the match.

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Yashasvi Jaiswal not happy with his performance, says Rohit Sharma

India vs New Zealand LIVE: Speaking at a press confrernce, Rohit said, “I am not surprised at all because the guy has got real talent. He has got the game to play in all sorts of conditions… Obviously, very new to international cricket right now, so, very hard to judge. But he has got all the ingredients for success at this level,” he added.

“He is somebody who wants to learn the game, learn about batsmanship… When a youngster comes into the team, his mindset is quite critical.He always wants to improve, and is not happy with what he has achieved and which is obviously a great start to a young career. We found a great player. Hopefully, he can continue to do what he has done in the last year or so.” the Indian skipper added

India vs New Zealand LIVE: When and where to watch the match? 

India vs New Zealand LIVE: The first test will be played from 16-20 October at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The India vs New Zealand Test series will be telecast live on Sports 18 and live-streamed on the JioCinema app and website.