Before the start of Day Three, the popular question was would it be Kane Williamson's day? Or, would Ravichandran Ashwin dismantle the Kiwis? Ultimately, it proved out to be Ravindra Jadeja's day as he picked a five-for ensuring India a lead.
The Day Two of the first Test between India and New Zealand belonged to the visitors. Weren’t India expected to steamroll the New Zealanders? That did not happen. In fact, New Zealand have now won four of the five sessions.
India started well and won the first session but could not keep up the momentum. New Zealand came back strong in the second session and their spinners had the say but Trent Boult had the final say.
New Zealand, who posted a challenging total of 198, and followed it up with a clinical bowling performance.