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India declare to set New Zealand 434
- Updated: September 25, 2016
Tea New Zealand 262 need 434 to beat India 318 and 377 for 5 (Pujara 78, Vijay 76, Rohit 68*, Jadeja 50*, Santner 2-79)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
New Zealand will need to complete the highest-ever successful chase in order to win the Kanpur Test. West Indies set the record by chasing 418 against Australia in Antigua in 2003. India declared on 376 for 5, with Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja putting on an unbroken 100 at 5.40 runs per over, setting New Zealand a target of 434 with four sessions remaining in the match.
India, 252 for 4 at lunch, lost Ajinkya Rahane in the ninth over of the session, the batsman edging to slip while defending Mitchell Santner’s left-arm spin. Promoted ahead of R Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha, Jadeja struck three sixes and two fours in scoring 50 off 58 balls, with Virat Kohli calling his batsmen in the moment he reached his half-century, his second in Tests. Rohit, who reached 1000 Test runs during the course of his innings, was unbeaten on 68.
India scored 125 runs in the 26.2 overs bowled in the post-lunch session, undoing a lot of the work New Zealand’s bowlers had done to keep them quiet in the morning. Before lunch, India had scored 93 runs in 34 overs, while losing three top-order wickets. Given Rohit and Jadeja’s ability to clear the ropes, New Zealand spread their fields, allowing for a free flow of ones and twos.
The pitch, as on day three, had offered the spinners generous bite in the first session, possibly rejuvenated by an overnight spell under the covers. It seemed to ease up in …
