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- Updated: October 3, 2016
Lunch New Zealand 204 and 55 for 0 (Latham 31*, Guptill 24*) need another 321 runs to beat India 316 and 263 (Rohit 82, Saha 58*, Boult 3-38, Henry 3-59, Santner 3-60)Live scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Wriddhiman Saha became the fourth Indian wicketkeeper to hit two fifties in a Test as India set New Zealand a target of 376. Only six times has a team ever made that many to win a Test. Never has it been done at Eden Gardens, where the highest successful chase took place more than a decade ago and finished at 120 for 2.
In the face of those odds, New Zealand needed a good start and they got one as Martin Guptill and Tom Latham put on the highest opening stand of the series and their first of over 50 runs in seven innings. Over the course of this Test, it has been clear that the new ball has been quite difficult to handle. Not only has it moved sideways, it has benefited from inconsistent bounce from the pitch. But on the fourth day, the pitch had become a bit …
