India vs New Zealand LIVE Score 1st Test Day 3: IND look to recover from 46-all out horror, stage improbable comeback

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: The weather has played a huge role in this Test to say the least. It washed out the first day and the ball was swinging like a boomerang for New Zealand under heavy cloud cover and coolish conditions on the morning of Day 2. Today, it is bright and sunny in Bengaluru! While there was a slight rain delay yesterday and Stumps were called due to bad light, we could have a full day's play today with absolutely no interruptions.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: While Rohit Sharma's decision to bat first is now being seen as a blunder, it has to be remembered that Tom Latham also said that they wanted to bat first. New Zealand also went in with three pacers but that is because two of their top batters, Rachin Ravindra and Glenn Phillips, are also two of their top spinners. This meant that they effectively had three pacers and three spinners in their ranks by default. All in all, both sides misjudged the conditions, both sides picked the wrong teams, but New Zealand got lucky.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: We were raving about India's incredible aggression with the bat in a Test against Bangladesh not too long ago. India scored at over 8 runs an over throughout that innings that lasted just over 33 overs and broke the record for the fastest team 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 in the history of Test cricket. The other side of it, though, is that there would be days when this attacking strokeplay would blow up in their face spectacularly and fans got a glimpse of that in the very next Test match. Indiad had declared on 285/9 against Bangladesh in just 34.4 overs then. In their next Test, which is this one, they were all out for 46 in 31.2 overs.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Not only was this India's lowest score at home, this is also the least runs any team has scored in a Test innings in Asia. The previous lowest in Asia was 53 all out by West Indies against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 1986 and Pakistan against Australia in Sharjah in 2002.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: By now, you must have heard that India were dismissed for their lowest-ever Test score at home in the first innings. Overall, this is their third-lowest score in a Test innings. The lowest, of course, is the infamous 36-all out in Adelaide in December 2020 against Australia after which comes 42-all out against England at Lord's in June 1974.

This is India's lowest score at home by some margin. The previous record was 75 against the might of the West Indies in Delhi in November 1987. That record was almost broken in 2008, when the fiery Dale Steyn led the way with a five-wicket haul as South Africa dismissed India for 76 runs in Ahmedabad. India's current bowling coach Morne Morkel had dismissed MS Dhoni and captain Anil Kumble in that innings. India went on to lose that match by an innings and 90 runs with Jacques Kallis scoring a century and AB de Villiers staying unbeaten on 217.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Henry spoke to the host broadcasters at the end of the first day. Here is what he said:

"Was a great way to start the day. The way we’ve continued as well has been really pleasing. We were hopeful. There was a lot of grass taken off, we tried to apply pressure for as long as we could. The key is just worrying about what you can control. For me it was about working on my game and taking the opportunities that I got. (How experience playing here for LSG helped) Yeah it did, everytime you come back here (India) it’s a great place to play. All those experiences help. Was great to get out there today. The game being affected by rain, it’s important to have a day like this. It’s usually really difficult here and it’s about carrying on in the same way."

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Most Indian fans would remember Matt Henry from what he did to India in the 2019 World Cup final. India had lost their top three, which included Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli at the peak of their powers, in the first three overs of that match. Two of those were taken by Henry. Yesterday, Henry finished with figures of 5/15 in 13.2 overs. In addition to that, he also took an incredible running catch to send back Jasprit Bumrah off O'Rourke.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: Rohit Sharma walked into the press room and said, "Chalao Talwar (Draw your swords)" before sitting down. He rarely ever looked impatient or angry when answering questions, which is what one might usually expect from a captain when they face the press after a day like that. As stated earlier, it is unusual for the captain to walk out for a press conference after effectively the first day's play, or even the second day for that matter.

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: As stated earlier, Rohit admitted that he made a mistake with judging the pitch. This is exactly what he said:

"You see and you try and make the judgement. Sometimes you make the right call, sometimes you don't, and I was on the other side of it this time around. I'm hurting a little bit because I made that call. But see, for us as a team, I think these are the challenges.

"So, what if we put ourselves under pressure a little bit? We want to play well. We want to challenge ourselves. This time around, it didn't come off, the challenges that were thrown at us. We didn't respond well, and we found ourselves in a situation where we got bowled out for 46 runs. As a captain, it definitely hurts to see that number, but in 365 days you'll make two or three bad calls. That's okay."

India vs New Zealand Live Score 1st Test Day 3: He is one of the all-time greats for India at No.4 but Virat Kohli has veered away from that position twice in the last three innings. He batted at No.5 in that rapid dash of a first innings in India's second Test against Bangladesh and here, he came in at No.3. The only problem was that Kohli had scored only 97 runs at an average of 19.40 batting in that position in the past and those numbers took a further hit as he fell for a 12-ball duck.

Rohit said that Kohli agreed to move so as to not force Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul off the No.5 and No.6 positions while also making sure Sarfaraz Khan doesn't have to walk in at No.3. "The experienced players are the ones who have to take that extra responsibility and this time it was Virat. He was the one who was ready to do that [bat at No. 3]," Rohit said. "We asked him whether he can manage No. 3 because Sarfaraz [Khan] ... we wanted to give Sarfaraz also the position that he usually bats [at] four and five, six maybe. But we didn't want to change Rishabh and KL [Rahul] and hence Sarfaraz went at four and Virat batted at three. It's a good sign actually, we have players coming up and taking that responsibility and owning up to the challenge. It is a good sign. After a long time, KL has found himself set at number six, so we want to keep ... make him bat there."