World Test Championship Final India v New Zealand: New Zealand heavyweight at the end of the third day

 World Test Championship Final India v New Zealand: New Zealand heavyweight at the end of the third day

Losing several wickets in a row for a few runs has become a feature of Test cricket. Experts attribute this to T20 cricket and this tradition is becoming common in all teams.

This is what happened on the morning of the third day of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand with the Indian batsmen.

The match in Southampton has been affected by rain and poor lighting. The first day's play was completely canceled due to rain, while the second day's bad light interrupted the game from time to time.

However, after the openers were out, Chattiswar Pujara was able to resist for a while and at the end of the second day's play, India had scored 146 runs for the loss of three wickets.

A half-century partnership had been formed between captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane and it looked as if India would now put pressure on New Zealand by making a big total.

However, when the third day's play began the next day, the New Zealand bowlers did not give the Indian batsmen much time. The entire Indian team returned to the pavilion with just 217 runs and lost their last seven wickets for just 68 runs.

Kyle Jamieson of USA bowled brilliantly, taking five wickets and taking the important wickets of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. In addition, Neil Wagner and Trent Bolt took two wickets each.

The start of the innings by the New Zealand openers was similar to that of India. Devon Conway and Tom Latham put on a 70-run stand, which did not give India a chance to put pressure on the Kiwi batsmen from the start.

Latham Ravi was bowled out for 30 off Eshwan's ball, while his teammate Ishant Sharma fell victim after scoring a half-century. Conway started his Test career against England this month with a double century.

When the second day ended due to poor lighting, the New Zealand team had scored 101 runs for the loss of two wickets. Veteran batsmen Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor are currently on the crease, but both are new to the crease.

Two spinners in the Indian team, mixed reactions on social media

There is a lot of discussion on social media about this match at the moment and people are seen criticizing the slowness of this match and praising the beauty of Test match cricket.

If you look at the bowling card, all the bowlers except Colin de Grandhomme took wickets and justified the decision to include New Zealand in the five-seamers team.

However, it remains to be seen during tomorrow's game whether Ashwin and Jadeja India will be able to perform better.