IND vs NZ Live Score, Day 5, 1st Test: New Zealand needs 107 runs ...

Siraj. Young is happy to defend and leave the balls outside off.

Young takes a quick single off the first ball of Bumrah’s over. Now there’s a short leg in place for Conway. Conway hasn’t timed the ball well today. 

Siraj. Another play and miss for Conway. No consistent bounce in the wicket. This ball kept low and beat Conway again. Conway isn’t looking to play any shot. New Zealand just needs to play out this spell by the pacers. 

Bumrah. Comes back into Conway and hits the inner thigh pad. The bounced and hits Conway on the gloves. Shot up from the length. Conway steals a quick single. On the pads, Young tucks it fine and Siraj dives at the boundary to save a certain boundary. 

Siraj again. Conway flicks the ball towards square leg and gets a double. JAFFA! Squares up Conway. Wobble seam and holds its line. Just past the outside edge. Plays and misses. 

Bumrah again. Ball shapes away from right-handed Will Young and beats him. Bumrah getting the ball to shape in as well. Just two runs in that over. 

Siraj from the other end. A huge appeal again for LBW against Conway but umpire doesn’t respond. India doesn’t take a review, knowing it was pitched outside leg. Wicket-to-wicket bowling and Conway keeps defending. Maiden. 

The players are ready for what could be a very entertaining chase. 

OUT! Bumrah continues his over and gets Tom Latham LBW off the second ball of the day. Latham has reviewed. Three reds and India strikes!! What a start for India. 

We have a start time! 10:15 AM IST. 

The sun has come out in Bengaluru. Players are on the ground to warm up. 

We should have an official start time soon. 

Next inspection: 9:45 AM IST. We should get going soon as the covers have come off. 

Match start has been delayed due to a wet outfield.

According to Weather Underground, there will be a cloud cover in the morning session and the rain is likely to start around 1 PM IST. The forecast says the rain is likely to continue till night, affecting major part of the match duration.

It is overcast and drizzling in and around the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. 

Yes! In 2004, Mumbai, that too against Australia. 

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India has set New Zealand a target of 107 runs in the first Test at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday.

Sarfaraz struck a 177-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Rishabh Pant to help India erase its mammoth 356-run first-innings deficit and recalled his alliance with the Indian wicketkeeper-batter last month at the same venue.

“Recently, we had a match here in the Duleep Trophy. We had to counterattack in the second innings. It was a similar situation. We had to score quickly and put the opposition in to bat. We were talking about how the Duleep Trophy days have returned. We said, ‘Chalo, phirse karte hain (Let’s do it again),’” Sarfaraz said after they day’s play.

“When the left-arm spinner [Ajaz Patel] was bowling, I was trying to give him [Pant] the strike, because I knew he would hit him outside [the ground]. There would be pressure from both ends because I was scoring well against the fast bowlers.”

“Though both teams staged comebacks through second lifelines on Saturday, one of them will know that, perhaps, a third chance is too much to ask for, especially over five days, though the Bengaluru rain could still broker a stalemate.”

Read Dhruva Prasad’s report from day four:

IND vs NZ, 1st Test: Rain gods, Sarfaraz-Pant’s alliance leave India hopeful after rollercoaster penultimate day

India, riding high on the partnership between Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan, went from initially setting up a historic win to staring at a 36-year low against New Zealand on Saturday.

- Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant put on a 177-run partnership for the fourth wicket. 

- Sarfaraz scored his maiden international ton and got out on 150. Pant was cleaned up one short of his century. 

- India collapsed after New Zealand took the second new ball. 

- India set New Zealand a 107-run target. 

- Rain stops play during the first over of New Zealand’s chase. 

The last day of this rollercoaster of a Test match. The first day got washed out; India dramatically got bowled out for its lowest Test total at home; New Zealand took a massive lead; India fought back; finally New Zealand took the upper hand. Now the equation is set - Kiwis need 107 to win, India 10 wickets. 

This might end in the first session itself if weather permits. There’s a forecast for rain today as well around noon. Will New Zealand be able close the game before or are we going to witness something magical from India? 

Welcome to the live coverage of the final day of the opening Test match between India and New Zealand in Bengaluru. Stay tuned for live updates.