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Even Gambhir's philosophy of playing the same way, come hell or high water, is something that those associated closely with Indian cricket have failed to fathom

It is New Zealand's first-ever series victory in India since they started touring the country in 1955-56 under Harry Cave

Rishabh Pant (53 not out) was leading India's charge when lunch was taken, India still need 55 runs to win the Test

Young, who scored 51 off 100 balls, was the penultimate wicket to fall on day two as the hosts dismissed New Zealand for 174 in their second innings

Resuming at their overnight score of 86/4, Rishabh Pant (60) played a counter-attacking innings and races to his fifty

India scheduled to begin their tour of Australia with a closed-door warm-up match against the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led India A at the WACA in Perth from November 15 to 17

At lunch, New Zealand had their hopes pinned on Will Young for a long haul who batted well to reach 38 not out (3x4s, 1x6s), with Daryl Mitchell (11 not out) at the other end

Pacer Siraj returns to the side in place of Bumrah, who has not fully recovered from his viral illness

Head coach Gary Stead says Williamson made good progress, but the cautious approach would give him time to be fully fit for England series.

The hosts need 278 more runs to level the three-match series 1-1. Yashasvi Jaiswal (46 not out) and Shubman Gill (22 not out) at crease

Resuming at 198 for five, the Kiwis lost their remaining five wickets for 57 runs in an hour into the first session itself

Move could see the retired test player captain the Sydney Thunder in the Twenty20 Big Bash league this season

Mohammed Siraj gets that new ball to talk and when he presents that seam upright, he gets it shape away, says the former Australian pacer

Mohammed Siraj, KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav made way for Akash Deep, Washington Sundar and Shubman Gill

Blackcaps head coach Gary Stead said Williamson was not yet ready even though he has made significant progress

Etches his name into the record books on Day 4 of the first Test against New Zealand, becoming the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to score 2,500 Test runs

Sarfaraz picked from where he had left off on day 3 to bring up his maiden Test century, reaching 125 not out from 154 balls with 16 fours and three sixes

Ravindra reaches 104 not out from 125 balls with 11 fours and two sixes while adding an unbeaten 112 runs for the eighth wicket with Tim Southee

Captain Rohit Sharma says there was some swelling and the team did not want to take any risks

India lost the wickets of skipper Rohit Sharma (2), Virat Kohli (0) and Sarfaraz Khan (0) early in the morning