Ravindra Jadeja rocked New Zealand of their first innings of the third Take a look at in opposition to India on Friday, together with two cases when the veteran left-arm spinner struck twice in an over.
Having taken an unassailable 2-Zero lead within the three-match sequence, New Zealand received the toss and opted to bat first on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and moved into a great place at 159 for four with a well-set Will Younger and Daryl Mitchell on the crease having added 87 runs.
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However the introduction of Ravindra Jadeja began making issues troublesome for the Kiwis as he extracted flip and bounce straight away and pegged the guests again with a double strike put up lunch within the 45th over.
He dismissed Younger (71), caught by Rohit, off the second ball of his over after which clean-bowled Tom Blundell to ship him packing for a three-ball duck. From 159 for 3, it turned 159 for five.
The sharp flip continued to hassle the Kiwis, as Jadeja took the subsequent three wickets to fall, beginning with rattling the stumps behind Glenn Phillips (17).
Seven overs later, within the 61st of New Zealand innings, Jadjea trapped Ish Sodhi (7) in entrance after which cleaned up Matt Henry (0) for his second double-wicket over of the day. It additionally introduced up his 14th five-wicket haul.
It put the Kiwis on the mat at 210 for eight and the innings folded up quickly after as off-spinner Washington Sundar joined the enjoyable to first dismiss top-scorer Mitchell (82) after which Ajaz Patel (7) to complete his spectacular spell of four for 81.
New Zealand have been bowled out for 235 in 65.four overs.
