Kiwis check India's early progress
Cricket: India 120-3 v New Zealand
Cricket
India 120-3 v New Zealand
India slumped from 69 without loss to 77 for 3 on the rain-interrupted first day of the third Test in Cuttack yesterday before an unbroken fourth- wicket stand of 43 between captain Mohammad Azharrudin and Navjot Sidhu stopped the rot.
India, one up in the three-Test series, were given a useful start by Manoj Prabhakar and Ajay Jadeja before Chris Cairns and Dion Nash took a wicket each.
Cairns then struck the biggest blow when he bowled Sachin Tendulkar for two as the batsman tried to play to the on-side and had his leg stump up-rooted.
(First day; India won toss)
INDIA - First Innings
M Prabhakar c Crowe b Nash 22
A S Jadeja c Hart b Cairns 45
N S Sidhu not out 20
S R Tendulkar b Cairns 2
*M Azharuddin not out 23
Extras: (nb1 lb7) 8
Total (for 3) 120
Fall: 1-69 2-75 3-77.
To bat: V G Kambli, N R Mongia, A R Kapoor, A R Kumble, J Srinath,N D Hirwani.
NEW ZEALAND: *L K Germon, M J Greatbatch, R G Twose, A C Parore, M D Crowe, S P Fleming, C L Cairns, D J Nash, M N Hart, D K Morrison, M J Haslam.
Umpires: I Robinson (Zim), V K Ramaswamy (Ind).
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