New Zealand lose Latham early after Pujara ton

New Zealand danced to Cheteshwar Pujara’s tunes as India laid into the opposition in the vital post-Lunch session, before declaring on 216 for 3 and setting the visitors a harrowing target of 475 on Day 4 of the third and final Test at the Holkar Stadium in Indore.

In just the second over of the innings, Umesh Yadav trapped left-handed Tom Latham in front of the stumps to further add to the visitors’ misery, as they went into the Tea break on 38 for 1.

Brief Scores:

India 557/5 decl. & 216/3 decl. (Cheteshwar Pujara 101*, Gautam Gambhir 50; Jeetan Patel 2-56) lead New Zealand 299 (Martin Guptill 72, James Neesham 71, Tom Latham 53; Ravichandran Ashwin 6-81) & 38/1 (Williamson 23*; Umesh Yadav 1-8) by 437 runs.