New Delhi. If the player who has won you the match, who has been the player of the match in a historic victory, does not play the next match, it is a big blow for any team. New Zealand also entered the Mumbai Test with this blow because Mitchell Santner could not play due to injury. However, till the end of the first day's play, New Zealand did not miss this special player. Mumbai-born Ajaz Patel has put India on the backfoot by showing a Santner-like game on the first day.

The third test match is being played between India and New Zealand in Mumbai. The New Zealand team has already won the previous series by winning the first two tests. It started well in the third test match as well. At one point it had scored 187 runs for 5 wickets. Then it seemed that New Zealand would cross the score of 300 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar stopped New Zealand from doing so and by taking wickets in quick succession got them all out for 235 runs.

India also started well in response. Thanks to Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, India had scored 78 runs for 1 wicket at one time. Now there were not more than 10-12 minutes left in the day's play. Indian fans were hoping that the team would end the day's play with the loss of one wicket and then go for a big score the next day. But Ajaz Patel turned the game around. Ajaz Patel is the same bowler who took 10 wickets in an innings in the Ahmedabad Test a year ago. His form can prove to be dangerous for India.

Mumbai-born Ajaz Patel took the wickets of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Mohammad Siraj on two consecutive balls and reduced India's score from 78 runs for 1 wicket to 78 runs for 3 wickets. The remaining task was completed by the run out of Virat Kohli. As soon as he was out, the score became 84 runs for 4 wickets. India lost these three wickets within 7 balls. India lost its second wicket on the second ball of the 18th over. Its fourth wicket fell on the third ball of the 19th over.