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OUT! KNOCKED HIM OVER! THROUGH HIS DEFENCE! Tim Southee draws first blood and it is the Indian skipper who departs pretty early. Southee stays over the stumps and bowls it on a fractionally fuller length with a wobbled seam position, keeping the line of attack on the stumps. Rohit Sharma charges down to the pitch of the ball to negate the swing and loft it over the bowler's head.
However, the ball pitches and tails back in a long way and sneaks through the gap between the bat and the pad to clatter into the stumps. Rohit Sharma departs on 2 (16). India re 9/1.
(PTI) OUT! TAKEN! GONE! A huge, huge blow for India. The backward short leg was tactically kept in place for O'Rourke. This is on a good length, jagging back into the batter with an extra bit of bounce off the surface.
Kohli rises with the bounce on the back foot and is hurried into the shot to play across. Also, the bottom hand comes off the bat and fends it off the gloves to the backward short leg fielder. Glenn Phillips dives forward and just about manages to keep his fingers underneath the ball.
The replays confirm the same and Kohli walks back for a duck. William O'Rourke with a wicket-maiden to start his spell!(AP) OUT! TAKEN! A nothing shot from Sarfaraz but a screamer of a catch from Devon Conway! All three seamers with a wicket each now and India are in a deep, deep trouble with just 10 runs on the board. Full and shaping away from outside off.
Sarfaraz walks down the pitch and goes for the drive down the ground but doesn't fully commit to the shot and tentatively push at it. As a result, the bat turns in his hands and goes in the air to the right of Conway at short mid off. He stretches his right hand to the direction of the ball and plucks it out of thin air.
He tumbles with the momentum and his elbow bangs on the surface as well but he manages to maintain the ball in his hand.(PTI) OUT! CAUGHT! A ripper of a catch from Ajaz Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal cannot believe it! William O'Rourke serves this one a tad short but pretty wide and Jaiswal's eyes light up as he looks to rock back and cut. Jaiswal does so but fails to keep it completely down.
The ball goes flat and hard, down to the left of Ajaz Patel at point and he dives across to his left to snare it with both hands, just above the grass. The dots were building up and unfortunately for India, Jaiswal has succumbed to the pressure as he departs for 13 off 63 balls and William O'Rourke has his second wicket.(PTI) OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! William O'Rourke has his third wicket and India have lost half their side for just 33 runs as KL Rahul departs for a six-ball duck.
O'Rourke goes a bit wide on the crease and angles it down the leg side on a fullish length. Rahul just gets his hands behind the body as he looks to flick it away and ends up getting a feather of an edge through to the keeper. Tom Blundell moves to his left and makes no mistakes this time as O'Rourke continues to wreak havoc.
(PTI) OUT! CAUGHT! Wow, would you believe it? Right on the stroke of Lunch, Ravindra Jadeja plays a loose shot and India are left reeling at 34/6. Matt Henry just hits the deck hard and bowls it around the pads, Jadeja looks to whip it away over the square leg region but ends up skewing it off the leading edge. The ball lobs up around the short third region where Ajaz Patel settles under it and takes a simple catch.
Henry gets his second wicket and Jadeja becomes the fourth Indian batter in this innings to depart for a duck.(AFP) OUT! CAUGHT! Ravichandran Ashwin comes in to bat after Lunch and straightaway, he has to walk back to the hut. Impeccable length again from Matt Henry as he serves it a tad full and on off and middle.
Ashwin is drawn forward but can't get to the pitch of the ball and the ball takes the top part of the bat before popping up towards the gully fielder. Glenn Phillips takes a comfortable catch and Ashwin departs for a golden duck. The fifth Indian batter to depart without troubling the scorers and India in an extremely sensitive situation staring an all-out before three figures.
(PTI) OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Matt Henry is bowling a sensational spell here. Henry just keeps hitting that in-between length and keeps the line tight around off. Rishabh Pant is quite sure which way it is going and looks to just flick it away.
Pant gets squared up and gets an outside edge that goes straight into the bread basket of Tom Latham at second slip and the Kiwi skipper makes no mistake. Pant departs for a topsy-turvy 20 off 49 balls. India 8 down now for 39 runs!(HT_PRINT) OUT! CAUGHT! Matt Henry is not just lighting it up with the ball but in the field as well.
William O'Rourke digs in another short ball, aiming it right at the rib cage. Jasprit Bumrah tries to get inside the line and lift it over fine leg but gets in an awkward position and gets a top edge wide of fine leg where Henry covers about 40 meters and slides in to grab it with both hands, amazing piece of athleticism there. O'Rourke has four wickets to his name as well.
(PTI) OUT! TAKEN! A catch out of thin air from the substitute fielder Michael Bracewell and India have been bundled out for 46 runs, their third-lowest total in Test cricket. Matt Henry stays around the stumps and bangs it in just a bit, keeping the line tight around off. Kuldeep Yadav hangs back to angle it away but doesn't quite keep it down.
Bracewell at backward point just goes down to his left and snares it with his left hand. The resistance from Yadav ends and Henry gets a well-deserved five-for, also making it 100 wickets in Test matches.(AFP).
