Right off the final ball of the day New Zealand spinner Glenn Phillips picked the wicket of Indian batter Virat Kohli to keep India at 231/3 trailing still by 125 runs in the first of the three-match Test series in Bengaluru on Day 3. Sarfaraz Khan scored a sublime half-century and is unbeaten at the crease.

Before the magical partnership between Kohli and Sarfaraz which has given a little hope to the Bengaluru crowd both Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal started well with the former chipping in with a half-century.

Earlier Rachin Ravindra scored a majestic hundred to take New Zealand to 402 runs in the first innings. Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers for the Indian team with three wickets.