Resurrection on Day three

Rohit, Kohli and Sarfaraz hit fifties to keep the hosts in the game against New Zealand

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN

THERE were two ways to read this match as both teams retreated to the comforts of their respective dressing rooms at the end of an exhilarating Day Three. If you are a person who favours low-yield unsexy bonds, you would be tipping New Zealand to win their first Test on Indian soil since 1988. If you frequently put your money in high-risk, high-reward hedge funds, you would be willing the Indian team to pull off what would possibly be one of the greatest Test wins of all time.

At stumps on Friday, India had rocketed along to 231/3 in just 49 overs. They still trail the visitors by 125 runs but make no mistake; there are still lots of runs to be had on what will essentially be a third day wicket when play resumes on Saturday (the weather is suggestive of some overhead conditions but there may not be rain).