India's Sarfaraz Khan slammed his first Test century as the hosts pared back their yawning deficit against New Zealand on day four of the rain-hit opening Test on Saturday.India were 344-3 when rain stopped play towards the end of the morning session and lunch was called early in Bengaluru.

India continued their extraordinary turnaround in opening Test against New Zealand with Sarfaraz Khan striking his maiden Test hundred to take India to 344 for three at lunch on the fourth day, here S

India continued their extraordinary turnaround in the opening Test against New Zealand with Sarfaraz Khan striking his maiden Test hundred to take India to 344 for three at lunch on the fourth day, here Saturday.

Rishabh Pant charged down the ground and smacked the ball over deep mid-wicket for a six on the first ball. And he did it again on the third ball and this time straight down the ground. Meanwhile, he took a successful review followed by a blunder of a review from New Zealand to add to the visitors worries.

Rain stalled India's momentum as Sarfaraz Khan's maiden unbeaten century and Rishabh Pant's 53 not out positioned India strongly at 344/3 on day four against New Zealand. Sarfaraz reached 125 not out,

Sarfaraz Khan brought up his maiden Test century for India during Day 4 of the ongoing India vs New Zealand Test match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on October 19 (Saturday). Sarafarz’s ton came in just 110 balls as he played a significant role in reducing India’s run deficit in the third innings of the first IND vs NZ Test in the three-match series.

Sarfaraz Khan's maiden Test century on day four of the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru propelled India to narrow the visitors' lead to under 100 runs. Sarfaraz, who is playing beause of an injury to Shubman Gill,

Sarfaraz Khan is only the seventh Indian No. 4 to score a Test hundred this century, joining an elite list comprising Sachin Tendulkar, Kohli, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and Ajinkya Rahane.