🏏India vs New Zealand, 1st Test: Bengalore,16 Oct- 20th Oct Day 4🏏 - Page 35

Ajit: Every time it rains in an India vs. New Zealand match, New Zealand gains the upper hand over India.

Ganesh Jogi: I am living just 5km away from Chinnaswamy. Rain got stopped. I guess we would see single hand dance soon from Rishabh

"Fourth umpire out, but with that umberella still. Still drizzling as well. So we’ll wait on," updates Ganesh.

In the other game featuring New Zealand out of these seven - in Mohali in 1999 - India responded with 505/3d in the second innings after they had been bundled out for 83 in their first. Each of their top five went past 50, with Rahul Dravid (144) and skipper Sachin Tendulkar (126) scoring hundreds. The visitors, set a target of 374, managed to save the game with 251/7 from 135 overs.

This is just the seventh instance of four (or more) of India’s top-five registering a 50-plus score in their second innings of a Test. The last was also against New Zealand - at Napier in 2009 - when they had been asked to follow-on, having conceded a 314-run first innings lead. They batted out 180 overs in their second dig (476/4) to save the game , with Gautam Gambhir, the current coach, leading the way with a 643-minute stay at the crease (137 off 436).

Some positive news coming through from Ganesh. "Loud cheers as the rain seems to have come to a stop. Looks like they are going to take the covers off and empty the puddles of water collected on top of them. The outfield covers being peeled off first" he says. He adds that the on-field umpires are out there having a look as well.

"Covers on the main square coming off as well" says Ganesh

Great signs! The rain has eased, and the ground staff are hard at work, clearing water puddles off the covers. The match officials have also come out to inspect the ground. Meanwhile, the covers on the outfield are already being pulled back, signalling that we’re inching closer to a restart. The stumps have been erected and it has brightened up a fair bit. We should have an official update regarding resumption soon. Stick around.

Play to resume at 1:50PM IST

A look at the revised session timings for Day 4

Restart at 13:50. That's in less than 15-minutes from now