Virat Kohli (0) walked in at the rather unfamiliar No.3 slot, but his stay was snapped after nine balls. New Zealand skipper Tom Latham introduced O’Rourke and the pacer immediately netted the big fish.

Kohli looked to jab a climbing delivery to the on side but he was not in control as the ball deflected off his gloves en route to Glenn Phillips at leg gully.

Sarfaraz Khan, who came into the eleven after a stiff neck forced Shubman Gill to sit out of this match, was in no mood to hang around even when the ball was moving around.

On the third ball he faced, the Mumbai man tried to slap Henry over mid-off but Devon Conway made a leap of faith to grab the ball, leaving Henry in a fit of laughter.

At 10 for three, it was even an understatement to say that India were in danger, and the home side required a massive lift from there. Perhaps, a short rain-break from 10.27 AM to 11.05 AM too helped India to gather themselves a wee bit.

Pant, who was dropped on 7 by stumper Tom Blundell off O’Rourke, got India’s first boundary of the day in the fifth ball of the 12th over, a mash through the covers off the same bowler.

But Jaiswal’s patience did not pay off (13, 63b) as he fell to O’Rourke, as Ajaz Patel completed a stunning catch at point off a rasping cut shot by the batter.

The dismissals of KL Rahul (0), caught down the leg side by Blundell off O’Rourke, and Jadeja pushed India further to the wall, leaving Pant to relaunch rescue mission in the second session.