He also issued a plea for umpires to exercise due diligence in preventing players running on the spin-friendly wicket. The directive came after India's Ravindra Jadeja was penalised five runs for doing so deliberately during the first innings. Kohli and Rahane endured a handful of ambitious appeals and nothing went to hand as each made his highest test score. We tried to bowl straight, wide, brought the footholes into play, bowled around the wicket and initiated a short-pitched plan. Related Content Cricket: Records tumble as Kohli and Rahane dominate Black Caps Cricket: Australia one defeat away from worst bilateral ODI series ever Video Andrew Alderson in India: Third test, day two wrap"It can be demoralising if you're not strong-willed and keep fighting," Hesson said.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 09, 2016 16:29 UTC