Overnight batsmen Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant counter-attacked with half-centuries as India closed in on New Zealand's first-innings 235 on day two of the third Test on Saturday.India were 195-5, trailing by 40 runs, when lunch was called a few minutes early because of an issue with an overhead television camera at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gill, on 70, and Ravindra Jadeja, on 10, were batting at the break on the spin-friendly pitch.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pant smashed 60 off 59 balls with eight fours and two sixes in a 96-run stand with Gill before being trapped lbw by leg-spinner Ish Sodhi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Resuming on 86-4, the batsmen came out aggressively as India look to avoid an embarrassing 3-0 series whitewash on home soil.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The left-handed Pant smashed Mumbai-born New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel for three boundaries in the opening over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gill hit a four off Ajaz but survived a reprieve on 45 by substitute fielder Mark Chapman, who failed to hang on to a high catch off Glenn Phillips' bowling while running in from long-on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gill reached his fifty with a single and Pant kept up the attack with regular boundaries to raise his half-ton in 36 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Matt Henry dropped Pant on 53 but the spill -- again off Phillips -- did not ultimately prove costly.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
India had begun their reply strongly on day one but slipped from 78-1 to 84-4 in a final 10 minutes of mayhem that ended with Virat Kohli run out for four while attempting a cheeky single.<\/p>\r\n\r\n