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WICKET! Varun Chakaravarthy Silences the Kiwi Charge! Seifert is Gone!

The nightmare continues for New Zealand! Varun Chakaravarthy returns for his second over and strikes with his very first ball. It was a flatter, quicker delivery that Tim Seifert tried to loft over the long-on boundary yet again. However, he didn't quite get the distance this time. Ishan Kishan, sprinting back from mid-wicket, keeps his eyes glued to the ball and completes a sensational running catch! The man who was keeping the Black Caps in the hunt is back in the pavilion.

That is likely the knockout punch! New Zealand is now 72/5 and their set batsman is gone. Daryl Mitchell is at the non-striker's end, looking around at a collapsing middle order. The required rate has now officially entered the "impossible" territory.