India vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 2: India put up a target of 346 against New Zealand. Get the latest updates of the test at Green Park, Kanpur.
The Black Caps performed well in today’s match. New Zealand players Tom Latham scored 50 and Will Young scored 75 runs. The Kiwis made 129 /0 on day 2 in 57 overs. Earlier, Ajaz Patel had concluded the Indian innings with Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma. Ravichandran Ashwin made 38 runs and Ishant Sharma made 0. Shreyas Iyer made 105 and highlighted India’s innings, he became the 16th Indian batter to reach the mark on Test debut. He got out by Tim Southee.
Latham and Young had their plans and their shot selections let them touch fifties. Indian bowlers will have to put in a lot of effort to win the series.
Latham could have been dismissed twice in two deliveries. Ashwin bowled but misses the line while goes for the sweep. On the next ball, Latham went for the next slip.
India post-tea session, they made 57 runs in 31 overs. They ensured the strike rate was very low, New Zealand let India make more than 200 runs.
All the spinners began to have an amazing job. The first half of the day was Southee’s. He recovered quickly, and bowled through the pain and picked up four wickets in 11 overs on the 2nd day of first test. He took the 13th five-wicket in Test cricket and second in India.
Ashwin got dismissed for 16 to Ajaz Patel and missed an attempt. The ball missed the stump and bounced off Tom Blundell’s pad before he reacted. He missed reviewing an lbw decision against Shubman Gill but the same thing didn’t happen with Ajaz Patel.
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