Riding on fantastic spells from Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner, New Zealand restricted India to 291/9 on Day 1 of the first Test in Kanpur. Murali Vijay top-scored for India with a gritty 65.

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The BCCI marked the country's landmark 500th Test by felicitating former India Test captains before play. (Images Credit: AFP)

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India skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat on a dry Kanpur wicket. KL Rahul and Murali Vijay gave India a solid start as the hosts dominated first hour's play.

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Mitchell Santner gave New Zealand their first breakthrough of the match as he got rid of Rahul, who scored 32 off 39 balls.

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Cheteshwar Pujara and Vijay then steadied the ship and added 112 runs for the second wicket. Both also got to their fifties.

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Santner, who kept on attacking the stumps, removed Pujara, who looked well set to get to a hundred.

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With Virat Kohli falling to Neil Wagner, Vijay also lost his wicket soon as India went in to tea with four wickets down.

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Rohit Sharma and R Ashwin revived India's innings with their 52-run partnership but Trent Boult struck thrice in a span of five overs to leave the hosts in all sorts of trouble.

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Santner, who removed Rohit Sharma for 35, finished with the figures of 3/77.

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Boult, who found some sharp inswing with the second new ball, ended with impressive figures of 3/57.

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India seemed to have made the ideal start to their 500th Test but New Zealand showed what they are capable of.

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1st Test, Kanpur: New Zealand Fight Back As India End Day 1 On 291/9

Riding on fantastic spells from Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner, New Zealand restricted India to 291/9 on Day 1 of the first Test in Kanpur. Murali Vijay top-scored for India with a gritty 65.