India vs New Zealand Highlights, 2nd Test, Day 2: Washington Sundar fought a lone battle for India as New Zealand's lead swell to 301 at stumps on Day 2. Sundar bagged his 11th wicket of the match and denied Tom Latham a century in the final session. Latham's dismissal on 86 was Sundar's 4th wicket of the innings. Tom Blundell and Glenn Phillips were batting on 30 and 9, respectively. Earlier, India's star-studded batting line-up could not stand up to the challenge posed by New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner as the hosts were bundled out for 156 in 45.3 overs, giving the Tom Latham-led side a crucial first-innings lead of 103 runs on the the second day of the second Test in Pune on Friday. (SCORECARD)
Here are the Highlights of India vs New Zealand, 2nd Test Match Day 2, Straight from Pune -
India vs New Zealand LIVE: End of the day!
New Zealand end Day 2 with a big lead of 301. They will return to bat on Day 3 with five wickets left. 14 wickets falling in the day, all picked up by the spinners. Washy Sundar taking 4 in the second after 7/59 in the first. 7 wickets for Mitch Santner set the tone for New Zealand. Tom Latham playing a captain's knock, but missed his century by 14 runs.
NZ: 198/5 (53)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Not looking good for India!
Lead is now over 300. India looking clueless. Rohit has moved away from the slip to cover for the reverse sweep. Just 2 overs left after this
NZ: 198/5 (51)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: 4 overs left after this!
Just four overs left in the day after this one. We might get a few extra ones if the light remains good. Blundell is reverse-sweeping almost every other ball. Glenn Phillips seems to be in no rush. 2 runs away from stretching the lead to 300.
NZ: 195/5 (49)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: WICKET!
Relief for Sundar and India! Latham departs on 86. Fuller, struck on the pad and the umpire agrees. The NZ skipper goes for the review but the decision stays. Big wicket for India.
NZ: 183/5 (44.4)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Half-hearted appeal!
Again, no real convinction from India in the appeals. Only Rohit appealed. Ashwin turned towards the umpire, who wasn't having any of it. NZ's lead is now 285
NZ: 182/4 (44)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Rohit getting frustrated!
Nothing seems to be working for Rohit and his men. Latham is toying with the field. The Kiwi skipper has now set his sights on a century
IND: 177/4 (41)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: NZ in control!
Latham marches on. He is now on 75. Blundell too started well. Lead is now 270 with six wickets in hand. Slipping away from India. Chasing 300 odd would be difficult.
NZ: 167/4 (38)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Going down leg!
That was angling down the leg. That was fired quicker on middle and leg as Latham misses the flick and rapped on the pads. India decide not to go for the DRS
NZ: 159/4 (36.4)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Bumrah is back!
Bumrah is back into the attack! Around the wicket with a slip, gully and short cover. India are now desperate.
NZ: 147/4
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Runs keep coming for NZ!
Runs continue to flow for the visitors despite a few setbacks here and there. Barring Sundar, no other bowled has managed to force them on the backfoot. Ashwin has been a tad bit expensive.
NZ: 141/4 (34)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: WICKET NO 10 For Sundar!
Mitchell takes the aerial route in pursuit of quick runs. Holes out to Jaiswal at long-on. Sundar takes his 10th of the match.
Daryl Mitchell c Jaiswal b Washington Sundar 18 (23)
NZ: 123/4 (29.2)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: 50 for Latham!
Dropped on 49, Latham hits 50! He goes back to cut this, and manages to bring up his fifty with a single.
NZ: 115/3 (27.3)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Latham dropped on 49!
Dropped by Pant! He was caught on the crease, and it turns enough to take a faint edge. Pant grasses it. Nothing going in India's way.
NZ: 114/3 (27.2)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Latham eyes 50!
Swept away for 4! Latham moves to 49. New Zealand's lead is now well over 200. That's a rare bad ball from Sundar.
NZ: 112/3 (25.5)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: India waste a review!
India have hit the panick mode. They are now wasting review in desperation. That was clearly sliding down the leg. Sundar and Rohit had a chat before the India captain signalled the T.
NZ: 100/3 (23.4)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Bowled him!
Sundar strikes after Tea! Quick length ball, Ravindra goes back for the cut. However, the ball skids and hits the top of off. Beaten by pace and turn.
Rachin Ravindra b Washington Sundar 9 (13)
NZ: 89/3
India vs New Zealand LIVE: We are back!
Ashwin is into the attack. Latham and Ravindra are having a chat before the resumption after tea. India need a strong session from here. Sarfaraz standing very close to Rohit at first slip, almost like a short gully.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Rohit slammed!
Rohit Sharma's approach has been questioned by fans and the experts in the commentary box. Simon Doull and Ravi Shastri both felt Rohit's field placements have not been aggressive in this match.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Tea break!
It's time for Tea break on the second day of the second Test between India and New Zealand. Washington Sundar and R Ashwin picked one wicket each but India's bowling looked off-colour. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma's field setting too has been on the defensive side, apart from the bowling changes that could have been better. New Zealand lead India by 188 runs.
NZ 85/2 (20)India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT!
Ravichandran Ashwin has struck and India have a breakthrough after a long time. Will Young departs as LBW and the 42-run partnership between him and Tom Latham has been broken. Young decides to review but that could not save him.
NZ 78/2 (18.3)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: An eventful over!
Jasprit Bumrah got some really good reverse swing on his bowling in his first over. He made life tough for Tom Latham but the batter was lucky enough to survive in the over. Nothing working for India at the moment. Meanwhile, New Zealand's lead is getting close to 200.
NZ 78/1 (18)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: New Zealand cruise!
New Zealand continue to control the game. Their lead has grown to 179 runs. Rohit Sharma's defensive fielding is also to be blamed for the guests' solid start in their second innings. Japsrit Bumrah has been handed the ball now. Can he bring some change to India's fate? Well, Let's see...
NZ 76/1 (17)India vs New Zealand LIVE: New Zealand lead by 160 runs!
New Zealand are scoring at 4.33 runs per over. They lead India by 160 runs. This is a superb start from the guests in the second innings. The Indian spinners, on the other hand, have looked less effective than their counterparts.
NZ 57/1 (13)India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT!
Here is the first breakthrough for India! And it is Washington Sundar, the star from the first innings, who provides this wicket. Devon Conway went for a sweep shot and missed it. Umpire had no hesitation in raising his finger over the appeal for an LBW and Conway didn't bother to review it. Okay, replay and UltraEdge show that Conway had actually nicked the ball before it hit his pad. Massive blunder this is from the batter's end.
NZ 36/1 (9.2)India vs New Zealand LIVE: New Zealand solid!
While India have controlled New Zealand's scoring rate a bit, the guests are still solid. The more delay India do in taking a wicket, the farther the match goes from them.
NZ 34/0 (9)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Just saved!
Tom Latham makes a lucky escape there. It was an LBW appeal against him but umpire was unconviced. India decided to review it and the ball was found to be hitting the stumps, but the impact was on umpire's call. TV umpire's final verdict left Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin and other India players frustrated.
NZ 24/0 (4.5)India vs New Zealand LIVE: New Zealand in driving seat!
Despite the ball helping the Indian spinners, New Zealand opener Devon Conway and Tom Latham have done a nice job to keep the scoring rate almost 6. While Washington Sundar has bowled beautifully from one end so far, veteran spinner R Ashwin has failed to live up to the expectations in his two overs.
NZ 23/0 (4)India vs New Zealand LIVE: Good start from Sundar!
While R Ashwin didn't look that good, Washington Sundar was right on the money in his first over. Ashwin conceded 7 runs in the first over and Sundar gave away only one in the following over. The ball is doing its bit.
NZ 8/0 (2)India vs New Zealand LIVE: Match resumes!
New Zealand have started their second innings. Tom Latham is off the mark with a sweep shot for two runs on the first delivery bowled by Ravichandran Ashwin.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Task cut out for India!
New Zealand will start their second innings at an effective score of 103/0. On a track where spinners have made life tough for the batters, such a big lead is going to play a crucial role in deciding the result of the match. Or has it decided already? Well! Only a miracle could help India win this game from this point. Keep your fingers crossed if you an Indian cricket fan. And relax and enjoy the game if you are backing the Blackcaps.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: India are all out for 156!
Mitchell Santner claims the wicket of Jasprit Bumrah and India are all out for 156 in their first innings. New Zealand take a lead of 103 runs. Santner returned figures of 7 for 53, his best in Test cricket, and what a time to bring it. The Blackcaps are truly on top of this game now.
IND 156 (45.3)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Sundar on fire!
Washington Sundar is doing whatever he could do for India with the last batter at the crease with him. He smashed Ajaz Patel for two fours and a six in the over that fetched India a total of 14 runs. He did it with the ball yesterday and now performing with the ball today. Though a lot of work is yet to be done.
IND 156/9 (45)India vs New Zealand LIVE: WICKET!
Mitchell Santner continues to hurt India. He picks yet another wicket in the over and his sixth one as India are now nine down against New Zealand. This was a peach of a delivery from Santner and Akash Deep could not defend it. The ball was pitched on the middle stump line and then misssed the outside edge of Akash's bat to rattle the off stump.
IND 141/9 (44)India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT!
New Zealand finally get the wicket of Ravindra Jadeja and it is also the five-wicket haul for Mitchell Santner. India are 8 down now. Coming to the wicket, It spun into Jadeja and the player got hit on the front pad while trying to work it on the leg side. Umpire raised his finger over the LBW appeal and even a review could not save Jadeja, who departed for 38 off 46.
IND 136/8 (43.1)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Lucky escape for Jadeja!
Ravindra Jadeja made a lucky escape as New Zealand did a massive blunder to not review a decision against him on the first ball of the 40th over. Jadeja got an inside edge on Mitchell Santner's delivery before it hit his body and lobbed in front. Will Young dived to complete the catch but umpire felt there was no bat in it, so was the opinion of New Zealand players despite them appealing for the wicket. They didn't review against it and replay later confirmed that there was an edge.
IND 117/7 (40)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: One-run over!
Ravindra Jadeja played five dot balls before taking a single off the final ball of the over. India need a good partnership to make a comeback in the game. Can Washington Sundar, the hero of with the ball in the first innings, do the magic with the bat as well here?
IND 108/7 (39)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Match resumes!
The second session gets underway with Ajaz Patel bowling the first over in the phase. Ravindra Jadeja is on the strike. Here we go...
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Day 2 1st session recap -
India's star-studded batting line-up put up yet another flop show as the hosts struggled to reach 107 for 7 at lunch against New Zealand on the second day of the second Test in Pune on Friday. India are still 152 runs behind New Zealand's first-innings score of 259. Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner (4/36 in 16 overs) and off-spinner Glenn Phillips (2/26 in 6 overs) took six wickets in the morning session after India looked comfortable at 50 for 1. Shubman Gill (30) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (30) had added 49 for the second wicket before another six wickets fell for the addition of 53 runs as India were left tottering at 103 for 7. Virat Kohli played the most forgettable shot of the morning to be clean bowled for 1.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: A tough test for India!
With already 0-1 down in the series, India are in a precarious state in the second Test as well. They have a mountain to climb from this point only to challenge New Zealand, the idea of winning the game comes after that.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Lunch on Day 2!
India batters failed to play in a promising manner in the first session and that sees the side reeling at 107 for 7. India still trail New Zealand by 152 runs. To be very honest, the hosts should now only look to make the first innings deficit as small as they could.
IND 107/7 (38)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT!
35.5 - Mitchell Santner gets the wicket of Ravichandran Ashwin. Nothing much a batter could do to such a delivery as it came quickly and stayed low. To make things worse, Ashwin wanted to work it on the leg side and missed it completely. He fell for 4 off 5 balls.
IND 103/7 (36)India vs New Zealand LIVE: Poor game spirit!
On the fourth delivery of Glenn Phillips' over, Ravindra Jadeja worked the ball towards the mid-on to take a quick single. Phillips saw the line on which Jadeja was running and he smartly shifted himself to block his running area.
IND 93/5 (33)India vs New Zealand LIVE: WICKET!
A back of a length ball from Glenn Phillips and that dismisses Rishabh Pant. The southpaw wanted to play a cross batted shot with some power in it but he missed it completely to see his stumps getting rattled. Pant falls for 18 off 19 balls and India are in deep deep trouble.
IND 83/5 (30.2)India vs New Zealand LIVE: FOUR!
A full toss from Glenn Phillips and Rishabh Pant puts it away for a four through the mid-wicket region. Both Pant and Sarfaraz Khan are doing a good job to continue scoring runs despite the pitch offering them some tough challenges.
IND 81/4 (29)India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT!
Another Indian wicket falls down! Set batter Yashasvi Jaiswal walks back to the dugout after scoring 30 runs off 60 balls. It was a length ball from Glenn Phillips that took the outside edge of Jaiswal's bat. Mitchell Santner at first slip took a really good catch diving to his left.
IND 70/4 (26.4)India vs New Zealand LIVE: New Zealand on top!
Without a doubt, New Zealand are in a commanding position in the game. The ball is turning in a great manner and Mitchell Santner is creating some real trouble for India. He has already dismissed Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli early in the day. Now the onus is on Rishabh Pant and Yashasvi Jaiswal to keep India going.
IND 68/3 (26)India vs New Zealand LIVE: WICKET!
Virat Kohli has been clean up by Mitchell Santner and it is an embarrassing dismissal for the India star. It was a full toss from Santner and Kohli could have easily hit it away for a boundary. He somehow yorked himself and the ball crashed onto the stumps.
IND 56/3 (23.4)India vs New Zealand LIVE: OUT!
21.3 - A big breakthrough for New Zealand as Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal were looking good at the crease. It was a length ball from Santner that caught Gill right in front of the stumps and umpire raised his finger. Gill decided not to review it and walked back for a score of 30 off 72.
IND 50/2 (22)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: FOUR!
That is a beautiful shot from Shubman Gill. It was a tad short from Ajaz Patel and Gill quickly trasferred his weight on the backfoot to pull it away for a four through the mid-wicket region. It is followed by a dot ball.
IND 46/1 (20)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: FOUR!
A reverse sweep from Yashasvi Jaiswal for four. He connected it really well. The ball flew over the infield and ran away for the boundary.
IND 39/1 (17.2)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: SIX!
This is a superb shot from Shubman Gill. India are moving forward now. Gill stepped out of his crease and smashed the Tim Southee delivery down the ground for a six. It went right over the bowler's head. After some early jitters, Gill is growing in confidence now.
IND 33/1 (16.3)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Maiden over!
A maiden over from Mitchell Santner to Yashasvi Jaiswal. New Zealand have conceded only three runs in as many overs bowled in the day so far. Tim Southee will come will continue bowling from the other end.
IND 19/1 (14)India vs New Zealand LIVE: Gill is lucky there!
11.3 - Shubman Gill is saved by a whisker there. An arm ball from Mitchell Santner caught him right in front of the stumps but umpire was unconvinced with the appeal. The impact was on the line of the middle stump. New Zealand went up for a review but umpire's call saved Gill as the ball was found to be only clipping the leg stump. Santner was frustrated after the final verdict.
IND 17/1 (12)
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Action starts!
A fuller ball from Mitchell Santner to start with and Shubman Gill defends it on the front foot.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: It's match time!
Umpires Paul Reiffel and Richard Illingworth walk into the groud. The New Zealand players get into a huddle before speading on the field. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill to walk in. We are set for action now.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Sundar on his inspiring performance -
"The ball became very soft. So we had to give more speed to the ball. That was something me and Ash kept talking about. I mean, he said it like that himself in the spell after lunch. That's how he got Conway out as well. We spoke about it and were glad I was able to do it as well. Yes, I didn't actually change too many things. On this wicket, we expected there would be something for the spinners and I really wanted to hit the right areas against different batters," Washington Sundar said on Day 1.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: A spin-friendly track
The fact that all the 10 New Zealand wickets fell to spinners is enough to say that this pitch is a spinner's paradise. Washington Sundar picked 7 while R Ashwin scalped three wickets. However, the challenge is now for the Indian batters, who have to prove their mettle on the turning track.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: Eyes on Gill!
Shubman Gill's performance will be on focus. There was a lot of discussion about who will be dropped to included him in the playing XI for the second Test. Eventually, KL Rahul had to make way for him. Notably, Gill missed the first game due to a stiff neck and Sarfaraz Khan replaced him for the match.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: What happened on Day 1?
India were 16 for 1 in their first innings in reply to New Zealand's 259 all out on the opening day of the second Test in Pune on Thursday. Off-spinner Washington Sundar (7/59) took seven wickets as India dismissed New Zealand in the third session of the day. Veteran spinner R Ashwin (3/64) took three scalps. Devon Conway (76) and the inform Rachin Ravindra (65) were the top scorers for the tourists. In reply, India lost skipper Rohit Sharma (0) early. Youngsters Yashaswi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill were manning the the crease at stumps as the hosts trailed by 243 runs.
India vs New Zealand LIVE: A balanced contest so far!
In reply to New Zealand's 259 all out, India are in a state of bother after losing a wicket at the score of 16. Captain Rohit is already back to the hut and onus will be on his fellow opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and number 3 batter Shubman Gill to keep India going.
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