New Zealand fast bowlers, spearheaded by Trent Boult, ripped through India's batting line-up, reducing the visitors to 90/6 at stumps on Day 2 of the second Test on Sunday. After taking a seven-run lead, India lost three quick wickets with Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal and skipper Virat Kohli all departing cheaply. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane held crease for a while but New Zealand bowlers tested both of them with a barrage of short-pitch deliveries. While Pujara was happy shouldering arms, Rahane tried to take them on, without much success. In the end, he dragged a slower short ball onto his stumps and fell on nine runs. Pujara got out to a Trent Boult's peach of a delivery bowled wide off the crease. After coming in with the angle, the ball nipped back in late to rattle his off stump. Nightwatchman Umesh Yadav also got out to a similar delivery. At stumps Hanuma Vihari was batting on five with Rishabh Pant unbeaten on one. Earlier, a solid 51-run stand between Kyle Jamieson and Neil Wagner helped New Zealand close down on India's first innings total. New Zealand were bowled out for 235 runs, giving India a lead of seven runs at tea.
Highlights Between New Zealand vs India 2nd Test Day 2, straight from Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
- 11:54 (IST)Thank you for joining us!What a fascinating day of Test cricket! Indian batters didn't apply themselves and now find themselves in a spot of bother. We will be back tomorrow with another exciting day's play. Hope you liked our today's coverage. Do join us tomorrow.
- 11:34 (IST)Stump @ Day 2... India 90/6, lead by 97 runs!Trent Boult shatters Indian innings in the final session as India finish day's play at 90/6. India lead by 97 runs. 16 wickets fell on the day which is the most in a day's play at this venue.
- 11:30 (IST)India lose sixth wicket!
- 11:25 (IST)Four!Neil Wagner bowls short and Hanuma Vihari goes deep inside crease to cover the bounce and cuts it away behind point for a boundary.
- 11:20 (IST)Huge wicket as Boult cleans up Pujara!Trent Boult breaches Cheteshwar Pujara's forward defence and cleans him up with a peach of a delivery. He goes for 24 off 88 balls.
- 11:18 (IST)Brilliant stop!Neil Wagner bowls a full-toss and Cheteshwar Pujara plays it on the leg side and New Zealand fielder runs from deep square leg and stops it just inside to save one run for his side.
- 11:10 (IST)Four legbyes!
- 11:07 (IST)Rahane trouble comes to an end!
- 11:05 (IST)Lucky escape for Rahane!
- 10:58 (IST)Barrage of short-pitch bowling!New Zealand bowlers Neil Wagner are persisting with short-pitch deliveries and they have pushed Ajinkya Rahane in awkward positions on multiple occassions.
- 10:53 (IST)Dangerous bouncer!Kyle Jamieson bowls a bouncer which hits Ajinkya Rahane on his helmet and lands safely as the batsmen complete a single. He will go through mandatory concussion protocols and after a quick test, he is ready with a new helmet on.
- 10:53 (IST)New Zealand fast bowlers have resorted to a short-pitch bowling to both batsmen. While Pujara is happy ducking underneath, Rahane is aiming to take them on but has not been successful at all. Few of his shots have landed safely and he was even dropped by Colin de Grandhomme.
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- 10:37 (IST)Dropped!
- 10:30 (IST)Bowling change!Kyle Jamieson comes back into the attack. He replaces Colin de Grandhomme. He concedes a one leg bye on the last ball.
- 10:29 (IST)India on backfoot!Removing India's top three batsmen, New Zealand bowlers have pushed India on the backfoot and it is showing in their bowling.
- 10:22 (IST)Rahane gets off the mark!Ajinkya Rahane taps a Colin de Grandhomme ball on the leg side and completes a single to get off the mark on his 12th ball.
- 10:20 (IST)Half-chance... Falls short!Neil Wagner bowls a well-directed short ball, aimed at Pujara's body but it falls just short of short leg fielder.
- 10:17 (IST)Colin de Grandhomme on fire!Colin de Grandhomme has been bowled four overs so far and conceded just one run, with three maiden to his name.
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- 10:08 (IST)Kohli fails again!
- 09:58 (IST)Risky shot from Kohli!Kyle Jamieson bowls short and wide, Virat Kohli throws his bat and the ball goes high in the air but lands safely. That was a risky shot from Kohli and there was no need of that at this juncture.
- 09:55 (IST)Maiden over!Colin de Grandhomme bowls a maiden over as Cheteshwar Pujara adopts defensive approach after the play resumes post drinks break.
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- 09:35 (IST)Four byes!
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- 09:28 (IST)Shaw falls to short ball again!
- 09:18 (IST)Positive start!After an early blow, Prithvi Shaw and Cheteshwar Pujara have looked solid so far in their approach but need to carry.
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- 09:03 (IST)Four byes!
- 09:00 (IST)Boult removes Agarwal!
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- 08:53 (IST)Agarwal gets off the mark!Mayank Agarwal taps the ball on the leg side with soft hands and steals a quick single to open the scoring for India.
- 08:51 (IST)Final session begins!
- 08:33 (IST)New Zealand all out for 235... India lead by 7 runs!
- 08:27 (IST)Dangerous bouncer!Jasprit Bumrah bowls a well-directed bouncer and it has damaged Kyle Jamieson's helmet but he looks okay. He will undergo a mandatory concussion Test.
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- 08:23 (IST)Jadeja pulls off a screamer!