India vs New Zealand Highlights, 1st Test, Day 2: Young, Latham's stand takes NZ to 129/0 at Stumps
India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score, 1st Test, Day 2: India score 345 in the first innings, with Iyer top-scoring with 105. Follow Live Score and latest updates of the 1st Test in Kanpur.

India vs New Zealand Live Cricket Score, 1st Test, Day 2: New Zealand remain in control at the end of Day 2, thanks to an unbeaten opening stand between Tom Latham (50*) and Will Young (75*) after the side bowled India out on 345 in the first innings. NZ finished the Day 2 on 129/0 in 57 overs. Earlier, Earlier, Ajaz Patel had wrapped up the Indian innings with wickets of Ravichandran Ashwin (38) and Ishant Sharma (0) soon after the start of the second session. Shreyas Iyer's 105 highlighted India's innings, as he became the 16th Indian batter to reach the three-figure mark on Test debut. He was dismissed by Tim Southee who ended with a five-wicket haul.
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A no-ball in the first over. Tom Latham has taken the opening strike and Ishant Sharma is bowling from around the wicket.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Score: New Zealand's 1st innings begins
Tom Latham and Will Young open for the Kiwis. Ishant Sharma to bowl the first over.
India vs New Zealand 1st Test Live Score: India bowled out on 345
Ajaz Patel takes the final wicket, dismissing Ishant Sharma on a duck. Not much of hard work for New Zealand bowlers after Lunch; now it's time for the Indian bowlers to get to business.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Score: Umesh goes big!
Umesh Yadav slams Kyle Jamieson for a six! A bit fuller from Jamieson and Yadav places it right over the bowler's head. Important runs for India.
India 354/9 in 111 overs
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Anti-climax for India, this. Ashwin departs on second delivery after lunch. The ball pitches outside the leg-stump line but takes a sharp turn, seemingly after pitching near the footmarks. Ashwin makes space for an inside-out shot but the turn is too much. Castles the batter's stumps.
India 339/9 in 110 overs
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The immediate target would be to go above 350, but as long as Ashwin stays at the crease, India's hopes for a strong score in the first innings will grow.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Score: India 339/8 at Lunch
Tim Southee's brilliant outing in the morning session has seemingly ensured India won't be reaching a post-450 score, but it has been a good partnership between Ravichandran Ashwin (37) and Umesh Yadav (4*) so far. Ashwin has been spearheading the run-scoring and even as India lost four key wickets in the session, the team management won't be overly disappointed with the effort.
India vs New Zealand 1st Test Live: Umesh off the mark
First runs on the board for Umesh Yadav on his 21st delivery. He attempted to flick Jamieson's fuller delivery towards leg but finds a thick outside edge. The ball keeps low, however, and goes towards point.
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IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Score: And Jamieson it is
Change of ends for Southee as Jamieson replaces him.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Updates: 328/8 in 106 overs
While Tim Southee is largely resorting to back of the length deliveries, both batters are fairly comfortable facing Ajaz Patel. Might be the right time to bring in Jamieson.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live: Pitch acting up!
Surprisingly low bounce on Ajaz Patel's final delivery of the 104th over, as the ball misses Umesh Yadav as well as Tom Blundell and races away for a four.
India 326/8 in 104 overs
India vs New Zealand 1st Test: India 321/8 in 102 overs
As expected, Ashwin is keeping most of the strike in the partnership so far. Takes a single off the final delivery ahead of Southee's over.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Score: Ashwin continues charge
Well, Ashwin has come fresh after T20I action for the first time in five years!
Southee offers width and Ashwin slaps it over cover for a superb four.
India 318/8 in 100.2 overs
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Cricket Score: India 313/8 in 100 overs
Umesh Yadav is the new player in. From here, Ashwin might be eyeing a majority of the strike – especially against the seamers.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live: Five-for for Southee!
Excellent bowling from Tim Southee this morning. He gets Axar Patel for his fifth wicket in the innings. The around-the-wicket angle troubles Axar as the ball angles back, forcing him to offer the shot. But the delivery straightens a little and caresses past the bat for Tom Blundell to take an easy catch.
India 313/8 in 99 overs
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The Indian spin-twins take the crease. Both are handy batters and the team management will hope for the two to forge a partnership and take India to within touching distance of 400.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Score: India 310/7 in 97 overs
Ashwin has come with aggressive intent, it seems. He slams Southee's final delivery for a four towards sweeper cover, cruising to 20 off just 17 deliveries.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Updates: Iyer departs on 105
A loose shot straight after drinks and Iyer is visibly disappointed. A great innings comes to an end. Southee bowls a length ball swinging away, Iyer goes after it but couldn't find the connection. He is caught at cover.
India 305/7 in 96.1 overs
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Score: Almost a wicket!
Ajaz Patel could've had two wickets to his name by now. Tom Blundell misses a stumping chance against Ashwin! The batter goes for a big hit but completely misses the line as the ball kept low, and Blundell failed to collect it in time.
Drinks on the field.
India 305/6 in 96 overs
India vs New Zealand 1st Test Live Updates: Spin into the attack
Ajaz Patel replaces Kyle Jamieson at the other end.
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live: 300 for India!
Ravichandran Ashwin brings India's 300 with a boundary against Tim Southee. Ashwin is adopting an aggressive approach against Southee who has otherwise been New Zealand's best bowler in this session. Two successive fours, followed by a single.
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Iyer's Mumbai and Delhi Capitals teammate Prithvi Shaw was the last debutant for India to score a Test century.
India vs New Zealand 1st Test Live: Ashwin comes to bat
And he gets warned by umpire straight-up. Ashwin steps into the danger zone while taking a quick single and receives a warning.
India 291/6 in 93 overs
IND vs NZ 1st Test Live Updates: Saha departs
Tim Southee picks his second of the day. Wriddhiman Saha departs on 1. Southee sets Saha up nicely, bowling into him before putting a sharp outswinger. The wicketkeeper-batter nicks it for Tom Blundell, who makes no mistake.
India 288/6 in 92.2 overs



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