India vs New Zealand Highlights, 1st Test, Day 2: Young, Latham's stand takes NZ to 129/0 at Stumps

A no-ball in the first over. Tom Latham has taken the opening strike and Ishant Sharma is bowling from around the wicket.

Tom Latham and Will Young open for the Kiwis. Ishant Sharma to bowl the first over.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Change of ends for Southee as Jamieson replaces him. 

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.

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

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.

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 

Umesh Yadav is the new player in. From here, Ashwin might be eyeing a majority of the strike – especially against the seamers. 

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

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.

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.

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

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

Ajaz Patel replaces Kyle Jamieson at the other end.

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.

Iyer's Mumbai and Delhi Capitals teammate Prithvi Shaw was the last debutant for India to score a Test century.

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

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