India vs New Zealand Highlights, WTC Final: Kohli, Rahane put India on front foot on curtailed Day 2

Plays and misses, oohs and aahs, proper Test match cricket in England this. This was missing for the first 90 minutes but as soon as Jamieson came into the attack, it has been a different ball game altogether. Another maiden for New Zealand.

Tim Southee comes back into the attack and bowls a maiden. An important period of play coming up. 25 minutes to go for lunch, India have just lost a wicket, NZ will go all out for another breakthrough.

OUT! Edged and taken! Full and wide from Jamieson, it moves away slightly. Rohit who had been very watchful on the off side, just goes at it with hard hands, gets an outside edge and Southee takes a good low catch in the slip cordon. Rohit goes for 34.

A big inside edge from Rohit's bat, not the best of reviews from New Zealand. They lose a DRS, Rohit survives. It was an in-dipper from Grandhomme, Rohit left bit of a gap between his bat and pad but thankfully it got the inside edge edge before thudding onto his front leg.

FOUR! What a way to bring up India's fifty. Short and wide once again from Grandhomme and Rohit just stands there, transfers weight to the backfoot and lets his lovely hands do the work. Fifty up for India.

Oh that's nasty! Gill was skipping down the track since morning to negate the swing but Jamieson this time bangs it in short and it hits Gill on the grill. The right hander had no time to react. The physios rush in, doesn't look like anything serious but there will be a mandatory concussion check. He is okay and ready to bat.

FOUR! That was clobbered from Rohit Sharma. Short and wide from Grandhomme, it sat up there to be hit and Rohit is too good a player to let these opportunities go. He cuts it past the point fielder to collect another boundary.

FOUR! Jamieson bangs it in short and Gill will never shy away from playing the pull shoot and why would he? He plays it so well. Another powerful shot off the backfoot through the deep mid-wicket area for a boundary.

A hat-trick of maidens. De Grandhomme starts off well. After the first hour of play India are 41/0. Rohit 21 off 50, Shubman 19 off 34.

Colin de Grandhomme has been introduced into the attack in place Trent Boult. Williamson hoping for Grandhomme to exploit the conditions better.

Back-to-back maidens for New Zealand. A much better from Jamieson. He got is lengths right, neither too full, nor too short, just the perfect areas. Shubman Gill was up to the mark. This, easily, has been the best two over-period for NZ>

Maiden! Classic Test cricket. Boult with perfect lines and lengths, getting the ball to move both ways and Rohit very patient, leaving the balls with confidence, like a proper Test opener.

FOUR! Full, swinging in from Jamieson and Shubman Gill presents the full face of the bat. An on-drive that would make the coaches proud. The ball races away to the boundary even in this slow outfield.

Kyle Jamieson into the attack. The tall right-arm seamer replaces Tim Southee.

Shubman Gill got three runs with a confident stroke and then Rohit Sharma opened the face of his bat to put Southee's fuller length delivery through the backward point region for another boundary.

Trent Boult's fourth over ends without any major events. Must say, Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have been very looked. They looked secured, prepared to leave but quick to pounce on anything lose.

FOUR! The boundaries are coming for India. This time Rohit was not in full control. It was a thickish outside edge that trickled between the slips and gully to race away to the fence. New Zealand new-ball bowlers have not quite got their lines and lengths right.

FOUR! Just a tad short from Southee and Rohit on to it in a flash. A super punch off the backfoot. Rohit is one of the very Indian players who is very comfortable off the backfoot.

FOUR! Cracker of a shot from Shubman Gill. That was one of those don't bowl short to me shots. Boult drags it to the halfway mark without much venom. Gill, on the front, just transfers his weight and pulls it with full confidence to collect the first boundary of the WTC final.

Shubman Gill takes a shimmy down the track and taps past the square leg fielder. Once again the slow outfield due to rain, would mean the ball won't reach the boundary. Another three for India. Expect a lot of running from batsmen today.

An inside edge for a single and Shubman Gill is off the mark. His first runs in England too. Not the ideal way but he will take it for sure.

A nice positive push through the covers from Rohit. Southee went wide of the crease to generate the in-and-out angle but it was a tad fuller than what he would have liked. Rohit gets a stride in to cover the swing and just strokes it for a couple.

Trent Boult's first over ends with a full toss which was tapped down the ground from Rohit. It was not from the middle of the bat but enough to allow the right-hander to comeback for a couple.

Mix-up between Rohit and Shubman there. Rohit fended and it went towards the on side, not too far from the keeper. Shubman Gill set off for a single but Rohit sent him back. The youngster needed a dive to get in.