India finish with 16/1. The day belongs to India.
Both Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are taking their time in the middle. India are 14/1.
Both Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are struggling for the runs in the initial stages as New Zealand take early control of the game.
IND - 4/1 in 5 overs.
Tim Southee bowls out Rohit Sharma with a brilliant delivery to give New Zealand a sensational start. Rohit Sharma registers a 9-ball duck.
IND - 1/1 in 3 overs.
Openers Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal are out in the middle to begin India's first innings at the MCA Stadium.
Tim Southee to bowl the first over for New Zealand.
Washington Sundar with his seventh wicket and that's an end to New Zealand's first innings. Sundar bowls out Mitchell Santner to finish his sensational spell.
NZ - 259/10 on 79.1 overs.
Washington Sundar gets his sixth wicket as he bowls out Ajaz Patel. New Zealand have no answer for the Indian spin attack.
William O'Rourke joins Mitchell Santner in the middle.
NZ - 259/9 in 79 overs.
Glenn Phillips is OUT!! He has thrown his wicket away and New Zealand are seven down now for 236 runs. Sundar has picked up four wickets
Mitchell Santner is playing a very good hand here!!! New Zealand are approaching 250 now. They are 235/6.
Sundar strikes again!! Daryl Mitchell is gone now and this is some sort of a collapse now. New Zealand are 204/6
The last session has started and this will be a huge one in the context of the match!!
Well, the wicket fell on the last ball of the session and Tea has been taken!!
Sundar strikes again! A typical dismissal for an off-spinner and New Zealand are 201/5 now. A brilliant comeback to finish off the session for India.
Rachin Ravindra has produced a special delivery to dismiss Rachin Ravindra. He was looking dangerous but has now gone for 65. New Zealand are 198/4.
Rachin Ravindra has gotten to his half-century as the 24-year-old is in some form across formats for the Black Caps. India are in need of wickets.
New Zealand - 187/3 (57 overs)
India are not helping themselves by not taking even two wickets in quick succession. Another partnership has started to build for the Kiwis, this time between Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell and New Zealand continue to frustrate India.
Ashwin is making things happen. Devon Conway was looking really good but has edged one straight to Rishabh Pant and New Zealand have lost their third wicket, all of them to Ashwin.
The partnership has crossed fifty for New Zealand as Rachin Ravindra continued from where left off in Bengaluru while Devon Conway looks keen to get that three-figure mark which he missed in the series opener.
New Zealand - 133/2 (42 overs)
A sumptuous drive through the covers leaning into his shot has got Devon Conway through to his half-century, his second in the series immediately after the lunch break. New Zealand are slowly going into 'should India start worrying' territory as wicket hasn't done much.
The opening session on Day 1 of the 2nd Test has ended and New Zealand are 92/2. A pretty solid start one would say for the visitors. A score around 250-300 will be huge as this pitch is already breaking down and staying low at times.
R Ashwin had gotten his second as Sarfaraz Khan's gut call worked for India as it made captain Rohit Sharma go for the review. The replay showed that the ball took Will Young's gloves on the way to Rishabh Pant's gloves and India have gotten their second wicket.
New Zealand - 81/2 (26 overs)
Devon Conway is slowly growing into his innings and Will Young has started well as Indian spinners have got a couple of balls to turn but not many as New Zealand batters are playing themselves in nicely here.
The pacers didn't get any success but the spinner has struck straightaway and who else but R Ashwin! Ashwin got the ball to land in that good length area, which had the dark brown patch and the ball turned just enough for Tom Latham to miss and hit him in the line of the stumps.
New Zealand - 34/1 (10 overs)
Akash Deep had a couple of outstanding deliveries trouble Devon Conway and he too is playing with soft hands with one of them coming off the bat quite often as he tries to negotiate the opening spells of the Indian seamers. Can India strike early?
So far, it has been a good start for New Zealand though! 30/0 (7 overs)
The ball hasn't done much in the first few overs. A couple of them have moved a bit but not staggeringly to create any difficulty for the batters as both Devon Conway and Tom Latham have played the ball on the merit and India will be hoping for an early wicket.
New Zealand openers Tom Latham and Devon Conway are in the middle and will aim to give their side a good start on the first morning of a fresh wicket in Pune.
It will be a dry surface. The pitch is made of black soil, as was the Bengaluru pitch, however, it is local black soil reckons Dinesh Karthik on air. Karthik noted that the surface is firm and has a lot more grass around the ends, near the stumps. As Karthik and Doull came onto the pitch a bit deeper, the colour of the pitch changed with no grass around the good length and the patch is also darker. Hence, the pitch is set to turn from the first day itself and batting first is the only right call.
Playing XI: Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, William O'Rourke
Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand have won the toss and opted to bat first in the second Test in Pune. Kiwi skipper Tom Latham suggested that the pitch was a bit drier with the colour different in the middle and on the ends and might take turn and hence, batting first when the conditions are the best was the correct option. Indian captain Rohit Sharma also wanted to bat first because of the dry nature of the surface.
India are expected to make a couple of changes to their line-up with Shubman Gill likely to come back and the change in pace combination as well with Mohammed Siraj not doing enough with the ball in home Tests.
After eons, the Indian team realised that playing Test cricket at home is not always the bed of roses. Even if they have lost to Australia or England in the past few years, they have come back well but this is a three-match series. New Zealand might be tempted to go hard as they have the lead but they'll just have to be wary of getting overexcited and India will be keen to stamp their authority as well.
There's something about Test morning that feels beautiful, optimistic and refreshing and the whole of India will hope that the Pune clash against New Zealand is something on those lines after dropping the series opener in Bengaluru. India are under pressure and will be keen to land the first blow. New Zealand would just have to be careful. It has been one of the greatest weeks for New Zealand as a cricketing nation but they'd have to quickly get off the high horse into business. Welcome to our live coverage of the second Test against between India and New Zealand from Pune.
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