Umesh Yadav hit a six – the only scoring shot of the innings in the post-lunch session on the second day – before India were bowled out for 345, with New Zealand spinner Ejaz Patel falling for the last two wickets in the first Test. in Kanpur on Friday. Shreyas Iyer (105) was the top scorer India While Tim Southee was the pick of New Zealand bowlers with 5/69.
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Southee had a stellar performance in the morning session after India resumed their innings on Friday as he dismissed Ravindra Jadeja for his overnight score of 50. While the Kiwi pacer continued to take a wicket from one end, Iyer took a wicket. Flooding boundaries and reaching his maiden Test century on debut, thus becoming the 16th Indian batsman to do so.
He hit 13 fours and two sixes before falling prey to Southee. Ravichandran Ashwin hit five boundaries in 38 runs and looked quite comfortable filling the gap before being bowled by Ejaz in the post-lunch session. The left-arm spinner finished with 2/90 in 29.1 overs.
Kyle Jamieson took three for 91 while Will Somerville and debutant Rachin Ravindra could not take wickets after being used by their captain Kane Williamson today.
Apart from Iyer and Jadeja, Shubman Gill also made a significant contribution during India’s innings by scoring 52 runs on 93 on Thursday.
Brief Scores: India 1st Innings: 345 in 111.1 overs (Shreyas Iyer 105; Ravindra Jadeja 50, Ravichandran Ashwin 38; Tim Southee 5/69, Kyle Jamieson 3/91).
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