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PremiumIND VS NZ 2nd Test Highlights: After India were all out at 156 on DAY 2 of second Test in Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday, New Zealand scored 198/5 in 53 overs and were leading by 301 runs.
India VS New Zealand 2nd Test Day 3: Will India chase down 359?
For New Zealand, skipper Tom Latham scored 86 runs in the second innings, while Will Young contributed 23 important runs. By DAY 2 Stumps, NZ's wicketkeeper batter Tom Blundell (30) and Glenn Philips (9) were on the crease and will begin the DAY 3 proceedings.
India's Washington Sundar created the magic again in the second innings by picking up four wickets, while Ravichandran Ashwin took one wicket.
Earlier in the DAY, India started well after limiting NZ to 259 in the first innings, but their wickets fell one by one, just like a pack of cards at 156. Apart from Ravindra Jadeja (38), Yashasvi Jaiswal (30) and Shubman Gill (30), no other batter could breach the 20-runs mark.
New Zealand's Mitchell Santner recorded career-best figure of 7/53, while Glenn Phillips took two wickets. Tim Southee also picked up a wicket.
Winning the toss, New Zealand skipper Tom Latham had decided to bat first in Pune. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma had reckoned that would have been the right call for his side as well. But as we head towards the end of day's play, captain Rohit Sharma would not be too sad about bowling first.
New Zealand were bowled out on a score of 259 with Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra being the only two successive batters for the Kiwis. While the 46 all out in the last match would still be fresh in the minds of Indian players, they would still back themselves to score freely and get past this score set up by Kiwis while also taking a substantial lead in the contest.
India Squad: 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 Squad: Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke
India vs New Zealand Live Score: New Zealand's Mitchell Santner recorded his career's best figure of 7/53 while playing against India, with his economy being just 2.70. In 29 Test matches, he has taken 61 wickets at an average of 38.20.
IND VS NZ 2nd Test LIVE Score: After India were all out at 156 on DAY 2 of second Test in Pune's Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Friday, New Zealand scored 198/5 in 53 overs and were leading by 301 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Washington Sundar hits a ball over the bowler's head for a six to get the men in blue past the 150 run mark. And with another boundary shortly afterwards, India are trailing by 103 runs.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: And with Akash Deep departing on 6, India have lost the 9th wicket and the end of this innings is looming large. Washington Sundar is the last shred of hope for the Indians now.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Ravindra Jadeja departs after an entertaining 38 run knock. With only 136 runs on the board and 8 wickets down for India, the men in blue would look to get past the 150 run mark in order and get the New Zealand lead below 100 runs. Akash Deep is the next batter on crease.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Ravindra Jadeja is now looking in Pune and has quickly gone into the late 20s. With Washington Sundar also in good knick in the domestic circuit, team India would look to get to the 200 run mark in order to keep the NZ lead low.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: And that's the end of 1st session, India have managed to get 91 more runs in the session while losing 6 crucial wickets. Ravichandran Ashwin was the last causality for India.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Ashwin gets dismissed on a score of 4, 7th wicket down for India. The Men in Blue are in complete disarray at the moment. Commentators are now discussing if India's performance this morning is even worse than the 46 all out in the first test. All Indian hopes now rest on the pair of Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: 6th wicket down for India, Sarfaraz Khan dismissed on a score of 11. The right handed batter steps out and hits the ball, only to hand it right in the hands of Mithcell Santner inside the 30 yard circle.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Rishabh Pant has been dismissed on a score of 18, marking another causality in this deadly hour of play for India. Phillips gets his second wicket of the match as Kiwis now see the bat of half the Indian side.
IND 83/5 after 30.2 overs
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Indian batters are finding it hard to survive at the MCA stadium in Pune at the moment. Sarfaraz tries everything against Mitchell Santner but to no avail, the new batter hasn't been able to get settled on the crease. Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant is looking to continue with a positive mindset.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Immediately after the drinks break, Yashasvi Jaiswal has been dismissed on a score of 30. The left hander defends a ball from Glenn Phillips but the delivery lands straight into the hands of Daryl Mitchell at slips.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Virat Kohli gets dismissed on a score 1, the veteran batter misses a full toss while trying to sweep the ball. Kohli wanted to leave his mark in this encounter from the start but only ends up adding just 1 run.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Shubman Gill is the second batter to go for India as Mitchell Santner finds him in front and the right hander gets adjudged lbw. Gill will be disappointed on getting out after doing all the hard yards.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: New Zealand spinners Ajaz Patel and Mitchell Santner are getting a bit of grip on the Pune surface. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill are finding different ways of battling the conditions while the left hander has pulled out his reverse sweeps, Gill seems to be concentrated on more conventional shots.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Jaiswal and Gill are now opening up in Pune, showing their intent on a few deliveries while still being vigilant in this initial period of play.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Live action has begun on Day 2 with Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal taking the crease while Mitchell Santner has started the proceedings for New Zealand.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Speaking at the press conference after day 1, Washington said, "The ball became very soft. So we had to give more speed to the ball. That was something me and Ash kept talking about. I mean, he said it like that himself in the spell after lunch. That's how he got Conway out as well. We spoke about it and were glad I was able to do it as well. Yes, I didn't actually change too many things. On this wicket, we expected there would be something for the spinners and I really wanted to hit the right areas against different batters,"
"We communicated a lot honestly, and he brings in a lot of quality, skill sets and experience. That really helps for someone who is also playing along with them. It definitely helped me today. And ya, it is special, isn't it? To be playing in a game in which both of them are part of it as well. I hope we get to play lot more games together," Sundar added
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Speaking on ESPNCricinfo, Sanjay Manjrekar said, "Defense is a matter of concern. He is a great player but he needs to improve his defense even more. I have seen it happen in the second innings of the last Test. He is doing well but in the first innings when the pitch is doing some movement, that is what we talk about. About Rohit's loose defence in the early part of his career. He does not step forward and go to play with the bat. He has started again"
India vs New Zealand Live Score: While commentating during India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Day 1, Gavaskar said, “If he'd had fielders like that at long off and long on against spinners before a lofted shot had been played, the captain would have been called a defensive captain. 'He's a defensive captain; he's a negative captain'. Even now, this is good field in the sense that there is one at long-on, for playing with the turn, which is how it should be,"
India vs New Zealand Live Score: In a video posted by JioCinema, Rishabh Pant can be seen asking Washington Sundar to bowl a little fuller and wider to Ajaz Patel but his advice soon backfired.
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"Washi aage daal sakta you can bowl a little fuller, thoda bahar daal sakta hai," Pant said and soon afterwards Patel hit the ball over the 30 yard circle for a boundary.
Immediately afterwards, the Indian wicketkeeper realized his mistake and said in a hilarious response, “Yaar mereko kya pata issey Hindi aati hai (I didn't know he knew english"
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Speaking at a press conference after Day 1 in Pune, Sundar said, "The ball became very soft. So we had to give more speed to the ball. That was something me and Ash kept talking about. I mean, he said it like that himself in the spell after lunch. That's how he got Conway out as well. We spoke about it and were glad I was able to do it as well. Yes, I didn't actually change too many things. On this wicket, we expected there would be something for the spinners and I really wanted to hit the right areas against different batters,"
India vs New Zealand Live Score: In an interaction with ANI, Washington Sundar's sister MS Shailja said, "It was lovely to watch him play the way he played today and it was indeed a very proud moment for us as a family. To watch him the way he played and took the wickets was phenomenal. He is been doing a great job and we are very happy and proud of him for the way he made his comeback in Tests after 3.5 years. What he did today was top-class,"
"We both have been playing cricket since childhood. I know the way how he has grown up. During childhood, we have discussed cricket a lot on and off the field as well as at home. He has been supporting me and has been there for me every time when I needed him during my cricketing career so far. He helped me a lot in terms of cricket as well as in the mental aspects of the game especially when things are not going in my way. He's always been supportive throughout my journey," Shailja further added
India vs New Zealand Live Score: India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Day 2 begins at 9:30AM and will broadcast on Sports 18. Meanwhile, the live stream of the match can be watched by navigating to the JioCinema app.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: And that's a wrap for the day, there were no more surprises for India as Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal played safely to take their team just 1 down at stumps. It will be an important morning for the two youngsters on Friday as they navigate the threat posed by New Zealand pacers with a relatively new ball.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: A big blow for India as skipper Rohit Sharma departs without adding a run to his name. A cracking delivery from Southee squared Rohit off completely and goes on to smash the stumps of Indian captain. Shubman Gill is the next player on the crease.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Yashasvi Jaiswal takes a single to start the proceedings for India. An unsually slow start for India with the two batters trying to stay safe at the latter half of the day and hoping to come back fresh on Friday morning.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal have opened the batting for India at the MCA stadium in Pune. The two batters are pitted against the pace of Tim Southee, who continues to remain threatening especially with the new ball in his hand.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: And the New Zealand innings has ended on a score of 259 at the Maharashtra cricket association stadium in Pune. Tim Southee was the last man to go for the Kiwis, getting his stumped knocked out on a beautiful delivery from Washington Sundar. The off spinner took 7 wickets to completely destroy the Kiwi innings and leave a massive massive impression on this match.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Washington Sundar is on a roll here, taking 3 wickets in short duration to break the back of New Zealand's middle order batting. With Ashwin already dismissing the top 3 Kiwi batters, it seems like the two off spinners have made their mind to dominate the proceeedings in this game.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: We are heading towards the latter half of this session and it seems like Rohit's strategy of keep the scoring rate down isn't paying dividends so far. While Ashwin and Washington have bowled well so far, they haven't been able to put the pressure on the opposition yet.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Devon Conway and Will Young are finding it relatively easily in Pune with team India allowing them easy singles to rotate the strike. It seems like Rohit and his bowlers are still a little shaken by the kind of effort they saw from Kiwis in Bengaluru.
Conway 28 (57)
Will Young 10 (26)
India vs New Zealand Live Score: And 50 up for New Zealand, the Kiwis have managed the conditions very well at the Maharashtra cricket association stadium in Pune. Meanwhile, India are relying on their off spinner combination of Ravichandran Ashwin and Washington Sundar to get another wicket here.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Absolutely no way that you can keep Ravichandran Ashwin down, two matches in a row. The veteran spinner shows his class right from the start in Pune, dismissing the dangerous Tom Latham on a score and getting India their first breakthrough.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Kiwis are now feeling more comfortable at the pitch here at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium in Pune. Latham (13 off 17 balls) has been the aggressor of the two players while Conway has also tried to get back in form.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: A positive start for New Zealand thanks to Tom Latham and Devon Conway who have looked to score runs instead of just sticking on the crease. Meanwhile, Akash Deep has been expensive of the two bowlers in the day.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: LIVE action has begun at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium in Pune. Tom Latham and Devon Conway have opened the batting for Kiwis while Jasprit Bumrah starts the proceedings for India.
India vs New Zealand Live Score:
India:
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:
Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Tim Southee, Mitchell Santner, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke
India vs New Zealand Live Score: A surprising move by India to make 3 changes to their playing XI. Shubman Gill has replaced KL Rahul, while Washington Sundar replaces Kuldeep Yadav and Akash Deep takes Mohammed Siraj's place in the team.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: New Zealand skipper Tom Latham won the toss and opted to bat first at the Maharashtra cricket association stadium in Pune. Rohit Sharma said he would have loved to bat first as well.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: It's a black soil pitch in Pune and spinners are expected to get help from the surface right from the get go. Dinesh Karthik suggests the team winning toss, should decide to bat first.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Speaking ahead of the 2nd Test in Pune, Aakash Chopra said, "I am not privy to any inside information but it seems that he will be playing the second Test match. But then of course the pressure is building because one is his own form and I am not just thinking about one Test match here or there, because that will be just unfair to start judging people and then start picking or dropping people based on their single performance."
"He hasn't really been in very good form over the last 8-10 Tests (majority of which he missed due to injury), that's also a fact. So time is running out. Sarfaraz has already scored 150 in the last game so that pressure is also there. So this game is an important one for him and team has also thought of it." the former Indian cricketer added
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Less than an hour is left for the start of live action at the Mahrashtra cricket association stadium in Pune. The toss will be held at 9:00am while live action begins at 9:30pm.
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Speaking ahead of the 2nd Test in Pune, Tom Latham said (as quoted by ESPNCricinfo), "I guess whatever we're presented with, it's about, for us, trying to adapt as quick as we can; that's something that we can't control with the wicket. So it's about trying to go out there and adapt as quick as we can, and if it's going to be a wicket that turns a little bit more, then we've obviously got four spinners in our line-up, so fingers crossed that will play into their hands, but yeah, as I said, it's about trying to adapt on the run, and try not to go into the game with too many preconceived ideas,"
"Yeah, obviously very special, I guess to be... there's myself, Graham Dowling and John Wright, to be in this position is really special. But for me it was a team effort, it wasn't just me that obviously contributed to the win, you know, the guys did a fantastic job, and obviously that was last week, we obviously celebrated what was a special performance. But our attention turned quickly to this game, and we're trying not to, I guess, rest on what happened last week, as trying to take the confidence from last week, and take that into this game, and hopefully hit the ground running," the Kiwi skipper added
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Gambhir said, "First of all, social media does not matter one bit. You do not pick players because of the social media or what the experts think. What the team management thinks, what the leadership group thinks, is very very important. Ultimately, everyone is judged, international cricket is about being judged. Everyone's performance will be judged eventually,"
"But I feel he is batting really well, he has had a decent knock in Kanpur, obviously on a difficult wicket and he played according to the plans. He would be knowing that he wants to score big runs, he has that capability of scoring these big runs that is why he is being backed by the team management," the Indian head coach added
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Speaking ahead of the 2nd Test match in Pune, Chopra said, "In the squad, yes, in the playing XI, we don't know yet. You will need to carry enough, and it might be a larger squad anyways, it is a five-Test match series. First time in Australia, we are going to play five matches," he said.
"Sarfaraz, whenever he has played, it is just not about the last Test match, what he did against England was also commendable, so there is no reason for us to even speculate that he won't be part of the touring squad, I think it is a given he will be there," the former Indian cricketer added
India vs New Zealand Live Score: Speaking ahead of the match in Pune, Ryan ten Doeschate said, "There is a fight for the spot (between Gill, KL and Sarfaraz). Sarfaraz was brilliant in the last game. I went to KL after the last game and asked how many balls you missed and he had not missed any. He is in good space but we will have to fit in seven players in six spots. So there is competition. There are no concerns about KL's form, he is batting well,"
India vs New Zealand Live Score: The live broadcast of the match can be caught by navigating to the Sports 18 channel. Meanwhile, the India vs New Zealand 2nd Test is also being live-streamed on JioCinema app from 9:30am onwards today.
