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India are behind by only 92 runs and have 8 wickets in hand. They must fancy their chances to put up a good first innings total and bat the hosts out of the game. Lets see what Day 2 has in store for us. Join us at 10:00 Local Time for all the action. Until then, take care! Cya!

All credit should be given to the bowlers. Ishant and Shami shared the 10 wickets between them. With the former taking his 5th five wicket haul in Tests. The pitch assisted the bowlers but it was important to bowl in the right areas which the duo were able to do. Nobody got going for the Kiwis as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Williamson lived a charmed life but that too didn't last for long. Contributions from the lower-order helped them get close to the 200-mark which looked impossible at one stage.

It has been India's day throughout. Dhawan ensured that there was no batting collapses as he mixed caution with aggression and brought up his fifty. He looks well set to convert this into a big one. Pujara gave him good company and together they put on 87-runs for the second wicket. Vijay was the man to miss out as he got a peach from Southee very early in the innings. Boult came back to account for Pujara and there were some nervy moments in the end which Ishant did well to survive. Score Card : NZ 1st Innings - 192 Batting Out Desc R B 4s 6s SR Peter Fulton lbw b Ishant 13 31 0 0 41.9 Hamish Rutherford c Vijay b Ishant 12 34 2 0 35.3 Kane Williamson c Rohit b Shami 47 100 6 0 47.0 Tom Latham c Dhoni b Ishant 0 8 0 0 0.0 Brendon McCullum (c) c R Jadeja b Shami 8 19 1 0 42.1 Corey Anderson c Kohli b Ishant 24 43 3 1 55.8 BJ Watling (wk) c Rohit b Ishant 0 4 0 0 0.0 James Neesham c Dhoni b Shami 33 35 7 0 94.3 Tim Southee c Vijay b Ishant 32 32 1 3 100.0 Neil Wagner not out 5 12 0 0 41.7 Trent Boult c Pujara b Shami 2 5 0 0 40.0 Extras 16 (b - 0 w - 8, nb - 6, lb - 2) Total 192 (52.5 Overs, 10 Wickets) Bowler O M R W ER Zaheer Khan 17 3 57 0 3.4 Mohammed Shami 16.5 4 70 4 4.2 Ishant Sharma 17 3 51 6 3.0 Ravindra Jadeja 2 1 12 0     6.0                                    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ind 1st Innings - 100/2 (28 overs) Batting Out Desc R B 4s 6s SR Shikhar Dhawan batting 71 87 10 1 81.6 Murali Vijay c B Watling b Southee 2 6 0 0 33.3 Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b T Boult 19 59 2 0 32.2 Ishant Sharma batting 3 16 0 0 18.8 Extras 5 (b - 4 w - 1, nb - 0, lb - 0) Total 100 (28 Overs, 2 Wickets) Yet To bat: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni(c)(wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Zaheer Khan Bowler O M R W ER Trent Boult 9 4 18 1 2.0 Tim Southee 7 0 20 1 2.9 Neil Wagner 7 0 36 0 5.1 Corey Anderson 3 0 14 0 4.7 James Neesham 2 0 8 0 4.0