India vs New Zealand 1st Test LIVE: The first match of the two-match Test series is being played between India and New Zealand at the Greenpark Stadium in Kanpur. Today is the second day of the first test match i.e. Friday 26 November. India scored 345 runs in their first innings for the loss of all wickets, which included a century from Shreyas Iyer, half-centuries from Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja. Tim Southee took five wickets for the Kiwis. At the same time, New Zealand's team has scored 77 runs in the first innings without losing any wicket in 26 overs till the time of writing the news. Tom Latham and Will Young are at the crease.
Ind vs NZ 1st Test Match LIVE Scorecard
New Zealand's first innings
In response to 345 runs, New Zealand's team added 55 runs in 21 overs without losing a wicket in their first innings. Openers Tom Latham and Will Young showed great batting.
India's first innings, Shreyas Iyer's century
India ended the first day at 258/4, losing their fifth wicket early on the second day as Ravindra Jadeja failed to add a single run to his overnight score. Tim Southee bowled Jadeja. Shreyas Iyer completed his century in 157 balls in his debut match. India lost their second and sixth wicket of the day as Wriddhiman Saha, who scored a run, was caught by Tom Blundell off Tim Southee.
Team India got the seventh blow in the form of Shreyas Iyer, who scored 105 runs in 171 balls, was caught by Will Young on the ball of Tim Southee. The eighth wicket fell for India in the form of Axar Patel, who became the victim of Tim Southee after scoring 3 runs. New Zealand's ninth success was given by Ejaz Patel when he bowled R Ashwin on a personal score of 38 runs. India's last wicket fell in the form of Inshat Sharma, who became the victim of Ejaz Patel without opening the account.
After the first day's play, India scored 258 for the loss of 4 wickets. Shreyas Iyer returned unbeaten on 75 and Ravindra Jadeja scored 50. Talking about this match, Indian team captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and decided to bat. India got the opening blow in the form of Mayank Agarwal (13 runs), while Shubman Gill (52 runs) was dismissed for the second wicket. India lost the third wicket as Cheteshwar Pujara (26 runs) and the fourth wicket as captain Ajinkya Rahane (35 runs).
Five bowlers bowled for New Zealand, but only two bowlers got wickets. Even the account of three spinners did not open. Three wickets went to Kyle Jamieson, while one wicket went to Tim Southee. The column for the wickets of Ejaz Patel, William Somerville and Rachin Ravindra was empty. Even the pitch was said to be helpful for the spinners.
