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India’s Rishabh Pant, on 2nd day of the first cricket test match between India and New Zealand. File
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India were tottering at 34 for six at lunch on the second day of the rain-affected opening Test against New Zealand, here on Thursday.
India’s top order was blown away in the first hour’s play by the Kiwi seamers, who returned after a rain intervention to prise out the wicket of Yashasvi Jaiswal (13).
Rohit Sharma (2) was cleaned up by Tim Southee, while the young William O’Rourke had Virat Kohli (0) bounced out, caught at leg gully.
Sarfaraz Khan (0) could last only three balls, while KL Rahul (0) faced six.
Rishabh Pant did well to reach 15 not out but Ravindra Jadeja (0) fell at the stroke of lunch.
No play on Day 1
India had won the toss and opted to bat first under cloudy skies on the second day of the rain-hit opening Test. The first day’s action was called off without a ball being bowled due to rain with more bad weather expected this week.
India made two changes to their team, bringing in Sarfaraz Khan for injured batsman Shubman Gill and spinner Kuldeep Yadav for pace bowler Akash Deep.
“The pitch has been under the covers for a couple of days and we do understand it will be sticky to start with,” India skipper Rohit Sharma said.
“Keeping that in mind, we wanted to put runs on the board. It’s a tricky one because you lose the entire day and have four days to play. A lot can happen over the four days as well and you want to get the result as much as possible.”
New Zealand, under new permanent captain Tom Latham, are looking to win their first match against India since 1988. The tourists are without batting anchor Kane Williamson for the match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The Black Caps went with three seam bowlers in Tim Southee, William O’Rourke, and Matt Henry, as they looked to make the most of early overcast conditions.
Published – October 17, 2024 09:31 am IST
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