Pujara, Rahane lift India after bad start
India’s Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara punch their fists during a initial day of a second Test compare between India and New Zealand during a Eden Gardens cricket lane in Kolkata on Sep 30, 2016. PHOTO: AFP
NEW DELHI: Gutsy fifties from Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane helped India strech 239 for 7 in a second exam opposite New Zealand after a see-saw opening day on Friday.
The furloughed side claimed 3 wickets in a initial event and 4 in a third though a Indian twin fake a 141-run partnership for a fourth wicket to leave a compare uniformly poised.
Wriddhiman Saha was dominant on 14 with Ravindra Jadeja nonetheless to measure when bad light stopped play during Kolkata’s Eden Gardens.
Earlier, New Zealand paceman Matt Henry (3-35) distinguished his exam lapse with a two-wicket detonate to mutilate India’s tip sequence and lift a mood in a Kiwi camp.
Beaten comprehensively in a array opener in Kanpur, New Zealand’s bid to turn a three-test array suffered a physique blow when skipper Kane Williamson was ruled out due to illness with Ross Taylor holding over captaincy.
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India captain Virat Kohli’s preference to bat in his country’s 250th home exam gave a Kiwi pacemen an event to remove whatever life was accessible from a green-tinged lane and a tourists did not disappoint.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan unsuccessful to gain on his remember to a side for a harmed Lokesh Rahul, chopping a Henry smoothness on to his stumps to skip for one.
Henry struck again in his sixth over with a pleasing smoothness that pointed into Murali Vijay (nine) and seamed away, kissing a shoulder of a bat before nestling in wicketkeeper BJ Watling’s gloves.
Henry had only been warned for using on to a representation and a change of angle worked good for a bowler.
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Trent Boult discharged Kohli for 9 to brace a hosts behind serve though Pujara (87) and Rahane (77) assimilated army to hindrance a slide, both personification with evil caution.
Pujara brought adult his third unbroken fifty in a series, while Rahane notched adult his ninth exam half-century as they batted by a afternoon session.
Neil Wagner pennyless a partnership when he had Pujara held during brief cover, finale a right-hander’s 219-ball burial that enclosed 17 fours.
Jeetan Patel, replacing harmed off-spinner Mark Craig, discharged Rohit Sharma and Rahane. Ravichandran Ashwin done a discerning 26 before Henry trapped him lbw.
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