09:19 (IST)
Deep Dasgupta and Dominic Cork analyse the Green Park pitch ahead of start of play on Day 2:
Dasgupta: Day 1 belonged to the batters. The slowness of the pitch will give some extra bit of time for the batters. Might still be a good day to bat on.
Cork: What we saw yesterday was the bowler being a little bit unlucky early on. Few balls kept a bit low yesterday. I think that is going to come in as the wicket wears. Cracks have slightly opened, though the wicket still is very solid. For the spinners, you expect a little more variable bounce and turn.
09:10 (IST)
India won their fourth toss in a row, which did raise a few eyebrows
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09:03 (IST)
ICYMI
It was a special day out for one Shreyas Iyer — who became India's 303rd Test cricketer and went on to celebrate the occasion with an unbeaten 75 that put the hosts in the driver's seat at the close of play.
Before he walked out to bat, Iyer was given his maiden cap by batting legend Sunil Gavaskar.
Read: Shreyas Iyer receives maiden Test cap from Sunil Gavaskar in Kanpur
08:51 (IST)
Kyle Jamieson was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers on the opening day of the first Test, hardly having any problems in adjusting to the vastly different Asian conditions as he helped maintain pressure on the Indian batters with his figures of 3/47.
In a chat after stumps, the seamer hoped to get a bit of swing early on the second day as well, which he believes would help the Black Caps achieve their target of early wickets. Click here for the full story
08:47 (IST)
"The whole spell that he bowled was top notch"
India opener Shubman Gill, who brought up his fourth Test half-century on the opening day before getting castled by Kyle Jamieson shortly after lunch, lavished praise on the tall Black Caps seamer. Jamieson was the pick of the New Zealand bowlers at the end of Day 1 with his figures of 3/47, which helped New Zealand keep a check on the Indian batters for the most part of the second session.
08:41 (IST)
"In a team in transition, with the pressure on Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane rising with every start they fail to convert, Iyer’s runs in Kanpur might just see him jump the queue. He might still make way for Kohli in the next Test and Vihari later when they reclaim their spots in the XI, but he’s made an emphatic case to be considered for the middle order."
Karunya Keshav writes on the impact of Shreyas Iyer's fluent 75 not out on Test debut on Day 1. Click here to read
08:30 (IST)
Welcome to our live coverage of the second day's play in the first Test between India and New Zealand at the Green Park in Kanpur. Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja will resume the Indian innings an hour from now as we look forward to another action-packed day between the two top-quality sides.
India vs New Zealand Live Score, Final Cricket Score and Live Streaming, Latest Updates: Follow this space for the latest update on the second day of the first Test in Kanpur.
India vs New Zealand, 1st Test Day 1 report: Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja revived India in an unbeaten partnership of 113 to 258-4 against New Zealand at stumps on the first day of the first Test on Thursday.
India was reduced to 145-4 halfway through the middle session but Iyer progressed to 75 not out in his Test debut, and Jadeja was 50 not out.
Play was called off owing to bad light with six overs remaining.
India was well placed at 82-1 at lunch — Mayank Agarwal fell early for 13 to Kyle Jamieson — but lost the other opener Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara and captain Ajinkya Rahane.
Gill scored his fourth Test half-century when Jamieson bowled him through the gate on 52 off 93 balls. Gill hit five fours and a six.
Eight overs later, Pujara was caught behind off Tim Southee in a repeat of the batsman’s dismissals against Australia and England — edging outside off stump. Pujara scored 26 and India was 106-3.
Rahane added 39 runs for the fourth wicket with Iyer when Jamieson returned and castled Rahane on 35 for his third wicket.
New Zealand's gains in the middle session began to fade, however, as Iyer and Jadeja dug in.
Iyer picked his moments against the spinners as he struck seven fours and two sixes. He reached his maiden Test half-century off 94 balls.
Jadeja was patient and solid at the other end as the duo took India past 200 runs. He scored his 17th Test half-century off 99 balls, including six fours.
Their 100-run partnership came off 192 deliveries.
Most of New Zealand's workload was shared in 45 wicketless overs by left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel, playing his 10th Test, and off-spinner William Somerville, playing his fifth. The debutant, batting all-rounder Rachin Ravindra, bowled seven overs of left-arm spin.
New Zealand picked three spinners but the fast bowlers took the wickets, Jamieson 3-47 and Southee 1-43.
“We found some swing early. It was up and down a little bit,” Jamieson said. "Hopefully the new ball swings a little bit in the morning. India is a fraction ahead, I think.
"We hung around pretty well and we need a good start in the morning.”
India has rested key senior players such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Jasprit Bumrah for this two-Test series. This is also a first Test assignment for new coach Rahul Dravid, who started his tenure in the preceding Twenty20 series with a 3-0 win over the New Zealanders.
This is the first Test between the teams since the final of the inaugural World Test Championship in June, won by New Zealand in Southampton.
India hasn’t lost a home test against New Zealand since 1988.
With inputs from AP
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