09:25 (IST)
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09:16 (IST)
Simon Doull and Deep Dasgupta analyse the pitch:
SD: It’s not going far. Hasn’t deteriorated as much as we expected. Still looks okay. New Zealand need to bat really well, negate spin. Key to me will be how they play the spinners today. It still looks okay. The cracks are minimal and will skid on to the bat nicely. All odds are in India’s favour at the moment.
DD: All the outcomes are on the table. Best way to counter spin is using your feet. That’s what Latham did so well in the first innings.
09:10 (IST)
Though critics have been sharpening their knives after Pujara and Rahane’s continued failures in the recent past and in the ongoing series, India batting coach Vikram Rathour tried to sound optimistic over the experienced duo.
“We understand that both of them are going through a lean phase but we understand that they have both played very, very important knocks for us in the past. We are pretty sure that they are going to come back and play important knocks for us,” Rathour said on Sunday after Pujara and Rahane were dismissed for 22 and 4 respectively in India’s 2nd innings.
09:01 (IST)
"To be honest, there wasn't much happening on the wicket. We needed to get to a competitive total, maybe around 275-280," says Shreyas Iyer on why India decided to declare with 234 on the board.
08:50 (IST)
Scores of 35 and 4 in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur have carried to a crescendo the rising chorus of #RahaneOut. With Virat Kohli set to return for the Mumbai Test, and other competitors for a middle-order berth in fine form, Rahane looks far from a certain pick for the next match.
Karunya Keshav writes on Ajinkya Rahane's current situation, and how he has made his chances of getting picked for second Test against New Zealand as well as the South Africa tour all the more difficult. Click here to read
08:41 (IST)
Big day ahead, with India currently in the driver's seat after setting a challenging 284-run target for the Black Caps and getting rid of opener Will Young early to put the visitors under pressure right away.
Another couple of wickets early in the morning session, and New Zealand will find it very difficult to recover on a surface that is expected to challenge the batters even further. They need a few big partnerships, and this is where skipper Kane Williamson will have to lead from the front, if they are to give the Indian attack a challenge and aim for the series lead.
08:32 (IST)
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the fifth and final day of the first Test between India and New Zealand at the Green Park in Kanpur, with the Black Caps needing another 280 runs to win with nine wickets in hand. Tom Latham and nightwatchman Will Somerville will resume the chase in an hour's time.
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India vs New Zealand, Day 4 report: Shreyas Iyer and Wriddhiman Saha struck half-centuries on Sunday before India declared its second innings on 234-7 on day four of the first test against New Zealand to set the tourists a target of 284 in Kanpur.
Iyer scored 65 runs, while Saha was unbeaten on 61 runs as they resurrected the Indian innings from a precarious 51-5.
At stumps, New Zealand was on 4-1 with Tom Latham on 2 and William Sommerville on nought after losing Will Young (2) shortly before the close of play.
Earlier, India had reached 84-5 at lunch after Kyle Jamieson (3-40) and Tim Southee (3-75) ran through the Indian top-order in the morning.
Cheteshwar Pujara (22) nicked off his gloves down leg side off Jamieson. Southee had Mayank Agarwal (17) caught at slip and then trapped Ravindra Jadeja lbw for nought.
Azaj Patel (1-60) trapped Ajinkya Rahane (4) lbw to reduce India to 51-5 after starting from an overnight 14-1.
Then, Iyer put on 52 runs for the sixth wicket with Ravichandran Ashwin (32) on either side of lunch and rescued the Indian innings.
Following his debut hundred in the first innings, Iyer's half-century in the second innings came off 125 deliveries and included eight fours and a six.
Sunil Gavaskar was the last Indian batsman to score 50-plus in both innings of his debut test, a feat he managed against the West Indies in 1971 .
“I had been in this situation before as well in domestic cricket. My mind set was to play the session and play as many balls as possible. I wasn’t thinking too far ahead,” Iyer said.
He also became the first Indian batsman to score a hundred and a half-century on his test debut.
“It feels good (to have that record) but the most important thing is to win the match... We felt that 250 including the first innings lead would have been a good score, so we’re very happy with where we are now,” Iyer added.
Jamieson bowled Ashwin after India crossed 100. Iyer then added 64 runs with Saha as they helped India reach a defendable total.
Southee dismissed Iyer before tea as India reached 167-7 at the break.
Saha scored his sixth test half-century and put on 67 runs with Axar Patel (28 not out) for the eighth wicket.
India declared with little time left in the day but Ashwin managed to remove Young before stumps. The ball seemed to be missing leg but the batsman ran out of time to use a DRS review.
New Zealand will need 280 runs on the final day for victory.
India scored 345 in the first innings thanks to Iyer’s 105 and New Zealand was bowled out for 296 in reply as Axar Patel took 5-62 on day three.
With inputs from AP
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