India vs New Zealand, 1st Test Day 4 Highlights: Hosts in control as Kiwis need 280 to win : Rashtra News
Shreyas
Iyer
achieves
rare
record,
first
India
batsman
to
score
hundred,
fifty
on
Test
debut
New
Zealand
bowlers
put
the
hosts
on
the
backfoot
as
wickets
tumbled,
before
Shreyas
Iyer
and
the
lower
order
shouldered
the
responsibility
to
help
pile
up
the
runs.
Just
on
the
cusp
of
stumps,
India
declared
their
second
innings
at
237/7d,
handing
New
Zealand
a
target
of
284
to
win
the
first
Test
of
the
two-match
Test
series.
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For
India,
Iyer,
who
scored
a
century
on
his
Test
debut,
shone
with
the
bat
once
again
with
a
solid
65,
before
Wriddhiman
Saha
and
Axar
Patel
fought
back
to
guide
India
to
234.
Saha
(61)
and
Patel
(28)
remained
unbeaten
as
the
hosts
declared
just
before
end
of
day’s
play.
At
stumps,
the
Kiwis
score
read
4/1
with
opener
Tom
Latham
(2)
and
William
Somerville
(0)
unbeaten
at
the
crease.
Ravichandran
Ashwin
handed
India
the
first
wicket,
removing
Will
Young
for
just
2.
Resuming
play
on
the
fourth
day,
India
had
a
cushion
of
a
63-runs
and
Mayank
Agarwal
and
Cheteshwar
Pujara
at
the
crease.
India
began
day’s
play
with
one
wicket
already
done,
and
the
Kiwi
bowlers
piled
the
pressure
as
the
hosts
struggled
to
get
going
with
the
bat.
India
vs
New
Zealand,
1st
Test,
Day
4,
Session
2
Report:
Iyer
fifty
swells
hosts’
lead
to
216
At
one
stage
with
India
reduced
to
51
for
5
after
20
overs,
it
looked
like
the
Kiwis
would
wrap
it
up
quickly.
Tim
Southee’s
double
wicket
maiden
over
and
Kylie
Jamieson’s
early
strikes
put
the
visitors
on
top
ahead
of
lunch
at
the
Green
Park
Stadium.
Skipper
Rahane
(4)
and
Pujara’s
(22)
once
again
found
themselves
in
trouble.
India
vs
New
Zealand,
1st
Test,
Day
4,
Session
1
Report:
Southee,
Jamieson
put
hosts
in
spot
of
bother
Southee,
Jamieson
pocketed
three
wickets
each,
to
put
the
visitors
in
charge.
But
debutant
Shreyas
Iyer
once
again
played
a
solid
knock
to
lift
the
hosts
out
of
the
woods
along
with
a
solid
knock
from
Ashwin
(32).
Iyer
then
went
on
to
stitch
an
important
partnership
with
Wriddhiman
Saha
to
put
India
back
in
charge.
Shreyas
Iyer,
who
top
scored
for
the
hosts
in
both
innings,
achieved
a
rare
feat
on
Sunday.
Shreyas
became
the
first
Indian
batsman
to
score
a
hundred
and
a
fifty
on
Test
debut.
Following
the
Mumbai
batsman’s
departure
and
seven
wickets
down,
Saha
and
Axar
Patel
stitched
up
an
unbeaten
partnership
of
67
off
124
to
guide
India
to
a
healthy
lead.
The
third
session
belonged
to
the
hosts
as
the
pair
quickly
added
the
runs.
With
enough
runs
on
the
board,
skipper
Rahane
declared
the
hosts’ second
innings.
With
stumps
just
round
the
corner,
India
bowled
four
overs.
But
the
overs
turned
out
crucial
for
the
hosts
as
Ashwin
picked
up
an
early
wicket.
But
with
nine
wickets
in
hand
the
final
day’s
play
promises
to
be
an
interesting
encounter
with
either
side
capable
of
turning
the
tables
and
pocketing
the
Kanpur
Test.
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