Good cricket was on display on Day 1 of the 1st Test between India and New Zealand, and Day 2 is expected to be equally exciting. India scored 291 for 9 on Day 1 with fifties coming from Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara. For Kiwis, Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner took three wickets each.



LIVE SCORE | INDIA vs NEW ZEALAND | 1ST TEST | DAY 2 | GREEN PARK STADIUM, KANPUR





 FULL SCORECARD


NEW ZEALAND (1st innings)


 

3.50 pm: Play has been called off, and will resume at 9.15 am tomorrow (Saturday). New Zealand 152/1 in 47 overs. Latham 56 (137b 5x4 0x6), Williamson 65 (115b 7x4 0x6).

3.30 pm: The BCCI have tweeted that there will be an inspection at 3.45 pm





3.15 pm: The rain has abated but still a drizzle continues. The sky has also cleared up a lot. Groundstaff have started working on the covers.

2.38 pm: It's raining in Kanpur. And it's heavy. Floodlights are on. The entire ground is under covers. A delay is inevitable. Length of the delay depends on the drainage system that is in place at the Green Park stadium.






TEA: 47 overs: First session of the match without a wicket. New Zealand have really done well today. India in trouble at the moment. New Zealand 152/1. Latham 56 (137b 5x4 0x6), Williamson 65 (115b 7x4 0x6), Yadav 7-2-22-1, Ashwin 14-1-43-0.

40 overs: Kane Williamson and Tom Latham are not giving Indian bowlers any opportunity to break their stand. Total domination by the Kiwis. New Zealand 135/1. Latham 53 (125b 5x4 0x6), Williamson 52 (85b 5x4 0x6), Ashwin 11-1-36-0, Jadeja 15-0-43-0.

37.4 overs: That's fifty for Tom Latham. Some luck and a lot of hard work. It's Latham's 8th Test half-century.

25 overs: India need a wicket now. It's slipping out of India's hand, it looks like. Williamson and Latham are batting brilliantly. New Zealand 80/1. Williamson 27 (43b 3x4 0x6), Latham 28 (76b 3x4 0x6), Shami 6-1-18-0, Jadeja 10-0-27-0.

We are back. Can India wrest back the dominant position from New Zealand?

21 overs: LUNCH! New Zealand 71 for 1. Tom Latham 25 (64b 3x4 0x6), Kane Williamson 21 (31b 2x4 0x6), Ravichandran Ashwin 6-1-23-0, Ravindra Jadeja 8-0-24-0.

15 overs: New Zealand is playing at a healthy run rate. Indian bowlers are also putting up a good challenge. No easy runs. New Zealand 50/1. Williamson 7 (15b 0x4 0x6), Latham 18 (44b 2x4 0x6), Ashwin 3-0-9-0, Jadeja 5-0-17-0.

9.3 overs: WICKET! Umesh Yadav provides the first break. Beautiful bowl, pitched up, the inswinger trapped Guptill in front of the stumps. Swing. Inswing. Martin Guptill lbw b Yadav 21 (31b 3x4 0x6).

New Zealand openers Tom Latham and Martin Guptill are in the middle. Virat Kohli is spreading the field. India are playing with four bowlers, so keeping them fresh will be a challenge for Virat.

INDIA (1st innings)

Ininngs break - India team is all out for 318 runs in 97 overs. Jadeja remains unbeaten on 42. India were 291 for 9 overnight and added 27 runs this morning.

96.6 overs: WICKET! Umesh Yadav's resistance has been broken. Wagner does it for New Zealand. Umesh Yadav c Watling b Wagner 9. 

92.6 overs: That brings up 300 runs for India. Anything above this is going to be crucial for the result of this match.

Santner to start the day with the ball. Jadeja on strike.

9.28 am: Players are walking out of the dressing room. How long will it take for New Zealand to take India's last wicket? Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav will try to prolong their stand, surely.

This is how the pitch looks like on the second morning of the Test.





9.10 am: Welcome to the live updates of Day 2 of the 1st Test between India and New Zealand at the Green Park cricket stadium in Kanpur. We are just 20 minutes away from the start.