Live Cricket Score India vs New Zealand 2nd Test Eden Gardens Kolkata Shikhar Dhawan

LIVE SCORE | INDIA vs NEW ZEALAND | 2ND TEST

EDEN GARDENS, KOLKATA

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  INDIA (1st innings) SESSION 2... The game is in balance at the moment and India would look to press forward when they come out to bat for the final session. The Kiwi bowlers need to come back harder and break this threatening partnership. Do join us for the post lunch session as it promises to be an enticing contest between bat and ball. Mitchell Santner and Jeetan Patel extracted some spin and bounce from the pitch but weren't able to put the set pair in any sort of real trouble. They played the ball on its merit and put away to the loose deliveries with utmost ease. It has been a session which has completely belonged to India as Pujara and Rahane have sailed through the proceedings nonchalantly. 31 overs and 79 runs scored in this session. India have fought back nicely. LUNCH: 58 overs: India 136/3. Rahane 47 (92b 6x4 0x6), Pujara 64 (189b 13x4 0x6). 40 overs: India 86/3. Ajinkya Rahane 15 (52), Cheteshwar Pujara 46 (121). 35 overs: India 76/3. Cheteshwar Pujara 40 (108), Ajinkya Rahane 11 (35). The players are out in the middle and it promises to be a cracking session. Pujara to take strike and Matt Henry to start the proceedings after lunch. SESSION 1... Talking about the Kiwis, they have been prolific so far. They have bowled well, fielded better and took on the opposition. Matt Henry has been the pick of the bowler with his brilliant spell. Trent Boult did well to take the valuable wicket of Virat Kohli too. Overall, all the bowlers did well to keep the scoring tight for India. Let's see how they pan out their plan in the second session. Do join us shortly. Cheteshwar Pujara is playing with all his talent and experience out there as he is playing some quality shots. Ajinkya Rahane has just joined him in the middle. They both did well to negotiate the first session and will like to go from strength to strength post Lunch. The former got a lucky break when Taylor missed a catching opportunity and he will like to get a big score and make the Kiwis pay. That was the end of the session 1 in this second Test match. What a display of cricket we have seen here so far. The Indian team opted to bat first and in came the southpaw, Shikhar Dhawan. He was cleaned up by Matt Henry cheaply in the second over of the match. Then the duo of Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara did well to put some resistance but Henry once again struck and Vijay departed too. Yet another flop show from the skipper, Virat Kohli here as he went on to chase a full ball and gave away his wicket to Wagner. LUNCH: 27 overs, India 57/3, Rahane 2 (15b 0x4 0x6), Pujara 31 (80b 7x4 0x6), Patel 4-1-12-0, Boult 8-4-13-1. 21.4 overs: WICKET! Trent Boult c Tom Latham b Trent Boult 9 (28b 1x4 0x6). 20 overs: India 37/2. Cheteshwar Pujara 22 (59), Virat Kohli 4 (22). 15 overs: India 33/2. Virat Kohli 1 (13), Cheteshwar Pujara 21 (38). 11.2 overs: WICKET! Dream ball from Henry! Length ball around off, it holds its line and moves away a bit after pitching. Vijay stays back to cover the line but the away movement takes the edge. Watling is all smiles as he catches that. Henry strikes once again and India two down with that. Murali Vijay c Watling b Henry 9 (29b 2x4 0x6). 1.4 overs: WICKET! Dhawan departs! Length ball outside off, Dhawan stays deep in his crease and makes some room to cut it through the off side. The ball catches an inside edge and crashes onto the stumps. Shikhar goes early and Henry strikes in his first over. What a start for Kiwis already. Shikhar Dhawan b Matt Henry 1 (10b 0x4 0x6). Kapil Dev rings the bell at Eden Gardens and here we go. All the players and the umpires are walking in on the field. Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan will open the innings for India. Trent Boult will open the bowling proceedings for New Zealand. All the players are out on the field for their respective National Anthems. PLAYING XIs India: M Vijay, S Dhawan, CA Pujara, V Kohli, AM Rahane, RG Sharma, R Ashwin, WP Saha, RA Jadeja, B Kumar, Mohammed Shami. New Zealand: Tom Latham, MJ Guptill, HM Nicholls, LRPL Taylor*, L Ronchi, MJ Santner, BJ Watling†, JS Patel, N Wagner, MJ Henry, TA Boult ROSS TAYLOR, NEW ZEALAND SKIPPER says that the main skipper is missing as he is the world's 2nd best player and also adds that he is bit sick because of a fever. (On this match) He says that they will like to step up. (On their last match) He states that they will look to play well today. (On the team changes) He confirms that Jeetan Patel is back replacing Ish Sodhi and Henry Nicholls is in for Kane Williamson. Ends by saying Matt Henry is in too. VIRAT KOHLI, INDIA SKIPPER says that they will bat first as the wicket looks good also adds that initial few overs will be tough to bat as it has grass on it. (On the preparation) He states that the practice session went well and everyone is all excited to play here. (On the momentum) He opines that it will be nice to carry the momentum into this game. (On the change) He says that Shikhar Dhawan replaces KL Rahul and Bhuvneshwar replaces Umesh Yadav. TOSS: Virat Kohli won the toss and decided to bat first. From Kiwis point of view, Kane Williamson is the latest casualty as he is down with a bug and Ross Taylor will lead the side. Mark Craig will also miss the match today. All-in-all, this match at Eden Gardens will be a high-voltage game and full of interesting turn around. Stay tuned for the toss and other updates. Coming into this match, India will look to win the match and seal the series and New Zealand, on the other hand, will look to level it after a defeat in the series opener. Both the teams are going to have few changes in their playing eleven. KL Rahul is out for India and it will be interesting to see who gets a chance to open alongside Murali Vijay. Kiwis will have few changes too. Hello and a warm welcome one and all for the second Test match between India and New Zealand. It is the 250th Test match for India on home soil and the atmosphere is electrifying.