India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Maiden over to end the day as Ashwin keeps it tight! Blundell (30*) and Phillips (9*) remain unbeaten as NZ take a lead of 301 runs.

NZ: 198/5 (53), lead by 301 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: A full delivery by Jadeja, on middle and leg. Phillips defends it, no run. Then Jadeja sends a length delivery, outside off. Phillips tries to defend, but it turns past the edge, no run. Four more dots, maiden over for Jadeja.

NZ: 198/5 (52), lead by 301 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Only two singles in this over as Ashwin keeps it tight. Phillips (6*) and Blundell (28*) will look to stitch together a partnership here!

NZ: 193/5 (48), lead by 296 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: A full delivery by Sundar, and it sneaks past Latham's back leg. He misses the sweep and the finger goes up! The UltraEdge has a spike, clear gap betwen bat and ball. Impact is umpire's call on the stump and Sundar gets his 11th!

Latham lbw b Sundar 86 (133)

NZ: 183/5 (44.4), lead by 286 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: A good delivery by Sundar, drifts in and Latham goes for the defence and it goes past the edge. Then a double, followed by four dots. Latham is at 86* off 131 balls now.

NZ: 179/4 (43), lead by 282 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: A full delivery by Jadeja, outside off and Latham defends it back to the bowler. Then Jadeja sends a length delivery, turning in from outside off. Latham misses his sweep, and it misses leg stump! Then it is a dot, followed by a single, and then two more dots.

NZ: 168/4 (39), lead by 271 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: The over begins with a single and then two dots. In the fourth ball, Bumrah sends a short of length delivery, wide outside off. Blundell gets a thick edge, and it goes between slips and gully for a four! Then it is a dot, followed by a double.

NZ: 154/4 (36), lead by 257 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Latham (61*) and Blundell (11*) are playing cautiously, and register only two runs in this over.

NZ: 141/4 (34), lead by 244 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Two runs leaked in this over as Jadeja keeps it tight. Blundell (2*) and Latham (56*) will look to build a partnership here!

NZ: 126/4 (31), lead by 229 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: 10 wickets in the match for Washington Sundar and all of it from that same end. Mitchell goes for a big heave coming down the track second ball of the 30th over. Now New Zealand have been lucky today but they can't possibly push their luck that far. Mishits, goes high up in the air and Jaiswal takes the catch at long-on.

Mitchell c Jaiswal b Washington Sundar 18 (23)

New Zealand 123/4 in 29.2 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: How fitting it would be if Tom Latham gets a big score in this second innings before New Zealand seal the win. He has looked almost entirely unperturbed today and he, gets on top of the extra bounce from Sundar third ball of the 28th and cuts it for a single to get to the mark. He had been dropped by Pant the previous ball. India are as flat as a road.

Latham reaches 51 off 84 at the end of that over, Daryl Mitchell has happily swept his way to 16 off 19. New Zealand now lead by 220.

New Zealand 117/3 in 28 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Well, it looks like India are losing it. New Zealand's lead crosses 200 with Latham running two off the first ball of the 24th from Washington. Appeal for LBW off the fourth ball that the umpire turns down. Rohit actually goes for a review, it was quite clear that it was going down the leg side on live broadcast footage and the ball-tracking confirms it. Would've needed an extra stump beside leg for that to be out. India have pushed the field back now and so New Zealand can just push the ball around and get runs with no risks. The hosts are absolutely tottering at the moment.

New Zealand 100/3 in 24 overs, lead by 204 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Oh how about this! Rachin Ravindra has been kept silent by Washington Sundar in this Test. What a match Washington is having, regardless of how badly it has gone for the rest of his team. Quick length delivery for the fifth ball of the 22nd, it speeds through and goes straight on and Ravindra is gone for all money. For once, he goes without making a big difference to the scoreboard.

Ravindra b Washington Sundar 9 (13)

New Zealand 89/3 in 21.5 overs, lead by 192 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: All right, Ashwin to bowl the first over of this crucial final session. India had a very brief huddle, Rohit must've spoken no more than a couple of lines before they broke. Tom Latham is on strike, Rachin Ravindra at the other. New Zealand have a realistic chance of winning their first-ever Test series in India.

New Zealand 85/2, lead by 188 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Ravichandran Ashwin could be seen having a long and rather animated chat with Gautam Gambhir, who was rather quiet throughout. Luck has gone New Zealand's way, as it often does when you are dominating a Test match. India need to somehow keep their heads up and soldier through, keep finding those edges.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Bumrah bowled the last over before Tea. Rachin Ravindra with a truly gorgeous drive on the up through cover off the third ball of that over for a four. He defends the rest of the deliveries solidly and the umpires calls for Tea. India walk off a tired looking unit. Their shoulders are sagging and their feet are dragging. They know they are in a heap of trouble and it doesn't look like this is a batting lineup that can back themselves to bat out nearly two days and grind out a draw, which is what they might need to do if they can't get New Zealand down to their last two wickets at least in the third session.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Ashwin got the second ball to go straight with overspin and it beats Young. The third ball also goes straight on, Young misses it again but this time the ball raps him bang in front of the stumps. Umpire gives it, Young has a chat with his captain and then reviews. It has missed the bat and ball-tracker confirms that the ball would have hit middle and leg.

Young lbw b Ashwin 23 (28)

New Zealand 78/2 in 18.3 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Bumrah beats Latham's outside edge first ball, then he bowls almost a fast off cutter, with the ball pitching on a good length and seaming away. Latham pushes the fifth ball to Jadeja at backward point and runs a quick single. Jadeja gets a direct hit at the non-striker's end but Latham had made it safely, the batters then run an extra run. That makes it two off the over. Washington has indeed been taken off, Ashwin to howl the 19th over.

New Zealand 78/1, lead by 181 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: However, Bumrah is replacing Washington in the 18th, which is strange. Wonder if it is going to be a change of ends for him. India have an attacking field now for Bumrah, two slips and a gully. The crowd has been pretty quiet and subdued but there is a murmur going around now that Bumrah has the ball.

New Zealand have the rub of the green though. Young edged the second ball of that over from Jadeja, it edges past Rohit at first slip and goes to the boundary. He takes a single and then Latham sweeps hard at the fourth ball, that goes to the deep backward square leg boundary. Latham eases the last ball to long on and takes a single. 10 easy runs.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Sundar bowls his eighth over and he has given just two runs in it. Just 14 runs overall from him but the problem is the runs leaking from the other end for India. Jadeja has conceded 14 runs in his two overs. Now he returns for his third.

New Zealand 66/1 in 16 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: The ball is spinning everywhere and Rishabh Pant has done well not to give away any byes here. New Zealand's lead has gone past 150, they have managed to get runs consistently despite how the pitch is behaving. Ashwin has had the worst of it, 33 runs gone in his six overs while Sundar has conceded just 16. He has been taken off now, Jadeja to bowl the 13th over.

New Zealand 49/1, lead by 152

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Conway misses the sweep and that is plumb! India appeal and the umpire raises his finger straightaway. It ws flat and on the stumps, Conway doesn't bother reviewing it. India have their first wicket, now Will Young walks in.

Conway lbw b Washington Sundar 17 (25)

New Zealand 36/1 in 9.2 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: They have already taken their lead to 139 runs. Latham on 19 off 31, Conway on 15 off 23. India stick with Ashwin and Sundar and the latter to bowl the 10th over now. Conway on strike.

New Zealand 34/0 in 9 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Just a run off Sundar in which he got a couple to go past Conway's outside edge. Ashwin, though, is getting clobbered. Not the quickest delivery from Ashwin, Latham dances down the track, makes it a half-volley and flicks wide of mid-on for a four. Turn and bounce second ball and it fizzes past Latham's outside edge, then the third goes off the inside edge past short leg. The batters take a single and then Conway jumps out of his crease and lofts the ball over the bowler's head for a four. The fifth ball takes a thick edge but doesn't carry to short leg.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Latham paddles sweeps the first ball, Bumrah not too quick in getting to the ball at deep fine leg and Ashwin stands there with his hands on his hips. Then Latham drives and beats the sweeper for a four. One more run and that makes it seven runs off the first over itself. Washington Sundear to share the new ball.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Interesting move this. Ravichandran Ashwin has the new ball in his hands, Tom Latham on strike with Devon Conway at the other end. There is a lot of doom and gloom already on social media but the fact remains that this is India in India, never write them off. Will be interesting to see if Rohit Sharma will set more attacking fields from the beginning here. A big reason why New Zealand got 100 odd runs more than India did yesterday is because of the bafflingly defensive fields Rohit set in the first sesssion. Here we go!

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Seven wickets for Mitchell Santner. An extraordinary performance from him; he has ripped the Indian batting lineup to shreds. Washington Sundar blasted 14 runs in the 45th over, but he will stay unbeaten on 18 off 21 as Jasprit Bumrah is gone LBW against Santner off the third ball of the next over. India have lost nine wickets for 106 runs.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: And that is six wickets for Mitchell Santner. Akash Deep hit the fifth ball down the ground for a six. Goes forward to defend the last ball, but it spins away from him just enough to take the off stump. That was a heck of a delivery, too good for anyone, let alone a No.10.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: And that is the end of Jadeja's counter-attack. Big appeal for LBW first ball of the 44th and the umpire gives it. Jadeja reviews but it's possibly because India have three reviews more than anything else. Replays raise some hopes for Indian fans as the ball turns a lot, but ball tracking shows that it is hitting leg stump.

Jadeja lbw b Santner 38 (46)

India 136/8

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Big appeal for LBW by Ajaz and NZ off the second ball of the next over, the umpire gives it but Jadeja reviews straightaway. This time he would be happy he got an inside edge on it, there it is, big flicker on ultra edge. Then Jadeja takes on the long-on fielder at the boundary and clears him with ease for his first six of the innings. Three more runs for him in that over and he moves to 30 off 40 balls, Washington on two off eight.

India 126/7 in 41 overs, trail by 133 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Oh wow, Jadeja was gone but New Zealand didn't review the umpire's decision! Santner's very first ball of the session kicks up at Jadeja from a good length, Jadeja pushes at it and then raises his bat immediately almost to show that he got nothng on it. The ball loops up off his pad and Will Young dives from short leg to take a sharp catch. The umpire shakes his head though after which Santner says there was nothing on it, Young keeps his peace. Replays later show that Jadeja had got a monster inside edge there! To make matters worse for NZ, Jadeja gets a tickle leg side and sends the next ball to the boundary. Then Jadeja comes down the wicket and smashes the third ball past mid on for another four. He gets off strike after which Washington defends away the last two balls.

India 117/7 in 40 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Jadeja defends away the first five balls and then takes a single off the last. He keeps strike and here comes Mitchell Santner from the other end, his figures read 4/36.

India 108/7, trail by 151.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: All smiles in the New Zealand huddle, they have a real skip in their steps now. Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja walk out for India. The latter is on strike. Ajaz Patel to bowl the first over of the second session. What can India get up to here.

India 107/7, trail by 152

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: India packed their lineup with batters, with Washington Sundar walking in all the way down at No.9 but there isn't much use of a deep batting lineup if you lose five of your middle order wickets for less than 50 runs. Now, India are down to their last recognised batting pair with Sundar and Jadeja walking back out for the second session.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Well it is now time to start talking realistically about New Zealand's chances to win this match. It is not an easy pitch to bat on at all but India's capitulation has now given New Zealand a lot of time to set up a big target for the hosts, unless we have a miraculously big partnership between Jadeja and Washington, which actually could happen because that is what India do in home Tests. They somehow just win, by sheer dominance or through some miracle performances. But seldom have they looked this far behind for two consecutive Tests in the past decade and so it is now quite realistic for Kiwi fans to start hoping for a series win here. India haven't lost a Test series at home since losing to England 2-1 in 2012, there is a very good chance now that their incredible streak, probably the greatest ever seen in Test cricket, could end here.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: An incredible session on all accounts. New Zealand on the money throughout and they were helped by most Indian batters gift-wrapping their wickets and handing it to them. This might just be India's worst batting performance in many, many years, home or away. It is true that bowling is what wins Test matches and Gautam Gambhir had said before this series that this is now India's approach in this format. Wonder if this means they have expedited with any intention of batting responsibly at all. You can win matches only if you take 20 wickets, but it becomes difficult to take those wickets if your batters fall for no runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: One has to wonder if India's shot-selection today was part of a tactic they had of trying to hit the New Zealand bowlers off their line, which might also explain why they would select Washington Sundar with his skills with the bat in mind. However, to stick to that tactic despite seeing how the pitch behaved and how much Washington himself got out of it is quite mind-boggling. India now trail by 154 runs with just three wickets in hand.

India 105/7 in 37 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: The crowd in Pune has been stunned into silence. The ball stays low, completely bamboozles Ashwin and hits him on the pads. Ashwin looks to flick this away but is completely done by the lack of bounce. The umpire raises the finger straightaway and that is a career-best haul now for Mitchell Santner. India have been just woeful today.

Ashwin lbw b Santner 4 (5)

India 103/7 in 35.5 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Sarfaraz heaves at Santner, doesn't bother trying to keep the shot down and holes out at mid-off. Another Indian player falls trying to go hard at the bowler despite this being just the first session of Day 2. Latham had brought the man at mid-off in to tempt Sarfaraz into trying to go over the top. Sarfaraz falls for it hook, line and stinker.

Sarfaraz Khan c O'Rourke b Santner 11 (24)

India 95/6 in 34 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Phillips bowls the fifth ball of the 33rd, his fourth over, flatter around off, right in the slot for Sarfaraz. It is swept to the midwicket fence for a four. He is on 10 off 19 at the end of that over, Ravindra Jadeja at the other end on four off 10.

India 93/5 in 33 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: That is quite an ordinary shot from Pant, India are staring down a barrel now. Stayed in line with the pitch of the ball seems to have lost his shape while going for a big ugly across-the-line heave, misses the ball entirely and the stumps are disturbed. India have lost half their side without scoring 100 runs.

Pant b Phillips 18 (19)

India 83/5 in 30.2 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Phillips strikes just four balls into his first over! Sent quicker than the previous three balls around off stump, Jaiswal comes forward to defend, it takes the edge and Mitchell takes a good low catch at slips. India really in trouble now.

Jaiswal c Mitchell b Phillips 30 (60)

India 70/4 in 26.4 overs, trail by 188 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Glenn Phillips will bowl for the first time in the innings after the break. India are in a spot of bother despite the fact that they have their most in-form batters out there. New Zealand would be keen to break this stand as soon as possible.

India 68/3, trail by 191 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: And well, this is probably their best bet for once. It is Rishabh Pant who has joined Jaiswal in the middle and these two have been India's form batters in Test cricket for a while now. Kohli may have been a big wicket but New Zealand would know just how important it is to break this stand. Pant is on seven off five balls, having hit a four off Santner last ball of that over in which Kohli fell, Jaiswal on 27 off 55.

India 65/3 in 25 overs, trail by 194

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Oh that is just stunning. "So unusual you should put that in a museum," says Ian Smith. It was a nice juicy full toss, Kohli gets down on a knee and tries a haymaker across the line, misses it completely and the ball hits the stumps. He can't believe it, the crowd is hushed into silence. Just the most uncharacteristic Kohli dismissal.

Kohli b Santner 1 (9)

India 56/3 in 23.4 overs, trail by 203 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Patel continues from the other end, Jaiswal defends the first ball, the second is too full and the batter cover drives it to the boundary. Jaiswal becomes the second batter after Joe Root to get to 1000 runs in Tests this year. A single for Jaiswal fourth ball and then Kohli gets off the mark off the last ball.

India 56/2 in 23 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: He doesn't even bother reviewing that, Mitchell Santner has got his man. Gill goes forward to defend, Santner pitches it a little shorter than Gill expected it seems, the ball turned in and hit him on the pads. Paul Reiffel raises his fingers as soon as New Zealand appealed. Big cheers from the crowd after the initial hush as Virat Kohli is the next man in. The former India captain, in fact, almost walks out even before Gill started walking back.

Gill lbw b Santner 30 (72)

India 50/2, trail by 209 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Wow Shubman Gill with a showstopper of a shot for four off the fifth ball from Santner in the 20th over. The delivery was short of a length, Gill cramped for space but he pulls it from close to his body over midwicket. Made that look so easy but it was as unconventional a pull as they come. He has been troubled today but not as much as Jaiswal. Gill had been late to jab down on the third ball after seeing late that it is going straight.

Ajaz Patel bowled the previous over and Jaiswal tried to get forward to defend down his last ball. He doesn't quite get to the pitch of it, the ball turns and takes the inside edge and just about beats the fielder at short leg. Jaiswal on 16 off 43, Gill on 30 off 68.

India 46/1 in 20 overs, trail by 213 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Southee gets a third over and Gill skips down for this third ball, gets to the pitch of it and sends the ball back over the bowler's head for a six. He has absolutely nailed that shot there. Takes a single off the fifth ball, Gill on 25 off 57, Jaiswal on 11 off 36.

India 34/1 in 17 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Both batters know that defending is rife with risks here, lots of variations coming off the pitch for Santner and Southee. Southee ends the 15th over, his second of the day, with a nice juicy half-volley, Jaiswal drives it past mid-off for the first boundary of the day. He moves to 10 off 34, Gill is on 14 off 47.

India 24/1, trail by 235 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Santner bowls the first three deliveries at the same spot around the good length area on middle and off. The first holds its line, the second turns and beats Gill's outside edge and the third goes straight and thuds him on the pads. New Zealand appeal off the last one, the umpire turns it down and they take the DRS. It is umpire's call on the leg stump and Santner walks back frustrated. Gill paddles the fourth ball away to get off strike, Jaiswal blocks out the last two balls. Tim Southeee to bowl the second over of the day, two slips and a gully for him.

India 17/1 in 12 overs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill walk out, so do the Kiwis. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill walk out, so do the Kiwis. Spin to start with, Mitchell Santner has the ball in his hands. He had bowled two overs yesterday for two runs. Gill is on strike, having scored 10 in 32 balls, Jaiswal at the other end on six off 25.

India 16/1 in 11 overs, trail by 243 runs

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: The third Test will be played at the Wankhede, the venue where Ajaz Patel made history by taking all 10 wickets in an innings during New Zealand's last Test series in India. This means that all three of these players were dismissed by him in that Test, which was the last time Ajaz's skills were required in India.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Yesterday, it was Simon Doull and Murali Kartik on the pitch report; today it is Simon Doull and Dinesh Karthik. The latter says that most wickets have fallen when batter face bowlers coming in from the Pavillion End. What is going to be important is the speeds, between 84kmph and 94kmph was when all 10 wickets fell. Santner, Ajaz, Phillips will be looking to operate in those speeds. Not too much moisture, what India need to deal with is the natural variation from the pitch. Tough conditions for batting, enough in it for the spinners.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: India have some work to do today. They need to make sure that they bat through the day, which means at least one of the top six have to get close to a century, if not past it. Quick, early wickets will be on New Zealand's agenda. If they can get about six wickets in the first session, the impossible would start looking very possible indeed. Shubman Gill has scored 10 runs in 32 balls, Yashasvi Jaiswal is on six in 25. India are 16/1 in 11 overs, trailing by 243 runs.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Washington Sundar said that he was "living the dream" as he spoke to the broadcasters after the day's play. "I manifested for this to happen in this particular series for a couple of weeks. The way it came through - I wasn't part of the first Test, and I was called for this particular Test and I was given an opportunity to play in the XI. Really grateful to the coach and captain. Unbelievable feeling," he said.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: He may have played just four Tests before this one but Washington Sundar put in the kind of performances that Indian fans won't be able to forget any time soon. Moreover, most of those unforgettable performances were with the bat, with the 25-year-old forming an integral part of India's stunning victory over Australia in the 2020/21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. In the last Test he played all the way back in March 2021, Washington was stranded on 96 off 174 as he ran out of partners. Now, he has shown just how far he has come as a red-ball spinner in the years between his last Test appearance and this one.

Ravi Shastri had said on ESPNCricinfo in May 2022 when Washington was still in selection wilderness that he is set to be India's premier all-rounder across formats whenever Ravindra Jadeja's playing career ends. It looks like his time has come now.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Better New Zealand teams have toured India in the past but one would struggle to find a side that is doing as well as this one is at the moment. They did something the Kiwis haven't done for over three decades. Now they have followed that up by having a very good Day 1, so much so that it is quite debatable if they really lost that day despite their collapse either side of Tea. No team has managed to win a series in India since 2012 and no New Zealand has ever won a series here at all. Surely, surely that is not going to change now, right in the middle of a period in which India have been more dominant at home than ever before.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Ashwin took the first three wickets yesterday and Washington accounted for the rest. This makes it the first time that two right-arm off spinners bowling for India have accounted for all 10 wickets in a Test innings.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Washington Sundar's figures read 7/59 yesterday. That makes this the fourth consecutive decade in which an Indian bowler has managed exactly these figures in a Test innings. Ravichandran Ashwin had returned 7/59 against New Zealand in the second innings in Indore in 2016 (2010s), Irfan Pathan took 7/59 in the first innings against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2005 (2000s) and Anil Kumble took the same figures in the second innings against Sri Lanka in Lucknow in 1994 (1990s). Just to add spice to that coincidence, India's highest ever Test total is… wait for it…. 759!

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Now the players had to be out there in the sweltering heat and their pain could be felt by most of the fans as they had no protection from the sunshine either. But unlike the players, the fans had no access to drinking water. It wasn't a very nice day out for them yesterday and you can't possibly expect packed stadiums for Test matches if you provide conditions like these.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: There were questions over whether it was the right call to include Washington Sundar over Kuldeep Yadav. The former is a far better batter but questions were over whether he is better as a wicket-taking option, he only had six wickets in his four Tests before this with an average close to 45. Well, he went ahead and took more wickets yesterday than in his entire Test career, returning utterly astonishing figures of 7/59. His carnage started towards the end of the second session and it continued in the third. Ashwin took the first three Kiwi wickets, Sundar accounted for the rest.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: India's captain Rohit Sharma fell for a nine-ball duck after coming across just the most unplayable delivery from Tim Southee. It was the second consecutive time that Rohit fell to Southee in the first innings of a Test match. India then prioritised ensuring no other wickets fell which meant that they scored just 16 runs in 11 overs at a run rate of 1.45. New Zealand were clearly in control at Stumps and this is what India would be striving to gain back early on Day 2.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(w), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William ORourke

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah

India vs New Zealand Live Score, 2nd Test Day 2: Hello and good morning everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of Day 2 of the ongoing second Test between India and New Zealand. The hosts will resume batting from 16/1 and trail by 243 runs. All eyes on jaiswal and Gill, who will be seeking to build a partnership!

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