Bengaluru. The first match of the Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match interrupted by rain, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat but the result was not in favor of Team India. Thursday is the second day of the match. After lunch, Team India's first innings was reduced to just 46 runs in 31.2 overs.
After the first day of the match was washed out due to rain, captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. India made two changes to the team that defeated Bangladesh in Kanpur earlier this month. Sarfaraz Khan was included in place of Shubman Gill, while spinner Kuldeep Yadav got a chance in place of fast bowler Akash Deep.
In favorable conditions, New Zealand's three fast bowlers did their best to trouble the Indian batsmen with swing and seam. After rain interrupted play for 35 minutes, the visiting bowlers made good use of backoflength balls to maintain the pressure and put India in trouble.
New Zealand's fast bowlers dominated the first session. In this session, the Indian team lost 6 wickets while scoring 34 runs. 4 batsmen of the Indian team could not even open their account. William O'Rourke took 3 wickets, while Matt Henry got one wicket. Tim Southee also took one wicket.
There was a lot of joy among the spectators present on the ground when Virat Kohli was promoted to number three, but it ended when Williams sent Kohli back to the pavilion without opening his account.
India would have lost its seventh wicket if Tom Blundell had not dropped the catch of Rishabh Pant on the seventh run. However, he could not take much advantage of this opportunity and was out on the score of 20 runs.
Matt Henry took 5 wickets, while William O'Rourke got 3 wickets. This is India's smallest score on home ground.
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