Devon Conway smashed a stroke-filled 91 as New Zealand reached 180/3 after 50 overs at stumps on day two of first Test against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday.
New Zealand also have a lead of 134 runs after bowling out India for just 46 earlier in the second session.
India vs New Zealand: 1st Test, Day 2 – LIVE
Rachin Ravindra (22) and Daryl Mitchell (14) were at the crease when the stumps were drawn for the day due to bad light.
India’s day was made even gloomier later as Rishabh Pant limped out of the field after a sharply-turned ball from Ravindra Jadeja slammed on to his left knee.
After their bowlers and fielders joined forces to blow away India, Conway was the main aggressor in a 67-run opening stand with captain Tom Latham.
With bright sunshine slowly making way, Conway was superb in clipping and driving Mohammed Siraj for boundaries, followed by sweetly timing his fours off Jasprit Bumrah. What really stood out from Conway’s breezy knock has been his takedown of premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
With his armoury of sweeps, reverse sweeps and even sixes smashed down the ground, Conway’s attacking blitzkrieg ensured he got his tenth Test fifty in 54 balls, as Ashwin went for 31 runs in his six overs.
Though Kuldeep Yadav got India the breakthrough by trapping Latham lbw with a googly, Conway taking two more boundaries via drive and Will Young also taking a four meant New Zealand went into tea with hopes of taking a mammoth lead against India.
Previously, resuming from 34/6 at lunch, Matt Henry struck on the very first ball by catching shoulder edge of Ravichandran Ashwin and the ball lobbed to gully. He then enticed Rishabh Pant into tentative defence and edged to second slip.
William O’Rourke had Bumrah heaving to long leg, before Henry ended the Indian batting horror show by having Kuldeep Yadav caught at gully to cap off a brilliant time for New Zealand with the red cherry. Henry ended up with 5-15 and also reached the landmark of 100 Test wickets.
O’Rourke, playing in his first Test in India, made a fantastic impression with his 4-22, while the veteran Tim Southee took a scalp. For India, bowled out for their lowest Test total at home, Pant (20) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (13) reached double figures in a sorry Indian batting show laced with five ducks.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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