22/09Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of India at Kanpur, Sep 22-26 2016
India won by 197 runs
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra JadejaIndia
22/09Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of India at Kanpur, Sep 22-26 2016
India won by 197 runs
Player of the Match
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindra JadejaIndia

2.10 pm New Zealand need 434 to win, a target higher than anything ever achieved in Test cricket. They have four sessions to bat out on a rapidly deteriorating pitch against frighteningly accurate spinners. This will either be an absolute masterclass... or a bit of a train wreck. That's tea as well. Thirty-seven overs remain in the day. Join us in about 15 minutes for the resumption

"The sword-wielding celebrations that he unfurled at Lord's in 2014 [and now in Kanpur], he can actually do that with the actual traditional sword. His sister says the sword is so heavy it can break normal untrained wrists," says Sid Monga in here

107.2
1
Santner to Jadeja, 1 run, fifty for Jadeja. And India have declared. Kohli asks Jadeja to do his sword-dance celebration - which he does, just like Lord's - and come back to the dressing room having nudges a shortish delivery off his pads to take the single and walk off to loud applause
107.1
0
Santner to Jadeja, no run, good lenght ball outside off, tries to defend and is beaten

Kohli's standing up in the dressing room. Think he's about to pull the plug on this. Only Ashwin is in full batting gear! And Dhawan is jogging out with some drinks. Santner to bowl. Jadeja on 49

END OF OVER:
107 | 3 Runs | IND: 376/5

  • Ravindra Jadeja49 (56b)
  • Rohit Sharma68 (93b)
  • Martin Guptill4-0-17-0
  • Neil Wagner16-5-52-0
106.6
1
Guptill to Jadeja, 1 run, quicker ball, flicked through to deep midwicket.
106.5
0
Guptill to Jadeja, no run, cuts a good length ball from off stump and is lucky not to drag on
106.4
0
Guptill to Jadeja, no run, tossed up and angled into the left stump, Jadeja plays around his front pad and is struck on it
106.3
1
Guptill to Sharma, 1 run, gets onto the back foot and caresses the length ball through the covers
106.2
1
Guptill to Jadeja, 1 run, pushed through on middle and leg, worked through midwicket
106.1
0
Guptill to Jadeja, no run, tossed up outside off, turn and bounce takes it past the Jaddu's prod

Watling is off the field. Ronchi keeping wicket. Guptill to bowl from around the wicket

END OF OVER:
106 | 8 Runs | IND: 373/5

  • Ravindra Jadeja47 (51b)
  • Rohit Sharma67 (92b)
  • Neil Wagner16-5-52-0
  • Ish Sodhi20-2-99-2
105.6
1
Wagner to Jadeja, 1 run, shortish on middle and leg, dabbed to midwicket to retain strike
105.5
0
Wagner to Jadeja, no run, short on leg stump, evades it

Looks like Ronchi is padding up to keep wicket. Watling seems quite exhausted...

Anshul: "As much as bowling side would have loved to see that "massive turn", it is actually they who would be getting hiccups and Jadeja eyes would have glint up to see that. 100 bucks that he would have learnt the coordinates of that area, where ball pitched, by heart."

105.4
1
Wagner to Sharma, 1 run, low full toss, driven to the left of mid-off as Wagner tumbles over in his followthrough. He's not happy with where his front foot is landing on the crease
105.3
4
Wagner to Sharma, FOUR, short and wide, slapped over extra cover. Stand and deliver batting. Declaration batting
105.2
1
Wagner to Jadeja, 1 run, backs away, so Wagner follows him with a yorker. Pushed to long-on
105.1
1
Wagner to Sharma, 1 run, good length ball outside off, steered to deep third man

New Zealand have to set a world record if they want to win this Test. India's lead is 421

Raghu: "With all the talk about being aggressive, Kohli still looks passive when it comes to declaring. With a forecast of rain around he should look to bowl as many overs as possible. If rain comes and washes out a session and NZ hold on to a draw with 2 or 3 wickets left he will be kicking himself. Or is it psychological trying to dent your opposition mentally at the start of the series?"

END OF OVER:
105 | 15 Runs | IND: 365/5

  • Ravindra Jadeja45 (48b)
  • Rohit Sharma61 (89b)
  • Ish Sodhi20-2-99-2
  • Neil Wagner15-5-44-0

Mishra comes out with a couple of bottles of drinks under his elbow. Ah, such a lovely disguise for a man probably coming out to tell the boys when the declaration would be expected.

104.6
6
Sodhi to Jadeja, SIX, slog sweep! Saw the ball lobbed up over his eyeline, with plenty of room to free the arms. So he got down low and clobbered it over the boundary, with the turn
104.5
0
Sodhi to Jadeja, no run, tossed up on middle and leg, Jadeja is stuck in his crease as he defends
104.4
2
Sodhi to Jadeja, 2 runs, lifts it over point. It was fairly short and Jadeja's strong hands helps him play a good shot despite being on the front foot
104.3
6
Sodhi to Jadeja, SIX, bang into the sightscreen! Steps down the track, turns the ball into an overpitched one and smacks it with all the room he had had
104.2
0
Sodhi to Jadeja, no run, massive turn from out of the footmarks. Jadeja plays it tentatively on the front foot, but the ball darted past his inside edge

Match Coverage

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1

No. of India bowlers who took more 10-wicket hauls in Tests than Ashwin who picked his 5th such haul in this match. Kumble had 8 while Harbhajan also took 5.

Lots of fifties, no centuries

2

No. of Tests which have had more fifties from batsmen without a single century, than this Test which has had 10 fifties so far.

All-round Santner

1988

Last time a NZ player scored 50 or more runs and took 5 or more wickets in a Test in India, before Santner - John Bracewell at Wankhede in 1988-89.

Steady Ronchi

2

Fifties for Ronchi in his career of 2 Tests so far, including this. He had made 88 & 31 in his debut Test and 38 and a fifty in this Test.

Second fastest

1

No. of bowlers who completed 200 Test wickets in fewer matches than Ashwin's 37 Tests. Clarrie Grimmett achieved it in 36 Tests, the fastest.

Huge target

1

No. of higher targets set by India in Tests against NZ than the 434 in this match. India had set 617 in Wellington in 2008-09.

Quick partnership

56

No. of balls in which Rohit and Jadeja added 50 runs for the sixth wicket.

Spinners doing the damage

3

No. of Tests in which NZ spinners took 10 or more wickets against India, including this. The previous 2: Nagpur 1969-70 (19 wkts) and Ahmedebad 2010-11 (12).

Enough on board?

276

Highest 4th inns total by a visiting team in India, by West Indies at Kotla in 1987-88. India's lead has gone past 300 already.

Nothing big

78

Runs scored by Kohli in Tests since his double-century against West Indies in the first Test. His scores since then being 44, 3, 4, 9, 18.

Second-wicket galore

3

No. of Tests that have had three century partnerships for the 2nd wicket, including this match. The other two: Eng v Aus, Lord's, 1953 and Aus v Pak, MCG, 1972-73.

Top-three's contribution

2008

Last time each of India's top-three made scores of 30 or more in both innings of a Test, before this - vs Aus in Mohali. This is the 5th such instance for India.

Rahul-Vijay's first

48

Previous highest opening stand between KL Rahul and Vijay in Tests, before this in 5 inns. This is the first time they have shared a 50+ stand.