Ashwin six-for wraps up 197-run win

R Ashwin picked up his 19th five-wicket haul as India wrapped up a 197-run win in their 500th Test match

Asked Pujara to quicken up - Kohli

Virat Kohli has said he was involved in a discussion with Cheteshwar Pujara over his strike rate in Test cricket during India's recent tour of the West Indies

The debate about Pujara's strike-rate

Cheteshwar Pujara's strike rate has been a worry over the last 30 months, but much of it is to do with his inability to score against pace when playing overseas

India's unbeaten streak and Santner's double

Stats highlights from the first Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur

R Ashwin's six-for seals India's win against Kiwis

R Ashwin had already uprooted New Zealand's top order on day four; and on the final day he returned to complete what he had begun, by claiming three-more wickets, to guide India to a comfortable 197-run win in the first Test in Kanpur on Monday.

Craig out of Test series due to side strain, Patel named replacement

New Zealand's chances in the Test series against India suffered a major blow with offspinner Mark Craig being ruled out of the rest of the series

Santner, Ronchi delay India's resounding win

Player like Ashwin priceless in the Test side - Kohli

India's Test captain Virat Kohli hailed R Ashwin's impact and Ravindra Jadeja's relentlessness after India's 197-run win over New Zealand in the series and season opener in Kanpur

'We need to apply pressure for longer' - Williamson

Amid the disappointment of having lost a Test, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson felt the team had the skill to compete but has asked his team-mates to apply them for much longer durations

Ashwin leaves New Zealand facing uphill task

R Ashwin put India firmly on the path to winning the Kanpur Test, grabbing three wickets in a 13-over new-ball spell that blew an early hole through New Zealand's hopes of saving it

'Williamson not a bad 200th scalp' - Ashwin

R Ashwin has chosen AB de Villiers' wicket in Nagpur last season, getting Kane Williamson twice in this Test and dismissing Kumar Sangakkara repeatedly in Sri Lanka last year as some of the special memories in his journey to 200 Test wickets

New Zealand spinners must mimic India's relentlessness

New Zealand spinners had the conditions to work with, they obviously do not have the experience of bowling in them, but they will need to get closer to the relentlessness of India's spinners to g

India inch closer after another dominating day

Santner perfects the 1-2, Guptill fails in approach

Variations in pace and a combination of a balls that spun and a few that didn't helped New Zealand find some success on another day dominated by India.

Ashwin - Second-fastest to 200 Test wickets

Stats highlights from the fourth day in Kanpur where India inched closer to victory against New Zealand as R Ashwin became the second-fastest bowler to reach 200 Test wickets

Ashwin to 200: five Tests quicker than Muralitharan

R Ashwin has taken fewer deliveries than any other spinner to take 200 Test wickets. That and more numbers on his landmark

R Ashwin rocks New Zealand with three quick wickets

R Ashwin rocked New Zealand's top order with an impressive three-wicket display of spin bowling - that saw him become the second-fastest bowler to 200 wickets in Test cricket in the first Test being played in Kanpur on Sunday.

We'll fight till we lose - Jurgensen

Shane Jurgensen, New Zealand's bowling coach, has promised a fight from his side on the final day of the Kanpur Test. New Zealand need to bat out 98 overs with only six wickets in hand and 341 to win

Ashwin second-fastest to 200 Test wickets

When R Ashwin trapped Kane Williamson on the back foot in the final session of the fourth day, he became the second-fastest bowler to 200 Test wickets, behind only Clarrie Grimmett

India power ahead after NZ succumb to Jadeja and Ashwin

Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin took nine wickets between them as India bowled New Zealand out for 262 before building a commanding lead by stumps on day three

Accuracy, 'straight ball' weapon bring rewards for Jadeja

The way Ravindra Jadeja spoke of how the match went showed the confidence India went into the match with

Jadeja: The manufacturer of differences

A 41-run stand for the last wicket, and three tail-end wickets in one over. That is the very definition of "crucial" in a low-scoring contest

India v New Zealand: A classic that wasn't

At various points in their first innings, New Zealand's batsmen looked like they might defy the odds and give India a real scare; in the end, they did not quite manage that

R Ashwin dismantles New Zealand on day three

Kane Williamson and Tom Latham successfully negotiated India's spinners on the second day of the first Test, but R Ashwin - on an aging Kanpur surface - spun the hosts back into contention by dismissing the in-form duo and restricting New Zealand to just

How India nearly equalled the lbw record

Ravindra Jadeja, best in Asia

Stats highlights from a day in Kanpur dominated by India

Jadeja's three-wicket over dismantles New Zealand for 262

Tidy India tighten grip, loose NZ lose theirs

An analytical look at the sequences of play that shaped day three in Kanpur, and turned the Test India's way

Williamson, Latham make strong strides on rain-hit day

An unbroken century stand between Tom Latham and Kane Williamson led New Zealand's response to India's first-innings total of 318, moving them to 152 for 1 before rain washed out the final sessio

India's spinners denied target practice

Through patience and tactful strike rotation, Tom Latham and Kane Williamson ensured New Zealand built a solid platform to challenge India's might on a slow turner

Kane Williamson puts New Zealand in command

New Zealand's captain, Kane Williamson, led from the front with an unbeaten 115-ball 65 in New Zealand's first innings that helped his side cruise to a commanding 152 for 1 in reply to India's 318 in the first Test in Kanpur on Friday.

Latham, Williamson grab the initiative

India frustrated by New Zealand taking breaks

India have expressed frustration at what they hinted was a ploy of New Zealand batsmen to slow the game down through comfort breaks

Santner, Boult give NZ hard-earned edge

A century stand between M Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara gave India the ideal start to their 500th Test, before New Zealand's five-pronged attack struck back to reduce them to 291 for 9 by stumps

India allow New Zealand to fight back and share honours

Through a mix of skills, imperfections and changes in the pitch's behaviour, the opening day in Kanpur held the attention in a manner befitting of the occasion of a landmark Test

Kohli undone by Wagner's angles

A analytical look at the deliveries that highlighted the vital aspects of a hard-fought day of Test cricket in Kanpur

Kohli v Wagner: average of 14.66, three dismissals

Stats highlights from the first day of the first Test between India and New Zealand in Kanpur

Mitchell Santner troubles India on day one

New Zealand's left-arm spinner, Mitchell Santner, claimed three wickets that helped his side restrict a strong India batting unit to 291 for 9 on day one of the first Test - India's 500th - that began in Kanpur on Thursday.

Trumper, Pujara and the art of dominating a spinner

Good footwork is much more than just stepping forward or swivelling on the back foot

How do New Zealand play the straighter one?

New Zealand have done many things right while facing R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, but they are yet to find an answer to the two spinners' biggest weapon: the one that looks like it will turn, but does not turn

'Can learn a lot in first hour of a Test' - Williamson

Kane Williamson has stressed the importance of not "jumping at shadows" on the eve of New Zealand's first Test of their tour of India in Kanpur

'India can be the best in the world' - Kohli

At the start of a big home season, with conditions to their liking, with the required ammunition in their bag, and with batsmen world over struggling to play quality spin, Virat Kohli sounded like a captain who felt his team's time has come

A landmark Test to start a landmark season

India, high on confidence after their recent series wins, begin the 13-Test home season with their 500th Test in Kanpur against New Zealand, a team that has shown a bit of fear of the big occasion of late