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Day 4

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Wriddhiman Saha stars in India's Test win against Kiwis

Wriddhiman Saha starred with the bat in both innings, and became the fourth Indian wicketkeeper to score two fifties in a Test, which helped the hosts convincingly beat New Zealand by 178 runs, in four days, in the second Test that ended in Kolkata on Mon

2954dSidharth Monga in Kanpur

India were prepared for all situations

India turned a corner through skill, persistence and fortitude in conditions that brought New Zealand's pacers into the game.

Day 3

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Rohit Sharma puts India in command of the second Test

An impressive display from Rohit Sharma - who scored a 132-ball 82 - helped India take control of the second Test against New Zealand, with a sizeable 339-run second innings lead at Eden Gardens on Sunday.

2068dSidharth Monga at Eden Gardens

Rohit begins to repay Kumble, Kohli's faith

Walking in at 43 for 4 on a tough surface, Rohit Sharma took the game all but out of New Zealand's reach with a responsible innings, but he needs to keep repeating this to completely repay the faith invested in him

2068dSidharth Monga at Eden Gardens

'I was never under pressure' - Rohit

Rohit Sharma has laughed off the notion that he might have been under pressure coming into this Test after scoring 82 from the challenging 43 for 4 in India's second innings

Day 2

2957dAakash Chopra

The magic in Bhuvneshwar's wrist

An analytical look at the important passages of play from the second day of the Kolkata Test between India and New Zealand

2068dSidharth Monga

Saha gets the job done, sans flash

Wriddhiman Saha might not have the charisma of India's former Test keeper or the last star player from Bengal, but there's no denying his solidity both behind and in front of the stumps

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar rattles New Zealand in first innings

An impeccable line and length and a stoke of luck helped Bhuvneshwar Kumar rattle New Zealand's batting ranks, as he claimed a five-for and restricted the opposition to 128 for 7 at stumps on day two of the second Test being played in Kolkata on Saturday.

Day 1

2068dSidharth Monga

Rahane rues late wickets after attritional day

After Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane ground New Zealand into fatigue on a punishingly hot day, the tourists bounced back with late wickets, much to Rahane's disappointment

2068dSidharth Monga in Kolkata

How New Zealand set up Kohli

New Zealand's plan to undo Virat Kohli at Eden Gardens was rather obvious, but India's captain could not remain patient long enough to beat it

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Cheteshwar Pujara drives India's first-innings effort

Cheteshwar Pujara bailed India out of a spot of bother, with an impressive 219-ball 87, after the hosts had lost three-early wickets in the first session of the second Test, against New Zealand, which began in Kolkata on Friday.

Others

2068dSidharth Monga in Kolkata

Kohli wants India to harness scoreboard pressure

India captain Virat Kohli, while expecting the Eden Gardens pitch to be batting friendly, has said he wanted to the batsmen to score big runs and apply scoreboard pressure on New Zealand

Success at home

11-0

India's record in the last 12 Tests at home - their best win-loss record in a sequence of 12 consecutive Tests at home.

LBWs galore

13

The previous most LBW dismissals in a Test in India - in the Ahmedabad Test involving SA in 1996-97. Ross Taylor's dismissal in NZ's inns was the 14th of this Test.

A rare effort by Latham

4

No. of visiting openers to hit a fourth-innings fifty at Eden Gardens before Tom Latham. The previous one was by Shahid Afridi in 2005.

Only the 4th

3

No. of India keepers before Wriddhiman Saha to get two fifty-plus scores in a Test. MS Dhoni (4 times), Farokh Engineer and Dilawar Hussain (also at Eden Gardens)

Dominant seventh-wicket

4

No. of century stands India for the 7th wkt in their last 5 Tests in Kolkata, including this. Prev 3: MSD-Laxman 259* v SA, MSD-Laxman 224 v WI, Rohit-Ashwin 280 v WI.

Winning position?

233

Highest 4th inns total by a visiting team at Eden Gardens, by Eng in 1961-62. India's lead has already gone past 250.

Henry's double

6

No. of NZ fast bowlers to take 3 or more wkts in both inns of a Test India, including Matt Henry in this Test. Last to do was Tuffey in Mohali in 2003-04.

Openers fail

2006

Last time Ind openers aggregated fewer runs in both inns of a home Test, than 34 in this Test - 33 runs vs Eng at Wankhede in 2005-06.

Long time ago

2008

Last time Ind fast bowlers took 8 or more wkts in an inns at home, before this - vs Aus in Bangalore (9 wkts).

Pacers' glory

8

No. of wickets by India fast bowlers in the first inns of this Test - joint-most by them in an Eden Gardens Tests. They had taken 8 wkts v Pak 1986-87 and v SA 1996-97.

Jeetan's highest

27*

Previous highest score for Jeetan Patel in Tests, which came in Cape Town in 2005-06. He has gone past that in his first inns after making comeback.

Top-order crumble

15

Runs accumulated by NZ's top-3 in this inns, is the second-lowest for them against India in first inns of Tests. Lowest: 14 runs in Ahmedabad in 2003-04.