Washington Sundar’s double strike reduces Kiwis to 201/5 at Tea – Firstpost

India vs New Zealand, 2nd Test at Pune, Day 1, THROW: New Zealand wins the toss and captain Tom Latham elects to bat. Both teams make changes to their lineups.

While New Zealand bring in an additional spinner in Mitchell Santner in place of Matt Henry, India make a triple change – Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar and Akash Deep replacing KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj.

India vs New Zealand LIVE Score, 2nd Test at Pune, Day 1: India will look to bounce back from the eight-wicket hammering of New Zealand in Bengaluru when they take on the Black Caps in the second of three Tests in Pune from Thursday. India have won 18 consecutive Test series since losing 2-1 to England in the 2012-13 season and will look to continue that streak with a win at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune before the two teams travel to Mumbai. where the final Test will take place at the iconic Wankhede Stadium from November 1st.

New Zealand’s win in Bengaluru was only their third on Indian soil and their first in 36 years. The Black Caps have never won a series in India, having almost achieved the feat during their trip to the country in 1969, and will be hoping they can achieve the historic feat with a win in Pune.

This will be the third Test to be held in Pune. While Australia had beaten India by 333 runs in the opening match of the 2017 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India would defeat South Africa in the second of three Tests in 2019.

teams:

India: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Akash Deep, Jasprit Bumrah

New Zealand: Tom Latham(c), Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell(wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William O’Rourke