WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – India pace bowler Ishant Sharma took career best figures of six for 51 as New Zealand were bowled out for 192 shortly after tea on the first day of the second test in Wellington last night.
Ishant was the pick of India’s bowlers, who were given first use of the green Basin Reserve wicket after captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won his seventh successive toss and wasted little time in asking the hosts to bat.
Mohammed Shami finished with four for 70 for the visitors, who must win the match to stop New Zealand from clinching their first test series against them since 2002.
Kane Williamson top-scored with 47 after being dismissed three times and recalled twice due to no-balls in the innings. Jimmy Neesham (33) and Tim Southee (32) provided cameos towards the end.
India won the toss and chose to bowl
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New Zealand first innings P. Fulton lbw b I. Sharma 13 H. Rutherford c Vijay b I. Sharma 12 K. Williamson c R. Sharma b Shami 47 T. Latham c Dhoni b I. Sharma 0 B. McCullum c Jadeja b Shami 8 C. Anderson c Kohli b I. Sharma 24 BJ Watling c R. Sharma b I. Sharma 0 J. Neesham c Dhoni b Shami 33 T. Southee c Vijay b I.Sharma 32 N. Wagner not out 5 T. Boult c Pujara b Shami 2 Extras: (nb-6, w-8, lb-2) 16 Total (all out, 52.5 overs) 192
Fall of wickets: 1-23 2-26 3-26 4-45 5-85 6-86 7-133 8-165 9-184 10-192
Bowling: Zaheer 17-3-57-0 (nb-2, w-1), Shami 16.5-4-70-4 (nb-1, w-2), I. Sharma 17-3-51-6 (nb-3), R. Jadeja 2-1-12-0
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India: MS Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Viurat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami
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Previous result: New Zealand won the first test by 40 runs to lead the two-match series 1-0
