IND vs NZ: Watch - Mohammed Siraj knocks over Ross Taylor's stumps with a peach of a delivery
They made a few changes in the squad by adding Jayant Yadav and Mohammed Siraj in place of Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja. The visiting side, New Zealand also made a few changes after their skipper Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the second Test against India.
Talking about the first day of the match, Mayank Agarwal and Shubman Gill opened the innings for India and provided the start that they expected from them. Both the openers smashed the bowlers all around the park with Shubman Gill who was looked very dangerous at the moment.
10 wicket-haul for Ajaz Patel:
Ajaz Patel provided the first breakthrough for New Zealand by sending back Shubman Gill after scoring 44 runs for his team. Following that, the latter also picked the "Nightwatchmen" Cheteshwar Pujara for a duck.
The match looked more exciting when Ajaz Patel removed the Indian skipper Virat Kohli before he opens his account. It was a close one as umpires had no clues and asked Virat Kohli to go back to the dressing room. Then Shreyas Iyer who looked well in the first Test had been decent with the bat in this game.
The right-handed batsman went on to score 18 runs before being dismissed by Ajaz Patel. After the wicket of Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha joined with Mayank Agarwal who was fighting alone at one end for the side.
On the second day of the match, Ajaz Patel and Mayank Agarwal were keeping their side on track. Mayank Agarwal is going to reach his 150 whereas Ajaz Patel become the third cricketer in the world to pick 10 wickets in an inning of a Test match.
However, New Zealand didn't get a good start to their innings, as Mohammed Siraj went through their batting line-up and scalped 3 wickets of Tom Latham, Will Young and Ross Taylor.
Then Axar Patel joined the party and Daryl Mitchell for 8 runs. Ravichandran Ashwin and Jayant Yadav also scalped a wicket each Henry Nicholls and Rachin Ravindra. Now. the visiting side, New Zealand is struggling to get back into the match. Besides, Mohammed Siraj bowled a fabulous delivery to Ross Taylor that went through the stumps has gone viral on social media.
Watch the video here: