India vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 4, Session 2 Report: Iyer fifty swells hosts’ lead to 216

After
Iyer
and
Ravichandran
Ashwin
added
52
runs,
the
Mumbai
batter
along
with
wicketkeeper-batter
Wriddhiman
Saha
showed
grit
and
determination
with
the
bat
as
the
pair
added
64
runs.

At
the
tea
break,
India
were
167/7
with
the
hosts
extending
their
lead
to
216.
Iyer
departed
at
the
stroke
of
tea,
but
Saha
(22*)
is
currently
unbeaten
at
the
crease.

Resuming
the
second
session
at
84/5,
Iyer
and
R
Ashwin
added
19
more
runs
to
the
total
before
the
latter
was
dismissed
by
Kyle
Jamieson
in
the
40th
over.
Ashwin
departed
after
playing
a
knock
of
32
and
at
this
stage,
India’s
lead
was
152.

Saha
then
joined
Shreyas
Iyer
in
the
middle
and
the
duo
added
runs
64
runs
for
the
seventh
wicket,
however
in
the
61st
over,
Iyer
(65)
was
dismissed
by
Tim
Southee.

Earlier,
Kyle
Jamieson
and
Tim
Southee
wreaked
havoc
as
New
Zealand
gained
an
upper
hand
against
India
in
the
opening
session
after
the
duo
reduced
the
hosts
to
half
the
side.
At
lunch
break,
India’s
score
was
84/5.

Brief
Scores:
India
345
and
167/7
(Shreyas
Iyer
65,
Wriddhiman
Saha
22*;
Kyle
Jamieson
3-25);
New
Zealand
296.