*****INDIA Vs NEW ZEALAND CRICKET SERIES 2016 - NZ TOUR OF INDIA*****

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Pujara Out Third wicket down for India..

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35.6

Santner to Pujara, OUT, absolute ripper! You cannot prepare for this. Maybe you would want your front foot moving a little more. But Santner's trajectory is flat and it puts the batsman in two minds. Then comes the turn. The big, hooping turn. Angled in on middle and off - the pace is fairly quick - and it had Pujara playing the angle, very nervously, and dupes him

CA Pujara b Santner 41 (108b 6x4 0x6) SR: 37.96

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50 for Kohli...

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Rahane too reaches 50...

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Kohli 100* 

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84.5

 

Henry to Kohli, 1 run, New Zealand are celebrating because it is a direct hit. Kohli, though, had put in a big dive and was already raising his hands in triumph. With a sheepish smile, didn't want to seem presumptuous. The replays show he is perfectly safe. His 13th Test hundred, the first of the series. Thumbs up to the dressing room. And mimes a throw-down as a show of gratitude to whoever has been helping him in the nets. The ball was just back of a length, he let it come on, on a two-paced pitch his timing has been on point. Quick feet gets him the single he really wanted. First century for Kohli at home since March 2013, against Australia

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STUMPS DAY 1 

India 267/3 (90.0 ov)

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Stumps - Day 1

	India 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	M Vijay	c Latham b Patel	10	18	2	0	55.55
	G Gambhir	lbw b Boult	29	53	3	2	54.71
	CA Pujara	b Santner	41	108	6	0	37.96
	V Kohli*	not out	103	191	10	0	53.92
	AM Rahane	not out	79	172	9	1	45.93
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 2)	5
	Total	(3 wickets; 90 overs)	267	(2.96 runs per over)

To batRG Sharma, R Ashwin, WP Saha†, RA Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, UT Yadav

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Fall of wickets 1-26 (Vijay, 4.5 ov), 2-60 (Gambhir, 19.5 ov), 3-100 (Pujara, 35.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s
	TA Boult	16	2	54	1	3.37	66	8	0
	MJ Henry	20	3	65	0	3.25	89	8	2
	JS Patel	24	3	65	1	2.70	104	5	1
	MJ Santner	19	3	53	1	2.78	83	6	0
	JDS Neesham	11	1	27	0	2.45	52	3	0	(2nb)

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141.6

Henry to Kohli, 1 run, couldn't have asked for an easier delivery when on 199. Rolls his wrists nicely to work that length ball toward deep square.He becomes the first Indian to score two double tons as captain.

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147.6

Patel to Kohli, OUT, that's the end of a monumental partnership. Rahane walks up to congratulate his skipper, most members of the New Zealand side are generous in their applause too. Wonder if cramps played a part in his dismissal. Coming back to the delivery, this was short and drifting in to middle and off, Kohli gets into a tangle as he looks to whip that past midwicket, but missed it altogether to make it a simple decision for umpire Bruce Oxenford.

V Kohli lbw b Patel 211 (366b 20x4 0x6) SR: 57.65

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Kohli, Rahane torment New Zealand with triple-hundred stand

Highest 4th partnership for India in Tests overshadowing partnership of Sachin Tendulkar & VVS Laxman at Sydney in 2004..

V Kohli, AM Rahane	365	4th		v New Zealand	Indore	8 Oct 2016	Test # 2223
SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman	353	4th		v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1680

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500 up for India...

India 500/4 (157.3 ov)

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159.1

Boult to Rahane, OUT, that's the end of a superb Rahane knock. This was a nothing delivery. Length ball that had enough width, Rahane shapes to drive on the up, well away from the body, but can only get a thick edge that is taken by Watling, who dives low to his right to complete it. No sign of the declaration yet. Kohli is still in his blue training shirt, and munching away

AM Rahane c †Watling b Boult 188 (381b 18x4 4x6) SR: 49.34

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End of Teriffic Knock by AM Rahane out for 188...

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India 513/5 (161.0 ov)