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

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79.2

Ashwin to Santner, OUT, unplayable! Honestly. It pitched more than a set of stumps outside leg. Then it leaps up at the batsman like a scary little terrier. Santner was squared up by the turn, surprised by the bounce. The outside edge from the shoulder of the bat is safely pouched at silly point. Santner stood where he was and smiled in bemused fashion, wondering if physics should have allowed such a thing to happen.

MJ Santner c Sharma b Ashwin 71 (179b 7x4 2x6) SR: 39.66

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83.3

Ashwin to Ish Sodhi, out Bowled!! Knocked him over. Look at the smile on Ashwin's face. It's his 19th five-wicket haul in Tests. What an achievement. Clever bowling from Ashwin. He saw Sodhi was moving across to his off-spinners, opted for the seam-up delivery, or the one that goes straight on and sometimes even swings, pitched on middle and leg and went straight to knock the leg stump out of the ground. Sodhi was exposing the sticks and paid the price. Anil Kumble stand and applaud Ashwin's effort.

Ish Sodhi b Ashwin 17(38) [4s-2 6s-1]

Ashwin to Ish Sodhi, THAT'S OUT!! Bowled!!

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87.3

Ashwin to Wagner, out Lbw!! And it's a 10-wicket haul in the match for Ashwin. This is the fifth time he's done that. He ends with six in the second essay. So India win their 500th Test match in style.

Wagner lbw b Ashwin 0(12)

Ashwin to Wagner, THAT'S OUT!! Lbw!!

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INDIA WIN 

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IND 318, 377/5 decl

NZ 262, 236-all out (87.3 Ovs) 

India won by 197 runs

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India take 1-0 lead in 3 Test match series. 

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India Finish their 500th Test in Style with a thumping Win 

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Gautam Gambhir returns to India Test squad after two years, KL Rahul ruled out of New Zealand series

Gautam Gambhir returns to India Test squad after a gap of two years as KL Rahul is ruled out of the New Zealand series.

 

 

India opening batsmen Gautam Gambhir returned to the Test team after a gap of two years after playing his last Test back in 2014. He will replace injured KL Rahul for the remaining part of the New Zealand series. The second Test between India and New Zealand begins on Friday at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

Off-spinner Jayant Yadav has also been asked to join the squad in place of Ishant Sharma, who is suffering from chikungunya and will be out of the second Test. Jayant is yet to make his debut for India in Tests.

Rahul suffered a hamstring injury during the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur while running between the wickets while was ruled out of the Test due to his disease.

Gambhir’s comeback in on the basis of his performance in the Duleep Trophy where he scored 356 runs at an average of 71.20. He last played for India against England in 2014.

Shikhar Dhawan is already in the India Test squad for the New Zealand series as the third opener. Murali Vijay is the other opener for India.

According to PTI, Gambhir had earlier cleared a fitness test at the National Cricket Academy alongwith Yuvraj Singh. Jasprit Bumrah and Barinder Sran were the other two players who had appeared the test.

India have a long home season ahead with four series lined-up and BCCI is keeping a pool from which it can pick players for the Test and ODI series against visiting teams.

The Indian cricket team reached Kolkata on Tuesday but Rahul and coach Anil Kumble did not land at the airport. The latter is supposed to join the team on Wednesday.

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Gautam Gambhir back in fray..

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Gambhir ki enduku istunaroo chance asalu... evadu ayyina young player ki ivavachu kada...

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New Zealand tour of India, 2nd Test: India v New Zealand at Kolkata, Sep 30-Oct 4, 2016

India won the toss and elected to bat

 

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	New Zealand team

TWM Latham, MJ Guptill, HM Nicholls, LRPL Taylor*, L Ronchi, MJ Santner, BJ Watling†, JS Patel, N Wagner, MJ Henry, TA Boult

Matt Henry comes in, Henry Nicholls and Jeetan Patel also inplace of Willamson,Ish Sodhi, MD Craig..

3 changes and Ross Taylor to Captain the side.

 

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Indian Team has 2 Changes Dhawan in for KL Rahul who misses out bcoz of Injury & Bhuvaneshwar Kumar in for Umesh Yadav..

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This Match is India's 250th Test at Home

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India vs New Zealand: Kapil Dev inaugurates bell ringing ritual at Eden Gardens

 

Kolkata: India's first World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev rung the bell just before the Indian and New Zealand teams walked out for the national anthem on the opening day of the second Test at the Eden Gardens at Kolkata on Friday.

 

Accompanied by Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly, Dev completed the much sought-after ritual in front of a motley crowd.

Looking dapper in a suit, the 1983 hero wore a wry smile on his face as all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was seen witnessing the event keenly from the players' dressing room.

The ringing of the five-minute bell, introduced at Lord's, is a ritual started in 2007. An international cricketer or administrator or a well-known enthusiast of the sport is tasked to perform the act.

Ganguly had stated that every morning it will be rung by a cricketer from either side or ex-players.

The one at Lord's is located outside the Bowlers' Bar of the pavilion and is rung to signify the imminent start of play.

Ganguly in 2014, had the privilege of ringing the hallowed bell in 2014 on the fifth morning of the India-England Test at Lord's.

India are leading the three match series 1-0 after they registered a 197 run win against New Zealand at Kanpur. If they win the Kolkata Test, they will regain the ICC Test Rankings' top spot.