India vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 1 Live Score: Shubmab Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara continued their domination over New Zealand bowlers on Day 1.
India vs New Zealand 1st Test, Day 1: At lunch on Day 1, India have 82 runs on the board for the loss of one wicket at the Green Park in Kanpur on Thursday. Shubman Gill has registered a half-century on his return to the team after injury. Along with Gill, No.3 batter Cheteshwar Pujara who hasn’t reached the three-figure mark since 2019 is also going strong with the opener. Gill and Pujara have added 61 for the second wicket. For New Zealand, Kyle Jamieson is the only wicket-taker till now as he dismissed Mayank Agarwal early in the first session of Day 1. Both the teams have included three specialist spinners each in their playing XIs. Shreyas Iyer is making his Test debut for India in the first game and is likely to bat in the middle-order in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli. (LIVE SCORECARD)
India Playing XI: Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav
New Zealand Playing XI:Tom Latham, Will Young, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell(w), Rachin Ravindra, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, Kyle Jamieson, William Somerville
