NZ reply strongly
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and Tom Latham led a strong reply to take the visitors to 152 for one at stumps against India on a rain-hit second day of the first Test in Kanpur on Friday.
The visitors lost opener Martin Guptill earlier in the day but Williamson and Latham's unbeaten 117-run stand helped them make major inroads into India's first innings total of 318.
At stumps New Zealand had reduced the deficit to 166 runs when rain stopped play after tea to wash out the final session of play.
Williamson survived a scare when a Ravichandran Ashwin ball hit the back of his helmet. The back flaps which provide extra support to the skull fell onto his stumps, but didn't dislodge the bails. Latham also rode his luck after Ravindra Jadeja got the left-handed batsman caught at short leg, but replays showed the ball hitting the helmet grille of fielder Lokesh Rahul.
SCORES IN BRIEF
INDIA: First innings 318 (Vijay 65, Pujara 62, Ashwin 40, Jadeja 42 not out; Boult 3-67, Wagner 2-42, Santner 3-94)
NEW ZEALAND: First innings 152 for 1 (Guptill 21, Latham 56 not out, Williamson 65 not out; Yadav 1-22)
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