Kanpur: India were just three wickets away from winning the opening Test against New Zealand after they reduced the visitors to 205 for 7 at lunch on the fifth day at Green Park here today.
Mitchell Santner (57) and Ish Sodhi (2) were at the crease at lunch with New Zealand still requiring another 235 runs with 3 wickets remaining.
Scoreboard at lunch on the fifth day of the opening Test between India and New Zealand here today.
India 1st innings: 318
New Zealand 1st innings: 262
India 2nd innings: 377-5 declared
New Zealand 2nd innings: (Overnight 93/4)
Tom Latham lbw b Ashwin 2
Martin Guptill c Vijay b Ashwin 0
Kane Williamson lbw b Ashwin 25
LRPL Taylor run out (Yadav) 17
L Ronchi c Ashwin b Jadeja 80
MJ Santner not out 57
BJ Watling† lbw b Mohammed Shami 18
MD Craig b Mohammed Shami 1
IS Sodhi not out 2
Extras (LB-2, NB-1) 3
Total (For 7 wickets in 73 overs) 205
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-3, 3-43, 4-56, 5-158, 6-194, 7-196.
Bowling: Mohammed Shami 8-2-18-2, R Ashwin 28-4-111-3, RA
Jadeja 27-13-48-1, UT Yadav 8-1-23-0, M Vijay 2-0-3-0.