India take control
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Ajinkya Rahane of India celebrates 100 runs during day 2 of
the 2nd International Test cricket match between New Zealand
and India in Wellington at the Basin Reserve.
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WELLINGTONFeb 15, 2014 A maiden century to Ajinkya Rahane boosted
India to a formidable 246-run first innings lead over New Zealand as
they took command of the second Test in Wellington on Saturday.
India were all out late in the day for 438 in reply to New Zealand's
192, with Rahane's 118 backed by 98 from Shikhar Dhawan and 68 from
skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. At stumps, after facing nine overs, New
Zealand were 24-1 in their second innings and facing a huge struggle to
prevent India drawing the series.
Hamish Rutherford was not out 18 with Kane Williamson on four. Peter
Fulton went for one, lbw to Zaheer Khan.
The promising Rahane, playing only his fifth Test, was in exquisite
form as he drove and pulled the New Zealand seamers in a near chanceless
innings on a Basin Reserve wicket which had lost the venom it held on
the first day.
It took an exceptional catch from Trent Boult, running in from the
boundary and diving forward to clasp the ball one-handed, to remove
Rahane after a 158-ball knock that included 17 fours and one six.
Dhoni was intent on pushing the run rate when he came in after Virat
Kohli was removed for 38 by Neil Wager when the left-arm pacer broke a
stubborn partnership with Rahane.
SCOREBOARD
New Zealand - 1st innings 192
(K. Williamson 47; I. Sharma 6-51, M. Shami 4-70)
India - 1st innings
(overnight 100-2)
S. Dhawan c Watling b Southee 98
Vijay c Watling b Southee 02
C. Pujara lbw Boult 19
I. Sharma c Watling b Boult 26
Kohli c Rutherford b Wagner 38
R. Sharma b Neesham 00
A. Rahane c Boult b Southee 118
M. Dhoni c Watling b Boult 68
R. Jadeja c Fulton b Wagner 26
Z. Khan c Watling b Wagner 22
M. Shami not out 00
Extras: (b8, lb4, w7, nb2) 21
Total: (all out; 102.4 overs) 438
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Vijay), 2-89 (Pujara), 3-141 (I. Sharma)
4-162 (Dhawan), 5-165 (R. Sharma), 6-228 (Kohli)
7-348 (Dhoni), 8-385 (Jadeja), 9-423 (Rahane)
10-438 (Khan)
Bowling: Boult 26-7-99-3 (2w, 1nb)
Southee 20-0-93-3
Wagner 22.4-3-106-3 (1nb)
Anderson 16-2-66-0 (3w)
Neesham 18-2-62-1 (1w)
New Zealand 2nd innings
P. Fulton lbw Khan 01
H. Rutherford not out 18
K. Williamson not out 04
Extras (nb1) 01
Total (one wicket; nine overs) 24
Fall of wicket: 1-1 (Fulton)
To bat: T. Latham, B. McCullum, C. Anderson, BJ Watling
J. Neesham, T. Southee, N. Wagner, T Boult
Bowling: I. Sharma 3-0-9-0 (1nb)
Khan 3-2-7-1
Shami 3-0-8-0
Toss: India
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS), Richard Kettleborough (ENG)
TV umpire: Derek Walker (NZL) |
