Kumar floors Kiwis
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Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar took his debut
five-wicket haul at home on the second day of the second
Test against New Zealand at Kolkata yesterday. The
non-striker is Neil Wagner. AFP
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KOLKATA, Saturday (AFP) - Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar said
he was in dreamland Saturday after his debut five-wicket haul at home
left New Zealand tottering at 128 for seven on day two of the second
Test in Kolkata.
At stumps after a rain-hit day's play at Eden Gardens, the Black Caps
were still trailing India, who posted 316 in their first innings, by 188
runs with BJ Watling on 12 and Jeetan Patel on 5 battling to survive.
Getting good support from new-ball partner Mohammed Shami, who struck
first with the wicket of opener Tom Latham, Kumar made life difficult
for the visiting batsmen. The 26-year-old Kumar recorded his fourth
five-wicket haul in 15th Test, but it was also his first on home soil.
"It was one of my dreams to take five wickets in India. When I saw
that the wicket would help me, I told myself I want to take five
wickets," Kumar told India's Star Sports television network.
"In India you rarely get this kind of wicket (that helps the pacers),
so I wanted to make full use of it, I really wanted to make use of the
opportunity and I'm very happy with how I bowled."
SCOREBOARD
INDIA 1ST INNINGS (overnight 239/7)
S. Dhawan b Henry 01
M. Vijay c Watling b Henry 09
C. Pujara c Guptill b Wagner 87
V. Kohli c Latham b Boult 09
A. Rahane lbw b Patel 77
R. Sharma c Latham b Patel 02
R. Ashwin lbw b Henry 26
W. Saha not out 54
R. Jadeja c Henry b Wagner 14
B. Kumar lbw b Santner 05
M. Shami c Henry b Boult 14
Extras (b 8, lb 10) 18
Total (all out; 104.5 overs) 316
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dhawan), 2-28 (Vijay), 3-46 (Kohli)
4-187 (Pujara),5-193 (Sharma), 6-200 (Rahane)
7-231 (Ashwin), 8-272 (Jadeja), 9-281 (Kumar)
10-316 (Shami)
Bowling: Boult 20.5-9-46-2
Henry 20-6-46-3
Wagner 20-5-57-2
Santner 23-5-83-1
Patel 21-3-66-2
NEW ZEALAND 1ST INNINGS
M. Guptill b Kumar 13
T. Latham lbw b Shami 01
H. Nicholls b Kumar 01
R. Taylor c Vijay b Kumar 36
L. Ronchi lbw b Jadeja 35
M. Santner lbw b Kumar 11
BJ. Watling not out 12
M. Henry b Kumar 00
Jeetan Patel not out 05
Extras (b 5, lb 4, w 5) 14
Total (7 wickets at close; 34 overs) 128
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Latham), 2-18 (Guptill)
3-23 (Nicholls), 4-85 (Ronchi)
5-104 (Taylor), 6-122 (Santner)
7-122 (Henry)
To bat: N. Wagner, T. Boult
Bowling: Kumar 10-0-33-5
Shami 11-0-46-1
Jadeja 8-3-17-1
Ashwin 5-2-23-0 |
