By CricketCountry Staff
India reached a score of 63 runs for the loss of two wickets on day two of the second Test at Bengaluru on Saturday.
Published: Sep 01, 2012, 01:11 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 01, 2012, 01:11 PM (IST)
Tim Southee picked two wickets conceding just 11 runs in the first session of day two © AFP
By CricketCountry Staff
Bengaluru: Sep 1, 2012
India reached a score of 63 runs for the loss of two wickets on day two of the second Test at Bengaluru on Saturday.
The hosts lost a couple of early wickets after wrapping up New Zealand’s first innings at 365 and reached 63 for two at lunch in a session dominated by the visitors on the second day of the second and final cricket Test on Saturday.
Tim Southee gave New Zealand a rollicking start by getting rid of Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and first Test centurion Cheteshwar Pujara with the new ball at the Chinnaswamy stadium.
At lunch, India were 63 for two with Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, on 39 and 4 respectively, holding fort. Both of them arrested the early slide by countering New Zealand pacers who used the overcast conditions to perfection.
Sehwag, who survived a loud appeal for leg before off Southee early on, looked in devastating moods giving scant respect to the Kiwi pacers.
Giving momentum to the Indian innings after the hosts were in a spot of bother, Sehwag cut loose soon after Gambhir fell at the other end.
The aggressive right-hander made merry by flicking, driving and slashing hard at the deliveries bowled at him.
Tendulkar, who sweated it out at his defence during the nets before the start of the match, played cautiously on a wicket which helped the seamers.
Brief Scores: New Zealand 365 (Ross Taylor 113, Kruger van Wyk 71, Martin Guptill 53; Pragyan Ojha 5 for 99, Zaheer Khan 2 for 83) lead India 63 for 2 (Virender Sehwag 39*, Sachin Tendulkar 4*; Tim Southee 2 for 11) by 302 runs
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