India vs New Zealand: 1st Test Report – Rachin Ravindra makes his mark on debut!

India vs New Zealand Toss: India won the toss and elect to bat

Playing XIs:

India:

Shubman Gill, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav

New Zealand:

Tom Latham, Will Young, Kane Williamson (captain), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell (wicket-keeper), Rachin Ravindra, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, William Somerville

High Points:

• Shreyas Iyer became the first Indian Test cricketer to register a century and half century on Test debut.
• Shreyas Iyer became the 16^th Indian batsman to score a century on Test debut
• Rachin Ravindra made his Test debut for New Zealand – his unbeaten 18 in 91 balls helped his team save the Test.

India vs New Zealand 1^st Test – Match Summary:

India 1^st innings 345 all out

Mayank Agarwal 13 (28) – 2 fours

Shubman Gill 52 (93) – 5 fours & 1 six

Cheteshwar Pujara 26 (88) – 2 fours

Ajinkya Rahane 35 (63) – 6 fours

Shreyas Iyer 105 (171) – 13 fours & 2 sixes

Ravindra Jadeja 50 (112) – 6 fours

R Ashwin 38 (56) – 5 fours

Tim Southee 27.4-6-69-5

Kyle Jamieson 23.2-6-91-3

New Zealand 1^st Innings 296 all out

Tom Latham 95 (282) – 10 fours

Will Young 89 (214) – 15 fours

Kane Williamson 18 (64) – 2 fours

Rachin Ravindra 13 (23) – 2 fours

Kyle Jamieson 23 (75) – 1 four

Axar Patel 34-6-62-5

Ravichandran Ashwin 42.3-10-82-3

India 2^nd innings 234-7 declared

Mayank Agarwal 17 (53) – 3 fours

Cheteshwar Pujara 22 (33) – 3 fours

Shreyas Iyer 65 (125)  – 8 fours & 1 six

Ravichandran Ashwin 32 (62) – 5 fours

Wriddhiman Saha 61*(126) – 4 forus & 1 six

Axar Patel 28*(67) – 2 fours & 1 six

Tim Southee  22-2-75-3

Kyle Jamieson 17-6-40-3

New Zealand 2^nd innings 165-9 (98 0vers)

Tom Latham 52 (146) – 3 forus

William Somerville 36 (110) – 5 fours

Kane Williamson 24 (112) – 3 fours

Rachin Ravindra 18*(91) – 2 fours

Ajaz Patel 2*(23)

Ravichandran Ashwin 30-12-35-3

Ravindra Jadeja 28-10-40-4

Result: Match Drawn

India vs New Zealand Series: India 0-0 New Zealand

Venue: Green Park, Kanpur

Umpires: Nitin Menon, Virender Sharma

Third Umpire: Anil Chaudhary

Match Referee: Javagal Srinath