KANPUR, India — India set New Zealand 284 runs to win
after a lower order fightback from the Kiwi demolition of the hosts' top
batters on the fourth day of the first Test on Sunday.
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Ravichandran Ashwin then took the first Black Caps wicket in
the day's penultimate over when Will Young fell leg-before for 2 in unfortunate
circumstances.
Young, who scored 89 in the first innings at Kanpur, failed
to review an umpire's call before the clock ran out -- and the Ashwin delivery
was missing his stumps.
The final day will resume with Tom Latham on 2, and spinner
William Somerville yet to score.
Shreyas Iyer — the first Indian to score a century and a
fifty on their debut — bolstered his side's second innings with 65 after key
partnerships with Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha, who was unbeaten on 61 runs when
the hosts declared at 234-7 after tea.
India had started in a commanding position with a 63-run
lead at 14-1, after Axar Patel's five-for wrapped up the Black Caps innings at
296 on Saturday.
But New Zealand's Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southee turned the
tables with crucial wickets to leave India reeling at 51-5.
Iyer, who scored his maiden Test century in the first
innings, helped pull India out of trouble after a 52-run partnership with
Ashwin, who left the pitch after chopping a rising Jamieson delivery.
Jamieson had triggered the Indian top order collapse with
Cheteshwar Pujara's wicket for 22 in the 12th over of the innings.
India then lost stand-in captain
Ajinkya Rahane at 41 after
he fell leg-before to left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel.
Southee returned for an inspired bowling spell and took two
wickets in his maiden over.
The veteran pacer first removed opener
Mayank Agarwal for 17
after he edged to Tom Latham at second slip.
One ball later, Southee took all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja
leg-before for a duck to leave India 51-5.
'Session by session'
A stubborn lower order performance on an uneven surface
saved the hosts further embarrassment as they reached 167-7 at tea.
"The idea was to play session by session," Iyer
said.
Coach Rahul Dravid "said that I need to stay out in the
middle for as much as possible and build on the score," he added.
Iyer built a 64-run partnership with Saha before falling to
Southee, who took three wickets in his 22 overs for 75 runs.
Saha then played a gritty innings with Axar Patel, unbeaten
on 28, to stitch an unfinished 67-run partnership before the Indian
declaration.
Iyer said the hosts had the "spin power" to keep
the visitors under pressure for the final day.
Jamieson, who took three wickets in the second innings, also
became the fastest Kiwi to 50 wickets in his ninth Test, beating Shane Bond's
record by three matches.
Patel took another wicket but the other two New Zealand
spinners —
Rachin Ravindra and William Somerville — went wicketless.
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