Winning the toss and choosing to bat first, India lost Shikhar Dhawan – who replaced the injured KL Rahul – in just the second over of the day. Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli also failed to get starts as India were reduced to 46/3 by some disciplined pace bowling from the Kiwis.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane came together to put on a 141-run partnership for the fourth wicket, but both failed to convert their half-centuries into three-digit scores.
A flurry of Indian wickets in the post-tea session saw Kohli’s men end the day on 239/7.
Matt Henry was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors, collecting figures of 3/35. Coming into the team in place of Ish Sodhi, Henry was relentless in the morning session and caused a lot of problems for India’s top-order batsmen – removing both of India’s openers.
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