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- Updated: September 22, 2016
Toss India chose to bat v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Playing their 500th Test match, India chose to bat on a cracked Green Park pitch that is expected to be good to bat on initially before becoming increasingly conducive to spin. They went in with six batsmen, a keeper, and just the four bowlers, as they had done in their last Test match against West Indies in Port-of-Spain.
This meant Cheteshwar Pujara stayed at No. 3 and Rohit Sharma at No. 6, with M Vijay and KL Rahul taking the opening slots. India went with a bowling attack containing two …
