New Zealand hit back with three quick wickets

Tea India 185 for 4 (Rahane 12*, Rohit 0*) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Just when India seemed to have made the perfect start to their 500th Test, winning the toss and moving smoothly to 154 for 1, New Zealand hit back with three wickets in less than 10 overs. At tea, India were a shaky 185 for 4.

Coming off scores of 166 and 256* in the Duleep Trophy, Cheteshwar Pujara had batted with positive footwork against the spinners, stepping out to the pitch or rocking right back, and moved to 62 off108 balls when he spooned a drive straight back to Mitchell Santner.

Then came the big wicket, Virat Kohli. He had pulled a Neil Wagner bouncer to the backward square-leg boundary, stepping inside the line and rolling his wrists over the ball, but his next attempt at the shot ended up as a top-edge straight to the man on the boundary. This time, with Wagner switching from left-arm around to left-arm over, Kohli was working against the angle.

Unlike Kohli, M Vijay hadn’t taken on Wagner’s short balls, and through both his spells – one with the new ball and another, spanning seven overs, in the afternoon session – he had swayed out of the way, dropped his wrists, and simply watched balls go through to the keeper. He had been similarly watchful against all the …

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