Kanpur, First Published Nov 26, 2021, 10:21 AM IST
The first Test between India and New Zealand starts in Kanpur yesterday. Ajinkya Rahane is leading the team as India captain Virat Kohli did not play in the match. India won the toss and elected to bat first.
Shreyas Iyer made his Test debut in this match. Mayank Agarwal, India’s opening batsman, was dismissed for 13. But another opener, Schumann Gill, who scored a superb Audi fifty, was dismissed for 52, followed by Pujara for 26. Captain Ajinkya Rahane, who started well, was dismissed for 35.
Shreyas Iyer and Jadeja formed a partnership to save the Indian team, which lost 4 wickets for 145 runs. They did not give up the wicket until the end of the first day’s play. At the end of the first day yesterday, the Indian team had scored 258 runs for the loss of 4 wickets. Shreyas Iyer, who scored a half-century, was on the field with 75 and Jadeja with 50 at the end of the first day’s play.
Tim Southee, who has been bothering Jadeja since the start of today’s match, dismissed Jadeja for not hitting a run today. But Shreyas Iyer, who bowled fours in Jamison’s bowling, recorded his first century in the inaugural Test and joined the record list.
Not only Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Prithviraj Shah, but also Shreyas Iyer’s childhood coach Praveen Amre have scored hundreds in the inaugural Test. Praveen Amre also scored a century in the inaugural Test in Kanpur. Disciple Shreyas Iyer also scored a century in the inaugural Test at the same ground where Guru scored.
Rithiman Saha joins Ravichandran Ashwin’s pair with Shreyas Iyer to miss a run.
Last Updated Nov 26, 2021, 10:21 AM IST
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