Ind vs NZ: With the game slipping away from India’s grasp, Kohli seemed to have gotten agitated at the umpire for not taking action against Tom Latham running on pitch. The incident took place on Friday – which is day two of the ongoing Pune Test. A Ravindra Jadeja delivery was edged by Latham which went past Rohit Sharma at first slip for a boundary and just after that – the Kiwi captain was walking near the danger zone of the pitch to speak to the non-striker. Kohli spotted this and brought it to the umpire’s notice immediately. Kohli realises India have to bat last on this strip and he does not want the pitch to get any worse. 

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KOHLI FUMES

Meanwhile, New Zealand find themselves in the driver’s seat in Pune after taking a 103-run lead. Mitchell Santner with the ball was the star of the show. He picked up his career-best figures of seven for 53. At the time of filing the copy, NZ are 181 for four with a lead of 284 runs. 

DAY 2 AS IT HAPPENED

On a low and turning wicket, Indian batters lacked in application and sound judgement as elementary mistakes saw the team staring at an enormous task of reducing the deficit and stay in the contest.

Resuming at 16/1, India lost six wickets for a mere 91 runs in the first session.

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The biggest shock arrived in the 24th over when their batting superstar Virat Kohli missed a juicy full-toss from Mitchell Santner (4/36) to be cleaned up for a nine-ball 1.

The sight of Kohli missing an innocuous full toss angling into his wickets, going past his awkwardly swinging bat to crash into the middle and leg stumps and leaving the batter stare at the ground beneath him in utter despair, was something that will linger for some time to come.

(With IANS inputs)