Daijiworld Media Network
Hyderabad, Aug 24 : Welcome to the coverage of the second day's play. Let's start with some bad news: there are some dark clouds around the stadium and the pitch is completely covered. The umpires are out in the middle, and they're expecting some showers to come anytime now. We're in for a delayed start..
Day 1 :
The day has belonged to Cheteshwar Pujara. He has nicely slotted back into the Indian Test team after a gap of 20 months. His first Test century lit up what has been an even day for both India and New Zealand. Both the openers fell to poor shots while Tendulkar was sent back by a wonderful delivery from Boult. Kohli and Pujara shared a 125 run stand before Martin accounted for Kohli. Raina too fell cheaply before Dhoni and Pujara steadied the ship. India will be looking to press on the advantage tomorrow while New Zealand will look to take some quick wickets.
Pujara: I am happy that I have made a comeback and I have started well. I like to thank my father for supporting me. It is my immense love for the game that keeps me going. We were playing in tough conditions on the 'A' tour to the West Indies. I knew that I was facing these kind of bowlers and I knew the ground well. I was better prepared. The pitch is slowing down and it is starting to turn. MS Dhoni is telling me to score a double ton and we will look to go past 400.
Umpires: Steve Davis(Aus), Ian Gould(Eng)Third Umpire: Vineet Kulkarni(Ind)Match Referee: Chris Broad(Eng)
India Squad
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav, S Badrinath, Ishant Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ajinkya Rahane
New Zealand Squad
Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor (c), Kane Williamson, James Franklin, Kruger van Wyk (wk), Doug Bracewell, Jeetan Patel, Trent Boult, Chris Martin, BJ Watling, Neil Wagner, Tarun Nethula, Tim Southee