India wins test match series against New Zealand

NZ :328/6 at the end of first day

NZ captain Taylor attacked with a century on the first day of second test .NZ scored 328/6(81.3) at the end of 1st day.

NZ batting 

MJ Guptill c Gambhir b Ojha  53 79

BB McCullum lbw b Khan                   0 5

KS Williamson lbw b Ojha                 17 44

LRPL Taylor* lbw b Ojha                113 127

DR Flynn lbw b Ashwin         33 53

JEC Franklin c Raina b Ojha           8 35

CFK van Wyk† not out         63 85

DAJ Bracewell not out         30 61

Extras (b 2, lb 9) 11

Total (6 wickets; 81.3 overs) 328

Bowling     O      M R W Econ

PP Ojha 27 10 90 4 3.33

Z Khan 18 2 74 1 4.11

UT Yadav 12.3 1 71 0 5.68

R Ashwin 24 5 82 1 3.41

New zealand elected to bat in the 2nd test

New zealand won the toss and elected to bat first in bangalore test against India.Squad of the test is as below.

India team :G Gambhir, V Sehwag, V Kohli, SR Tendulkar, CA Pujara, SK Raina, MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, Z Khan, PP Ojha, UT Yadav

New zealand team :MJ Guptill,BB McCullum,KS Williamson,LRPL Taylor*, DR Flynn, JEC Franklin, CFK van Wyk†, DAJ Bracewell, JS Patel, TG Southee, TA Boult

Pujara maiden century on 1st test against Newzeland

India scored 307/5(87.0) on 1st day of the test match against Newzealand.Pujara celebrates his 1st century 119 (226b, 15x4, 1x6) during the 1st day of first test cricket match .

India -1st innings  307/5(87.0): G. Gambhir (36b, 4x4), V. Sehwag  47 (41b, 9x4), C. Pujara (batting) 119 (226b, 15x4, 1x6), S. Tendulkar 19 (62b, 2x4), V. Kohli  58 (107b, 8x4), S. Raina 3 (13b), M.S. Dhoni (batting) 29 (37b, 2x4, 1x6)

India elected to bat in the 1st test match

India won the toss and elected to bat in first test match against Newzealand.

India (probable)  Gautam Gambhir,  Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar,  Cheteshwar Pujara,Suresh Raina,MS Dhoni (wk),R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan,  Ishant Sharma/ Pragyan Ojha,  Umesh Yadav.

New Zealand (probable)  Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum,  Kane Williamson,  Ross Taylor (capt),  Daniel Flynn,  James Franklin,  Kruger van Wyk (wk),  Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee,  Jeetan Patel/ Tarun Nethula,  Chris Martin.

India Vs Nz:Fans with online tickets are not allowed into stadium

First test between India and Newzealand begins today at Hyderabad

Pujara

First test match between India and Newzealand starts from today.The match will start 9:30AM IST at Hyderabad.Indian team  has a challenge infront of them.Test legends Dravid and Laxman have given retirement to their test career.Without them the test match will be quite difficult.Raina and Pujara are coming in the place of those 2 seniors.Dhoni is confident youngsters will do the best in this test.

India (probable)  Gautam Gambhir,  Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar,  Cheteshwar Pujara,Suresh Raina,MS Dhoni (wk),R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan,  Ishant Sharma/ Pragyan Ojha,  Umesh Yadav.

New Zealand (probable)  Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum,  Kane Williamson,  Ross Taylor (capt),  Daniel Flynn,  James Franklin,  Kruger van Wyk (wk),  Doug Bracewell, Tim Southee,  Jeetan Patel/ Tarun Nethula,  Chris Martin.

MS Dhoni and Ross Taylor with the series trophy