Mitchell Santner matches Washington Sundar's seven wickets, New Zealand bowls out India for 156, take 103-run lead

New Zealand on Friday bowled out India for 156 runs in the first innings of the second Test in Pune. The visitors, who lead the series 1-0, took a 103-run lead.

After having lost a wicket on Thursday, India quickly lost their remaining nine wickets as left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner architected the collapse with seven wickets. Off spinner Glenn Phillips took a couple of wickets. For India, Ravindra Jadeja top scored with 38 runs. Shubman Gill and opener Yashaswi Jaiswal scored 30 runs each.

The poor batting performance follows the 46 all out in the first Test at Bengaluru, which India lost by eight wickets.


On Day 1, Indian all-rounder Washington Sundar bowled a spell which would be remembered for ages as he went on to pick seven wickets in the second Test against New Zealand in Pune. His efforts restricted New Zealand to 259.

Questions were raised by many spectators for being picked in the playing eleven while Kuldeep Yadav was benched. Meanwhile, Washington repaid the faith shown in him by the team management with career-best figures in just the fifth Test.

The cricketer from Tamil Nadu has made his return to the playing XI after nearly three and a half years, with his last appearance in the Ahmedabad Test against England in March 2021.

The last seven wickets for New Zealand fell against 62 runs with Devon Conway (76) and Rachin Ravindra (65) being the top-scorers for New Zealand after the visitors won the toss and elected to bat.