New Zealand took a 32-run lead as India had made 217 in their 1st innings.
New Zealand had resumed from 101/2 and then Kane Williamson led the way with a 177-ball 49 runs as he anchored one end. Tim Southee (30) and Kyle Jamieson (21) allowed themselves some fun and hit some lusty blows. Mohammad Shami picked 4/76, while Ishant Sharma got 3/48, while R Ashwin picked two wickets.
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It was a brilliant display of concentration and application from Kane Williamson around whom the Kiwi innings revolved and the Indian cricket fraternity on Twitter applauded his and his team’s efforts to take a 32-run lead.
The fraternity also talked about what India needs to do in their second innings and whether they would be able to put New Zealand under any pressure with a considerable amount of time left in the match.
Here are the tweets: