IND vs NZ 1st Test: Brendon McCullum and Kane Williamson hit century

India Vs New Zealand 1st test match was today successfully started. At end of the first day, New Zealand has a score of 329/4 in 90 overs. Skipper McCullum (143 not out) and Corey Anderson (42 not out) are still at the crease. Kane Williamson also scored a century of 113 off 172 balls.

Earlier India won the toss and chose to field first. Indian bowlers given strike on early wickets, 3 wickets in 30 runs but failed to keep the tempo and New Zealand batsmen Kane Williamson and McCullum lift the team from deep trouble. They have put steady platform for NZ and Indians will look up to finish the NZ wickets tomorrow. Let's see what will happen!

Summary of Score Card:

NZ: 329/4
Overs: 90
Day 1 at Stumps

Batsmen                                                                                Runs    Balls  4's    6's   S.R

Peter Fulton lbw b Zaheer Khan 13        35    2       0   37.14

Hamish Rutherford c Ajinkya Rahane b Ishant Sharma            6 30 1 0    20.00

Kane Williamson c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan              113 172 10 2   65.70

Ross Taylor c Ravindra Jadeja b Ishant Sharma  3 15 0 0   20.00

Brendon McCullum (C) Not out                                     143 210    18 2   68.10

Corey Anderson      Not Out                                                    42 8 5 1   53.85

Fall of wickets: 

1-19 (Hamish Rutherford, 9.5), 2-23 (Peter Fulton, 12.1), 3-30 (Ross Taylor, 17.1), 4-251 (Kane Williamson, 68.1),

Toss: India, field first

Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Richard Kettleborough (ENG)

Third Umpire: Gary Baxter (NZ)

Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)

Image courtesy: ICC

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