New Zealand tour of India: Mitchell Santner’s career-best haul puts visitors in command on Day 2
Latham anchored the second innings with a well-played 86, forming crucial partnerships with Will Young (23) and Tom Blundell (30 not out) to lead New Zealand.
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New Zealand, propelled by a career-best seven-wicket performance from left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner and a half-century by captain Tom Latham, established a commanding 301-run lead over India on day two of the second Test in Pune on Friday.
Santner's 7/53 from 19.3 overs demolished India, limiting them to 156 and giving New Zealand a 103-run first-innings advantage after the visitors made 259 on the first day.
Latham then anchored the second innings with a well-played 86, forming crucial partnerships with Will Young (23) and Tom Blundell (30 not out) to lead New Zealand to 198/5 in 53 overs.
Earlier in the day, India's batting struggled, falling to 107/7 before lunch after starting well with Shubman Gill (30) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (30) adding 49 for the second wicket.
On a low and turning wicket, India's batters struggled with application and sound judgment, making fundamental errors that left them facing a daunting task to reduce the deficit and stay in the game.
Starting the day at 16/1, India lost six wickets for just 91 runs in the morning session. The most shocking moment came in the 24th over when Virat Kohli misjudged a full toss from Mitchell Santner (4/36) and was bowled for a nine-ball 1.
The sight of Kohli’s bat awkwardly missing the...
