Daijiworld Media Network
Hyderabad, Aug 25 : Hello and welcome to the coverage of the third day of the 1st Test. The news from Hyderabad is that it has been raining continuously from the morning. Good news is that it has stopped now, but the outfield is still wet. The super soppers are out and getting the water off the ground. Ravi Shastri reckons that it might take 30-45 minutes to get play started.
Day 2 :
The spinners have put India firmly in the driver's seat. There was some help in the track and they made excellent use of it to never let the pressure off the Kiwis. Ojha struck in his very first over and Ashwin did one better by striking with his first ball. None of the New Zealand batsmen attempted to break the shackles either. Kane Williamson batted stubbornly before perishing late in he day. Franklin has been at the wicket for a long time and New Zealand need to score some quick runs to release some pressure. It is not going to be easy against the Indian spinners though.
Umpires: Steve Davis(Aus), Ian Gould(Eng)Third Umpire: Vineet Kulkarni(Ind)Match Referee: Chris Broad(Eng)
India Squad
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Umesh Yadav, S Badrinath, Ishant Sharma, Piyush Chawla, Ajinkya Rahane
New Zealand Squad
Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor (c), Kane Williamson, James Franklin, Kruger van Wyk (wk), Doug Bracewell, Jeetan Patel, Trent Boult, Chris Martin, BJ Watling, Neil Wagner, Tarun Nethula, Tim Southee