New Zealand piled on the agony for India on the back of Jesse Ryder and Brendon McCullum and then followed it up with wickets before the end of day.
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Jesse Ryder completed what he promised on day one. The possibility of a maiden Test double century became a reality for the man who seems to have put his troubled past behind him with some success.
But he was not alone. Brendon McCullum, who has been more in the news for an opportunity to lead the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the IPL, showed his focus remained firmly on the present with another astute century worth his name, to push New Zealand into the rare realm of having 600 runs on board.
If Ross Taylor and Jesse Ryder put up the most outstanding partnership of the day yesterday, it was the 115 run alliance between New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori and wicket keeper McCullum that stepped up the game as far as New Zealand were concerned. Cashing in on India's misplayed moves on day one, New Zealand's tail may have folded rather hastily but the innings was pushed to 619/9, setting up the stage for another Indian whiplash given their famed batting exploits.
But with the pitch and conditions staying pretty much the same, India did manage to find themselves in a spot of bother when play ended on day 2. Three down for seventy-nine would not really provide sound sleep, not against 619 and India will rue the fact that their openers, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, the latter surviving by the scruff of the neck to a run out decision, practically threw away their wickets after sounding resounding note. New Zealand spinners, Vettori and Jeetan Patel, gleefully accepted the gifts but there was one more coming.
India decided to send in night watchman Ishant Sharma to protect Sachin Tendulkar but it was curtains for the lanky fast bowler and India looking a tad shaky when the pitch at McLean Park, Napier gave no real reason to be.
T2 Day 1: New Zealand 'Taylor' a Stitch in Time Effort with a 'Ryder'
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