New Zealand vs India, 1st Test Highlights: As it happened between NZ and IND at Wellington on Day 1-in pictures
India take on New Zealand at Wellington for the first Test.
The day one action of the first Test match between India and New Zealand was brought to an early end by the umpires due to bad weather at Basin Reserve on Friday (February 21).
Earlier in the day, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and invited India to bat first.
Openers Mayank Agarwal and Prithvi Shaw failed to give the visitors a free-flowing start as Kiwi pacer Tim Southee struck early for his side.
Southee removed Shaw (16) with an excellent outswinger and India lost their first wicket with just 16 runs on the board.
Things got even worse when Kyle Jamieson came into the attack and dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara (11) and skipper Virat Kohli (2) in back-to-back overs on his Test debut, reducing India to 40/3 after 18 overs bowled.
At lunch, India were 79/3 after 28 overs with Agarwal and Ajinkya Rahane knitting together a decent partnership.
However, as soon as play resumed for the second session, Trent Boult and Jamieson added further misery to an already struggling Indian batting lineup by dismissing Mayank (34) and Hanuma Vihari (7) in consecutive overs.
It was Rahane later on who showed his class and batted with maturity and provided the tourists with much-needed stability.
Ajinkya (38*) formed a decent partnership with Rishabh Pant (10*) to guide India to 122/5 as both sides headed in for the tea break.
However, the weather started deteriorating in Wellington and the ground got hit by heavy rain and the covers were rushed on by the ground staff.
As time went on the weather condition at Basin Reserve kept getting worse and the umpires ultimately brought an end to day's play.
To recover from missing one entire session's play, the day two action will start early Saturday (February 22).
It was also a very special day for Kiwi batsman Ross Taylor, who became the first player to play 100 international matches in all 3 formats of the game.
Back in January, Taylor played his 100th T20I match for the Kiwis and has already earned 231 ODI caps for his nation.
The veteran batsman is also New Zealand's top run-scorer in ODIs and Tests, smashing 8570 and 7174 runs throughout his playing career so far.
India vs New Zealand Day 1: Scorecard
IND: 122/5 in 55.0 overs (STUMPS)
SQUAD:
New Zealand: Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult, Daryl Mitchell, Matt Henry
India: Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Shubman Gill
New Zealand have won the toss and opted to bowl first.
PLAYING 11:
New Zealand (Playing XI): Tom Latham, Tom Blundell, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling(w), Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Ajaz Patel, Trent Boult
India (Playing XI): Prithvi Shaw, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Prithvi Shaw and Mayank Agarwal are in the middle for India to kick start the session.
Tim Southee on the other end is ready with the new ball and looks to get this rolling for the Kiwis.
Time Southee's perfect outswinger provides his side with an early breakthrough.
Prithvi Shaw completely misread the pitch of the delivery and ended up losing his stumps.
Shaw scored 16 runs off 18 delivers.
Cheteshwar Pujara falls for 11 as India lose their second wicket.
Kiwi pacer Kyle Jamieson's excellent change of length worked wonders in the end as the 26-year-old secured his first wicket on his Test debut.
Kyle Jamieson is having a dream debut for New Zealand right now.
After dismissing Pujara in the previous over, the 25-year-old now removes Team India skipper Virat Kohli with yet another excellent outswinger.
Kohli made 2 runs off 11 balls before returning back to the dressing room.
Team India are 79/3 at lunch with Mayank Agarwal (33*) and Ajinkya Rahane (19*) knitting together a decent partnership between them.
Mayank Agarwal's 34-run knock off 84 delivers comes to an end straight after lunch.
Agarwal edged an easy catch straight towards long leg as Trent Boult gets a vital breakthrough for the Kiwis.
The umpires have brought an end to the day one action due to bad weather conditions in Wellington.
This means that an entire session failed to take place.
To recover the time lost, tomorrow the match will start early to recollect the loss in play-time due to rain.