Kanpur Test: India bowled out for 345 runs as Tim Southee picks up five wickets following Shreyas Iyer's ton on debut

Amid the haze and the smog, it was New Zealand pacer Tim Southee, who shined on the morning of Day 2 in Kanpur in the first Test against India as the hosts could add only 87 runs to their overnight score owing to Shreyas Iyer's century on debut as they were bowled out for just 345 runs.

Innings Break!

That will be the end of #TeamIndia's innings with 345 on the board in the first innings.

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If the evening of Day 1 belonged to the hosts with an unbeaten 113-run partnership between Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja, the morning belonged to New Zealand despite the former's maiden Test century. 

The two batters could add only eight more runs to India's overnight score of 258 as Southee drew the first blood of the moring in form of Jadeja. Southee was attacking the left-hander's pads and had even got the DRS to check an LBW appeal which landed in favour of the batsman because of the umpire's call. However, he didn't need anyone later as he cleaned him up.

Iyer with five boundaries in a matter of a few balls completed his maiden century but India's joy was limited to that only in the first hour as Southee removed him, Wriddhiman Saha and Axar Patel to complete his five-wicket haul and reduced India to 313/8.

Ravichandran Ashwin then played an attacking knock of 38 runs off just 56 balls to help India stretch their innings to the second session and score in touching distance of 350.

Iyer top-scored with 105 runs followed by fifties from Jadeja and Shubman Gill while Ashwin and Rahane played their part with crucial knocks of 30-odd runs. Southee registered figures of 5/69, while Jamieson ended up taking three wickets.

Left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel took the last two wickets to clean up India's tail.