Updates:

4:42 pm: Ravichandran Ashwin sends down the last over of the day as New Zealand end it with a lead of 301 on a tricky surface. What is the lead New Zealand will finish with, remains to be seen on day three.

4:30 pm: New Zealand have likely put the game beyond India as their lead is now 300.

4:11 pm: Spoke too soon!! Washington Sundar gets his 4th, denies Tom Latham a hundred on day two.

4:04 pm: India still searching for their fifth wicket as Tom Blundell and Tom Latham continue to milk runs.

2:51 PM: New Zealand's lead has raced past 200 as India continue to look for more wickets. Tom Latham and Daryl Mitchell are looking dangerous

2:02 PM: WICKET! R ashwin with the breakthrough. Will Young trying to play the shot of his backfoot was rapped bang in front of the stumps. Even DRS could not save the Kiwi batsman . Can India make a comeback

1:28 PM: Wicket! Washington Sundar with his first wicket of second innings and overall the 8th of the match. Devon Conway goes for sweep and is caught right in front of wicket.

12:48 PM: WICKET! Mitchell Santner has his seventh of the match, Bumrah tries to defend the length delivery on the middle. The ball hits the pad first and not the bat. It looks plumb. Indian bowlers have huge task in hand

12:37 PM: WICKET! Two wickets in one over for Mitchell Santner as he takes five wicket haul. First Santner trapped Jadeja in front of wicket after which he clean bowled Akash Deep bringing New Zealand closer to taking first innings lead

LUNCH! The first session of Day 2 has completed and New Zealand have brought themselves back in the game having taken 7 Indian wickets. Mitchell Santner dented India's hope of making big score with 4 wicket haul. Glenn Philips has two wickets to his name. Jaiswal and Gill got start but failed to convert it into big score. Can Jadeja and Washington Sundar rescue India. Stay tuned

11:22 AM: WICKET! Anothe rone bite the dust and this time it's Ashwin who is trappe din front of wicket by Santner. The kiwi spinner has now 4 wickets to his name. It was a straight ball that did not bounce as Ashwin looked to flick it away from the backfoot

11:16 AM: WICKETS! After Pant, Sarfaraz is the next in line to depart for a low score. A very soft dismissal for the man who scored century in the last inning. Ball tossed up nicely and Sarfaraz went for his shots on a surface assisting the spinners. He miscues the short completely and O'Rourke completes the catch

10:42 AM: WICKET! Yashasvi Jaiswal departs after a getting the start. Philips pushes the ball around off stump. Jaiswal goes forward only to see the ball kissing his outside edge with Mitchell picking a good catch low down at slip

10:22 AM: WICKET! Another BIG faliure for Kohli. He deaprts for just 1 run. A juicy little full toss from Santner which Kohli tried to hit across the line of and misses it completely. The crowd is stunned

10:14 AM: Wicket! Santner finally has SShubman Gill's wicket. The right hander departs for 30 runs. Gill pushes forward in defence to play for the turn, but this one goes straight on.

9:35 AM: So Close! Mitchell Santner nearly getting the first wicket of the morning for New Zealand. Shubman Gill survives LBW appeal. The ball hits the pad but umpire turns down the appeal thinking it's going down leg side. DRS also shows ball going down the leg

9:!2 AM: On Day 1 Washington and Ashwin recorded the first instance of all ten wickets in a men's Test innings being taken by right-arm offspinners for India. Ashwin took the first three wickets to fall, while Sundar took the next seven.

8:30 AM: Hello and Welcome to our Live Coverage of the Pune Test between India and New Zealand. Indi have an upper hand having bowled out Kiwis under 300 runs on the opening. Even though the host lost skipper Rohit Sharma, youngsters Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal will look to score big runs and put India in control

Preview

India dominated the first day of the India vs New Zealand 1st Test in Pune and will look to gain control on Day 2. India finished Day 1 at 16/1 after 11 overs of their first innings in the final session. Yashasvi Jaiswal (6*) and Shubman Gill (10*) will resume batting on Day 2 with the home team still trailing the guest by 243 runs. Rohit Sharma fell for a duck on Day 1 courtesy of a brilliant delivery by Tim Southee.

New Zealand batting first were bowled out for 259 runs. R Ashwin began the match with an early breakthrough for India by removing Tom Latham (15) and Will Young (18). Devon Conway not only scored a half-century but also built a strong partnership with Rachin Ravindra.

Conway eventually lost his wicket to Ashwin, departing for 76 off 141 balls. Washington Sundar then began his magical spell accounting for wickets of Rachin Ravindra (65), and Daryl Mitchell (18). Sundar went on to take wickets of Tom Blundell (3), Glenn Phillips (9), Mitchell Santner (33), Tim Southee (5) and Ajaz Patel (4) to finish with figures of 7/59.