Updates:

12:28 pm: Shubman Gill gets a start, but has to go for 23 as Mitchell Santner does the trick again.

12:24 pm: Yashasvi Jaiswal gets to his half-century off 41 balls as New Zealand burn both reviews against the left-hander

11:35 am: The teams head to lunch as India finish with 81/1, with Yashasvi Jaiswal fully on song. But they have lost Rohit Sharma, leaving them with 278 more runs with nine wickets in the shed.

11:22 AM: The single after the maximum from Jaiswal brings the target to below 300.

11:08 am: Mitchell Santner picks up from where he left off. Rohit Sharma is the first to go as he edges one to short leg.

10:49 am: India have raced to 15 in 1.3 overs as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma make their intentions clear.

10:30 am: Brilliant work from Ravindra Jadeja as he catches Will O'Rourke short at the non-striker's end. India bowl New Zealand out for 255, setting themselves 359 for victory.

10:24 am: The six from Tom Blundell takes New Zealand's past 350, but they only have one wicket left.

10:08 am: Ravichandran Ashwin this time! He gets his 2nd wicket as Tim Southee edges one to slip. Rohit Sharma takes a good low catch.

10:04 am: New Zealand lose their seventh wicket as Mitchell Santner holes out to long-on. Ravindra Jadeja gets his second wicket of the day, but Kiwis are 340 ahead.

9:50 am: Ravindra Jadeja claims the first wicket of the day, cleans up Tom Blundell, who goes for a solid 41.

9:36 am: Glenn Phillips has smacked two boundaries off Ravichandran Ashwin's first over of the day. New Zealand's lead rises to 310.

With a healthy lead of 301 already, New Zealand will aim for even more when day three of the 2nd Test against India begins. The first and second days of the Test have gone the Black Caps' way for the most part as they have come out well-prepared and have looked as a well-drilled side. Hence, they have given themselves a massive shot at conquering one of the toughest assignments in Test cricket history.

As for the Indian team, they have suffered batting collapses in all three innings that they have batted against New Zealand in this series. To topple the 46 all out in the first innings in Bengaluru, followed by losing 54 runs for seven wickets in the second, the home side conceded a lead of 103 on day 2 in Pune, thereby putting New Zealand into the lead.

With the conditions in Pune only likely to get tougher for batting, it remains to be seen how India can spark a comeback.