India vs New Zealand Live Score, 1st Test at Kanpur: Latham, Somerville guide Kiwis to 79/1 at lunch

11:36 (IST)

After 35 overs,New Zealand 79/1 ( Tom Latham 35 , William Somerville 36)

Three runs added to the New Zealand total in the final over of the morning session, and it’s LUNCH ON DAY 5 with New Zealand back in the hunt for a victory thanks to a solid second-wicket stand between Latham and nightwatchman Somerville, both of whiom are batting in the mid-30s and have contributed 75 for the 2nd wicket so far. India desperately need a wicket or two at this stage if they are to keep their chances of winning this game alive.

11:29 (IST)

After 34 overs,New Zealand 76/1 ( Tom Latham 35 , William Somerville 35)

The Black Caps are starting to accelerate towards the end of the session. Latham drives through the gap between mid on and midwicket off the third delivery, coming back for a third as Jadeja saves a run with a fine effort. Next ball, Somerville collects an extra run after a direct hit at the striker’s end from square leg results in an overthrow. Single to Somerville off the last ball. Six from the over. Should be one more before lunch.

11:24 (IST)

After 33 overs,New Zealand 70/1 ( Tom Latham 32 , William Somerville 32)

Latham grabs a single off the first ball of this over. Slip brought in place in addition to the three fielders standing close to the batter on the leg side as Ashwin switches to over the wicket to Somerville. FOUR! Somerville gets on the backfoot and punches in front of square to collect his fifth boundary. Five from the over.

11:24 (IST)

After 32 overs,New Zealand 65/1 ( Tom Latham 31 , William Somerville 28)

Change from both ends as Umesh replaces Axar from the Media End. Starts off with a slip and a very wide gully that’s almost at backward point while bowling to Latham. The southpaw moves to 31 with a single off the fifth ball, clipping the full delivery behind square on the leg side. Umesh ends the over with a sharp bouncer to Somerville.

11:15 (IST)

After 31 overs,New Zealand 64/1 ( Tom Latham 30 , William Somerville 28)

Ashwin returns, replacing Jadeja. Rahane goes so far as to place two short legs in addition to the leg gully for Somerville, hoping to get the bat-pad deflection at some point. Ashwin focuses on bowling round the wicket to the right-hander. One from the over, with Latham having collected a single off the second.

11:11 (IST)

After 30 overs,New Zealand 63/1 ( Tom Latham 29 , William Somerville 28)

Axar bowls with two slips and a forward short leg in place. Maiden for the left-arm spinner who had collected a five-for in the previous innings, and will be hoping to pull off something similar today.

11:08 (IST)

After 29 overs,New Zealand 63/1 ( Tom Latham 29 , William Somerville 28)

Latham gets down on one knee and sweeps behind square for a single off the third. Somerville collects his first run in five overs with a single two balls later. Two from the over.

11:06 (IST)

After 28 overs,New Zealand 61/1 ( Tom Latham 28 , William Somerville 27)

Latham targets the off side at the start of this over, collecting a single off the first ball, with a dot off each of the next five deliveries.

11:02 (IST)

After 27 overs,New Zealand 60/1 ( Tom Latham 27 , William Somerville 27)

Another of those one-run overs, with Latham this time working the ball through the cover region off the first delivery.

11:01 (IST)

After 26 overs,New Zealand 59/1 ( Tom Latham 26 , William Somerville 27)

Latham moves to 26 in the penultimate delivery, working the ball through square leg off Axar. Runs aren't quite flowing for the Black Caps anymore once Rahane deploys spin from both end, the pair choosing to do the job in singles.

10:55 (IST)

After 25 overs,New Zealand 58/1 ( Tom Latham 25 , William Somerville 27)

Latham continues to make good use of the sweep, collecting a single off the fourth delivery. One from this over.

10:54 (IST)

After 24 overs,New Zealand 57/1 ( Tom Latham 24 , William Somerville 27)

Three from the over as Latham and Somerville keep the scoreboard ticking. A little over half-an-hour left in this session.

10:53 (IST)

After 23 overs,New Zealand 54/1 ( Tom Latham 22 , William Somerville 26)

Just the one from Jadeja’s third over, with Latham working the ball through square leg for a single off the third delivery.

10:48 (IST)

After 22 overs,New Zealand 53/1 ( Tom Latham 21 , William Somerville 26)

Axar Patel replaces Ishant from the Media End, starting his spell with a maiden. The Indians, meanwhile, will be starting to get a tad nervous about this partnership.

10:47 (IST)

After 21 overs,New Zealand 53/1 ( Tom Latham 21 , William Somerville 26)

Tidy over from Jadeja, with just one coming from it as the partnership for the second wicket touches the fifty-run mark in this over.

10:46 (IST)

Fifty of the partnership up between Latham and Somerville for the 2nd wicket, the latter bringing up the milestone with a single off Jadeja in the 21st over. NZ 53/1

10:44 (IST)

After 20 overs,New Zealand 52/1 ( Tom Latham 21 , William Somerville 25)

Ishant continues after the drinks break, starting off with a short ball that cramps Somerville for room and nearly gets the outside edge. Ishant oversteps in the next delivery. Somerville and Latham, meanwhile, keep the scoreboard ticking with three singles coming off the next five five deliveries. Four from the over.

10:33 (IST)

After 19 overs,New Zealand 48/1 ( Tom Latham 20 , William Somerville 23)

Ravindra Jadeja replaces Ravichandran Ashwin from the Pavilion End. FOUR! Latham gets down on one knee and nails his sweep towards the square leg fence off the third delivery. Big appeal for leg-before in the fourth delivery, and Jadeja convinces Rahane to take this upstairs. Impact looked outside off to the naked eye, and that is indeed the case as India lose the first of their three reviews. Six from the over, with drinks being brought out to the field. The first hour has gone New Zealand’s way today, with Somerville looking especially impressive against pace.

10:28 (IST)

After 18 overs,New Zealand 42/1 ( Tom Latham 16 , William Somerville 22)

Three singles collected off Ishant’s third over of the day as Somerville and Latham continue to accumulate runs at a steady pace. Partnership between the two worth 39 at the end of this over.

10:24 (IST)

After 17 overs,New Zealand 39/1 ( Tom Latham 14 , William Somerville 21)

Three from Ashwin’s ninth over, including a brace off the second delivery as Somerville works the ball behind point.

10:23 (IST)

After 16 overs,New Zealand 36/1 ( Tom Latham 13 , William Somerville 19)

Somerville gets another nick off his bat towards the slip cordon, and once again it falls short of the fielder. Single off each of the last two balls of the over. Two from the over.

10:15 (IST)

After 15 overs,New Zealand 34/1 ( Tom Latham 12 , William Somerville 18)

It’s the Latham v Ashwin battle again, and the southpaw nearly perishes in the penultimate delivery of this over as an edge carries wide of the man at gully. Latham collects a brace off the last ball, guiding the ball through square leg.

10:10 (IST)

After 14 overs,New Zealand 32/1 ( Tom Latham 10 , William Somerville 18)

Ishant Sharma replaces Umesh Yadav from the Media End, the latter having gone for runs in his morning spell. Looks like the finger trouble that Ishant got himself into in the first delivery wasn’t too serious after all. Meanwhile, Somerville collects another boundary off pace, edging the ball through the gap between slip and gully off the fourth delivery. Four from the over.

10:07 (IST)

After 13 overs,New Zealand 28/1 ( Tom Latham 10 , William Somerville 14)

Latham remains defensive against Ashwin, with the wily off-spinner certainly testing the batters, especially the southpaw, at the moment. The first half-an-hour has been decent for the Black Caps so far. Steering through the first hour safely will play a big role in New Zealand’s chances of securing a draw, or even going for a win.

10:05 (IST)

After 12 overs,New Zealand 28/1 ( Tom Latham 10 , William Somerville 14)

Somerville might have been sent in last evening as a nightwatchman, but he certainly is batting like an in-form top-order batter at the moment. Collects back-to-back fours off Umesh, punching off back-of-length deliveries. Eight from the over.

09:58 (IST)

After 11 overs,New Zealand 20/1 ( Tom Latham 10 , William Somerville 6)

Two from Ashwin’s fourth over of the day, with Latham clipping the ball through square leg off the third delivery to collect a brace. The southpaw moves to double figures.

09:56 (IST)

After 10 overs,New Zealand 18/1 ( Tom Latham 8 , William Somerville 6)

Latham collects a single off the third delivery, steering towards mid on. Somerville nicks the ball towards the slip cordon, where Rahane has placed two fielders close to each other, but thankfully for the batter, the ball stays low and rolls to first slip. One from the over.

09:52 (IST)

After 9 overs,New Zealand 16/1 ( Tom Latham 7 , William Somerville 6)

Ashwin decides to switch to round the wicket to Somerville in this over, getting an extra fielder close to the batter on the leg side. Last ball of the over catches the batter by surprise, rearing up from full length. Maiden.

09:49 (IST)

After 8 overs,New Zealand 16/1 ( Tom Latham 7 , William Somerville 6)

Another boundary conceded by Yadav, this time Somerville going for a straight drive that was hit slightly above the ground, and could’ve resulted in a stunning, low grab had Umesh been able to hold on to it in his follow through. Somerville keeps the strike with a single off the last ball.

09:44 (IST)

After 7 overs,New Zealand 12/1 ( Tom Latham 7 , William Somerville 1)

Stumping chance missed in the fourth delivery as the ball kicks up from full length along off, going over the keeper’s gloves with a couple of byes being collected. Somerville went slightly out of his crease while looking to defend and would’ve been marching back had Bharat collected this and whipped the bails off. Somerville gets off the mark with a single off the next ball. Three from the over.

09:41 (IST)

After 6 overs,New Zealand 9/1 ( Tom Latham 7 , William Somerville 0)

Umesh Yadav brought in from the Media End. Starts off with four dots, before firing one down leg that Latham glances at, collecting the first boundary of the day as the ball races away to the vacant fine leg boundary. Meanwhile, Srikar Bharat is keeping the wickets at the moment with Wriddhiman Saha still dealing with neck troubles.

09:37 (IST)

After 5 overs,New Zealand 5/1 ( Tom Latham 3 , William Somerville 0)

Ouch! The day starts off on a painful note for Ishant Sharma as he ends up dislocating his finger while fielding at short leg, resulting in play being halted after the first delivery. Ashwin had angled one along leg, with Latham going for the glance and collecting the first run of the day with a single. Nightwatchman Somerville blocks his way through the remainder of the over.

09:32 (IST)

Ravichandran Ashwin to bowl the first over of the day. Slip, leg slip and a silly point in place for Tom Latham, who's on strike for the first delivery.

09:25 (IST)

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09:16 (IST)

Simon Doull and Deep Dasgupta analyse the pitch:

SD: It’s not going far. Hasn’t deteriorated as much as we expected. Still looks okay. New Zealand need to bat really well, negate spin. Key to me will be how they play the spinners today. It still looks okay. The cracks are minimal and will skid on to the bat nicely. All odds are in India’s favour at the moment.

DD: All the outcomes are on the table. Best way to counter spin is using your feet. That’s what Latham did so well in the first innings.

09:10 (IST)

Though critics have been sharpening their knives after Pujara and Rahane’s continued failures in the recent past and in the ongoing series, India batting coach  Vikram Rathour tried to sound optimistic over the experienced duo.

“We understand that both of them are going through a lean phase but we understand that they have both played very, very important knocks for us in the past. We are pretty sure that they are going to come back and play important knocks for us,” Rathour said on Sunday after Pujara and Rahane were dismissed for 22 and 4 respectively in India’s 2nd innings.

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09:01 (IST)

"To be honest, there wasn't much happening on the wicket. We needed to get to a competitive total, maybe around 275-280," says Shreyas Iyer on why India decided to declare with 234 on the board.

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08:50 (IST)

Scores of 35 and 4 in the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur have carried to a crescendo the rising chorus of #RahaneOut. With Virat Kohli set to return for the Mumbai Test, and other competitors for a middle-order berth in fine form, Rahane looks far from a certain pick for the next match.

Karunya Keshav writes on Ajinkya Rahane's current situation, and how he has made his chances of getting picked for second Test against New Zealand as well as the South Africa tour all the more difficult. Click here to read

08:41 (IST)

Big day ahead, with India currently in the driver's seat after setting a challenging 284-run target for the Black Caps and getting rid of opener Will Young early to put the visitors under pressure right away.

Another couple of wickets early in the morning session, and New Zealand will find it very difficult to recover on a surface that is expected to challenge the batters even further. They need a few big partnerships, and this is where skipper Kane Williamson will have to lead from the front, if they are to give the Indian attack a challenge and aim for the series lead.

08:32 (IST)

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the fifth and final day of the first Test between India and New Zealand at the Green Park in Kanpur, with the Black Caps needing another 280 runs to win with nine wickets in hand. Tom Latham and nightwatchman Will Somerville will resume the chase in an hour's time.

India vs New Zealand Live Score, Final Cricket Score and Live Streaming, Latest Updates: Three runs added to the New Zealand total in the final over of the morning session, and it’s lunch on Day 5 with New Zealand back in the hunt for a victory thanks to a solid second-wicket stand between Latham and nightwatchman Somerville, both of whiom are batting in the mid-30s and have contributed 75 for the 2nd wicket so far. India desperately need a wicket or two at this stage if they are to keep their chances of winning this game alive.

India vs New Zealand, Day 4 report: Shreyas Iyer and Wriddhiman Saha struck half-centuries on Sunday before India declared its second innings on 234-7 on day four of the first test against New Zealand to set the tourists a target of 284 in Kanpur.

Iyer scored 65 runs, while Saha was unbeaten on 61 runs as they resurrected the Indian innings from a precarious 51-5.

At stumps, New Zealand was on 4-1 with Tom Latham on 2 and William Sommerville on nought after losing Will Young (2) shortly before the close of play.

Earlier, India had reached 84-5 at lunch after Kyle Jamieson (3-40) and Tim Southee (3-75) ran through the Indian top-order in the morning.

Cheteshwar Pujara (22) nicked off his gloves down leg side off Jamieson. Southee had Mayank Agarwal (17) caught at slip and then trapped Ravindra Jadeja lbw for nought.

Azaj Patel (1-60) trapped Ajinkya Rahane (4) lbw to reduce India to 51-5 after starting from an overnight 14-1.

Then, Iyer put on 52 runs for the sixth wicket with Ravichandran Ashwin (32) on either side of lunch and rescued the Indian innings.

Following his debut hundred in the first innings, Iyer's half-century in the second innings came off 125 deliveries and included eight fours and a six.

Sunil Gavaskar was the last Indian batsman to score 50-plus in both innings of his debut test, a feat he managed against the West Indies in 1971 .

“I had been in this situation before as well in domestic cricket. My mind set was to play the session and play as many balls as possible. I wasn’t thinking too far ahead,” Iyer said.

He also became the first Indian batsman to score a hundred and a half-century on his test debut.

“It feels good (to have that record) but the most important thing is to win the match... We felt that 250 including the first innings lead would have been a good score, so we’re very happy with where we are now,” Iyer added.

Jamieson bowled Ashwin after India crossed 100. Iyer then added 64 runs with Saha as they helped India reach a defendable total.

Southee dismissed Iyer before tea as India reached 167-7 at the break.

Saha scored his sixth test half-century and put on 67 runs with Axar Patel (28 not out) for the eighth wicket.

India declared with little time left in the day but Ashwin managed to remove Young before stumps. The ball seemed to be missing leg but the batsman ran out of time to use a DRS review.

New Zealand will need 280 runs on the final day for victory.

India scored 345 in the first innings thanks to Iyer’s 105 and New Zealand was bowled out for 296 in reply as Axar Patel took 5-62 on day three.

With inputs from AP

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