Day 1 (2nd Test):Taylor's Century Puts Kiwis In Driver Seat

The 2nd and final Test of the series started here today in Bangalore.This time Kiwi captain Ross Taylor won the toss and elected to bat first but they lost their opener batsman Brendon McCullum cheapely in the second over of the day as he went for a duck.He was given lbw out on the bowling of Zaheer Khan.After his departure,Kane Williamson also went back to pavillion early as he was given out on the bowling of Pragyan Ojha.He made 17 runs.

In the meanwhile,Martin Guptill completed his half-century but he got out soon after on the score of 53 runs. He was caught by Gambhir on the bowling of Ojha.After his departure,Kiwi captain Ross Taylor and batsmam Daniel Flynn took the charge of batting and made sure that there are no further fall of wickets till lunch.

After the lunch,both the batsmen continued their batting.Both were playing cautiously by waiting for the loose ball to come.In the middle of this,Kiwi captain Ross Taylor completed his half-century.They also completed their 100 runs partnership for 4th wicket but Daniel Flynn got out after making 33 runs.He was given lbw out off R.Ashwin's bowling.This was the first wicket for him in this match but Ross Taylor continued with his good batting performance as he took New Zealand to 200 runs mark.He also completed his century in the progress in 99 balls.

After tea,New Zealand lost the wicket of James Franklin to Ojha as he gave a catch to Suresh Raina.After some time,he also took the most important wicket of well set batsman Ross Taylor.He made 113 runs off 127 balls which included 16 fours and 2 sixes.

After this no wicket fell for Kiwis as their wicket keeper batsman van Wyk and Doug Bracewell batted well in the end.Kruger van Wyk also completed his half-century as he was unbeaten on the score 63 with Bracewell who is on 30 runs.The day's play was called of early due to bad light.

Brief Scores:-

New Zealand: 328/6 (81.3 overs) 1st Innings
R.Taylor: 113 (127)                   P.Ojha: 4/90 (27.0)
K.van Wyk: 63*(85)                 Z.Khan: 1/74 (18.0)
M.Guptill: 53 (79)                     R.Ashwin: 1/82 (24.0)