Kanpur, Nov 26th : , New Zealand won the second Test at Green Park Stadium here in Kanpur on Friday with a victory run by Tom Latham and Will Young.The visitors were 129 runs ahead of India at stumps.
Young batted on 75 (180 balls) and Latham batted on 50 (165 balls).India was trailed by 216 runs. Young resumed at 72/0 at tea and reached his fourth Test century with a thick outer edge that rolled past Umesh Yadav’s wicket in the 28th over.Young continued to score runs against Yadav and smashed consecutive boundaries on the wicket’s off-side.
Tom Latham, who played a cautious defensive game and waited, managed to sweep Ravindra Jadeja through mid-wicket in the 39th Over, making it the century run of the opening partnership.India decided to take a DRS against Young because Young was clearly on the wrong side of the wicket.
After the drinks break, the ball did a lot to help the Indian spinners, but not enough for them to make a breakthrough.In the 56th over Ashwin had Latham out, but the opener was able to reverse the decision.
New Zealand won the match thanks to their o’eners’ ability to absorb the pressure and withstand the Indian bowlers’ challenge.
Brief scores: India 345 runs out in 111.1 innings (ShreyasIyer 105, Shubman Gil 52, Ravindra Jadeja 50), against New Zealand 129/0 in just 57 overs.(Will Young 75 not-out, Tom Latham 50 not-out)
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