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At stumps, Rishabh Pant (1) and Hanuma Vihari (5) were at the crease with India leading by 97 runs with four wickets in hand.
Earlier, Indian pacers led India’s fightback on the second day with the trio of Mohammed Shami (4/81), Jasprit Bumrah (3/62) and Umesh Yadav (1/46) sharing eight wickets.
Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (2/22) claimed two wickets and also took a stunning one-handed airborne catch at deep mid-wicket to contribute to the team.
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In their second essay, India once again found the going tough against the New Zealand pace battery with Mayank Agarwal (3), Prithvi Shaw (14) and skipper Virat Kohli (14) returning to the hut quickly.
Earlier, resuming at 63 for no loss, New Zealand were reduced to 142 for five at lunch with the Indian pace trio dominating the proceedings.
India claimed the rest of the five wickets in the second session which ended with the dismissal of Jamieson, who fell a run short of his maiden Test half-century.
Brief Scores:
India 1st innings: 242
New Zealand 1st innings: 235 all out in 73.1 overs (Tom Latham 52, Kyle Jamieson 49; Jasprit Bumrah 3/62, Mohammed Shami 4/81).
India 2nd innings: 90/6 in 36 overs (Cheteshwar Pujara 24, Virat Kohli 14; Trent Boult 3/12, Colin de Grandhomme 1/3)
Day 3 play starts at 4:00 AM IST.