it never reached the level it had when they went off on opening day brief scores new zealand 212 in reply to india 316 all outday 1 report new zealand edge past india after pujararahane showtest matches are special he had injured his shoulder while trying to dive in after a mixup with rahane and soon lobbed a bat pad to shortfine leg india had scored 33 runs by them but werent completely out of trouble unlike the first innings rohit moved out to the spinners whenever he had a chance brief scores india 316 and 263 beat new zealand 204 and 197 by 178 runs onus will also be on ross taylor to get some runs behind him with four slips virat kohli took so softness to new zealand but it did not happen before new zealand fought right till the end and picked up four crucial wickets in the final session new zealand had lost half their side for 104 he bowled 22 overs on the trot and accounted for the 14th lbw of the match the most in a test match in india the approach was positive sans the early manufacturing of shots that had led to his dismissals of late indias batting goes deep so theres no need to push the panic button just yet he led a 103run stand with wriddhiman saha giving india a total of 2278 at stumps on day 3 a four off the days first ball patel declared his intent and that as it turned out started nzs mini revival the bounce had also become unpredictable boult however would set him up nicely mixing his length the next two balls and finally getting kohli to nick one moving away brief scores india 316 and 1106 kohli 45 rohit 20 henry 334 lead new zealand 204 all out by 222 runsday 3 lunch guptill looked good barring that one ball where he looked uncertain his last noteworthy score was 200 against new zealand in august and he needed this after his noshow in the first test 21 and 0 williamson should be expected to try out someone else henry nicholls perhaps he launched santner down the ground for a boundary and a six to bring up indias 300 and his 50 but ajinkya rahane was able to weather the storm in the final moments of a session which belonged to new zealand vijay with whom pujara got off the blocks was in for a trying opening spell ross taylor faced 28 balls for his 4brief scores new zealand 204 and 1353 latham 74 ashwin 262 trail india 316 and 263 by 241 runsday 4 lunch brief score india 316 and 2278 rohit sharma 82 virat kohli 45 matt henry 344 lead new zealand 204 all out by 339 runs 2397 is not the most secure position to be in but neither is it concerning enough for a surface that has some spice in it having lost two and a half hours