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Bengaluru
India were bowled out for 46 by New Zealand on day two of the first Test at the M Chinnswamy Stadium on Thursday, reports BBC.com/sport.
After the entire first day was washed out by rain, India chose to bat on a lively, seaming pitch and were dismissed for the third-lowest total in their Test history.
Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin were all out for ducks, with seamers Matt Henry and Will O’Rourke taking 5-15 and 4-22 respectively.
Rishabh Pant with 20 and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who made 13, were the only batters to make double figures for India, who are top of the World Test Championship standings.
It was India’s lowest total in a home Test, only beaten by their 36 all out against Australia in Adelaide in 2020 and 42 against England at Lord’s in 1974.
New Zealand reached 180-3 by the close, giving them complete control of the Test with a lead of 134.
Tom Latham and Devon Conway went beyond the hosts’ score with an opening partnership of 67 and Conway continued to make a 105-ball 91.
India collapse
Jaiswal and captain Rohit Sharma had edged to 9-0 in the seventh over when Rohit was bowled by Tim Southee as he advanced to attempt a wild drive.
Kohli did not score in his nine balls before gloving 23-year-old O’Rourke, playing his fifth Test, to leg slip.
Sarfaraz was caught at mid-off attempting a counter-attack and, after a short rain delay and a 10-over partnership returning just 21 runs with Pant, Jaiswal cut O’Rourke to point.
Rahul was caught down the leg side in O’Rourke’s next over and an over later, Jadeja skied a catch off a leading edge and Ashwin edged to gully in consecutive balls off Henry.
The seamer’s next over returned the wicket of Pant, who poked an edge to second slip, and he produced a fine sprawling catch soon after to pouch Jasprit Bumrah’s top-edge at fine leg.
Henry then claimed his fourth Test five-wicket haul by having Kuldeep Yadav caught in the gully. India’s total was the 18th-lowest by any team in Tests.
Scores: India 1st Inns 46: Pant 20; Henry 5-15, O’Rourke 4-22 vs New Zealand 1st Inns 180-3: Conway 91; Jadeja 1-28.