Fri Oct 25 18:18:14 UTC 2024: **IND vs NZ 2nd Test Day 2 Report Summary:**
1. **Match Progress**: By the end of Day 2 in the Pune Test, New Zealand scored 198 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in their second innings, leading by 301 runs overall.
2. **India’s First Innings**: India was bowled out for just 156 runs in their first innings, trailing by 103 runs against New Zealand.
3. **Key Performers**:
– In India’s second innings, openers Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 runs each before getting out.
– Virat Kohli continued his poor form, falling for just 1 run, bowled by Mitchell Santner.
– Ravindra Jadeja scored 38 runs, while Washington Sundar remained not out at 18.
4. **Bowling Highlights**:
– Mitchell Santner took 7 wickets for New Zealand in India’s first innings, including the crucial wicket of Kohli.
– Washington Sundar, after taking 7 wickets in the first innings, claimed 4 more wickets in the second innings, totaling 11 wickets in the match.
5. **Milestone Opportunity for Sundar**: If Washington Sundar takes one more wicket on Day 3, he would become only the second Indian bowler, after Ravichandran Ashwin, to take 5 or more wickets in both innings of a Test match.
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