Kanpur: R Ashwin and Umesh Yadav have added 26 runs for the 9th wicket to take India near the 350-run mark. Ashwin is unbeaten on 38 and Yadav is not out on 4. Southee's five-wicket haul derailed India's innings but Ashwin has played a mature knock.
Ravichandran Ashwin is taking his role as a batsman pretty seriously. He has looked confident in his 31-run unbeaten knock till now. Can he stitch small partnerships with
Yadav and Ishant to take India's total over the 350-run mark?
Tim Southee has been sensational in the morning session and he has bowled 10 successive overs and grabbed five wickets, including those of two set batsmen in Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer.
India (339/8) at Lunch vs New Zealand in Kanpur. Shreyas (105), Jadeja (50), Ashwin (38*); Southee (5/69)