Twitter Reactions: New Zealand holds the upper hand at stumps on Day 1

In the India’s historic 500th Test match, the visitors New Zealand hold the upper hand over India at stumps on Day 1. Indian skipper Virat Kohli won the toss and had no hesitation to bat first. But he will not be happy with the scoreboard reading 291/9 at the end of days play.

India will have themselves to blame as they had thrown away quite some wickets to tumble down from 154/1 to 277/9. Former captains including Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, MS Dhoni and Kapil Dev were felicitated by the BCCI before the start of play.

Early on, KL Rahul was aggressive for his 32 and Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara scored half-centuries each to take the Indian total over 150. Pujara, especially, has been in a remarkable form off late, coming off scores of 166 and 256* in the Duleep Trophy. However, India slipped from 154 for 1 to 185 for 4 by the end of the second session.

New Zealand was more aggressive in the final session of play as they picked wickets at regular intervals as most of the Indian batsmen threw it away after settling in. Rohit Sharma looked good for his 35 but threw it away as he tried an unwanted lofted shot over mid-on.

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With 291 runs and one wicket remaining, Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble will feel that they have missed out on an opportunity to score a huge total. Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav are the batsmen at the crease for Day 2. Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner and pacer Trent Boult claimed 3 wickets each. Neil Wagner, Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi bagged one wicket each at the end of day’s play.

Here is how the Twitter reacted as New Zealand holds the upper hand at stumps on Day 1:

Test cricket is boring without @msdhoni maja he nahi match m #INDvNZ

— Bharat (@futureofbharat) September 22, 2016

9runs away 4rm touching 300 mark.1wckt left
Will Ind get 300 tmrw before kiwis come to bat? Will b interesting to watch #INDvNZ #500thTest

— Bhadavi Bandekar (@ilovecricket74) September 22, 2016

From 154/1 to 291/9, #TeamIndia won't be happy the way day 1 panned out. Starts wasted, wickets thrown away..#indvsnz #INDvNZ #500thTest

— Chinmay Jawalekar? (@CricfreakTweets) September 22, 2016

"Ball of the day"
Saha dismissal off @trent_boult ?? #INDvNZ

— Navin ?? (@Mister_Awessome) September 22, 2016

"82.6 Rohit has given it away, again" How many times have we read such a description for Rohit's wicket! #INDvNZ

— Arunraj Nair (@nairarunraj) September 22, 2016

IND – strength Spin attack. Playing with 2 spinners
NZ – strenght Fast attack. Playing with 3 spinners
Smart cricket by Kiwis#INDvNZ

— Subha ⚡ (@Iamsubha27) September 22, 2016

New Zealand's day!! Highlights of the day Pujara – Vijay Partnership #INDvNZ #500thTest

— Gayathri Narayanan (@Gayathr1) September 22, 2016

Rohit Sharma and his temperament in Tests. #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/l4TuyNknYm

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) September 22, 2016

Someone ask Dhoni to padup and come in to bat! #INDvNZ

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) September 22, 2016

Thought hard for 4-5 min… and I actually dont have anything to say on that dismissal. Kuchh ni ho sakta iska… #RohitSharma #IndvNZ

— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) September 22, 2016

Rohit Sharma – #BeingRohit.
Once a Rohit Sharma, always a Rohit Sharma#INDvNZ

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 22, 2016

Great fightback by New Zealand.
Vijay 's wicket very crucial.
This partnership the key now.
Need 450+#INDvNZ

— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) September 22, 2016

Great fightback from @BLACKCAPS, Kane Williamson captaincy on point. @BCCI going in with 6 batters a blessing now! #INDvNZ

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) September 22, 2016

Wagner is a captain's dream. Runs in all day and lets every ball go with serious intensity. #cricket #INDvNZ

— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) September 22, 2016

Virat Kohli since his 200 in Antigua
60 runs in 4 innings#IndvNZ#500thTest#India500

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 22, 2016

Missing @virendersehwag , who used to play Test Match like ODI & ODI like T20.#INDvNZ

— PhD in Bak*****!! (@Atheist_Krishna) September 22, 2016

Rohit Sharma scores 35 today. Huge contribution.. When will they nominate him for Padma Vibhushan ? #INDvNZ

— Idle (@IdleSid) September 22, 2016

https://twitter.com/AzimuddinMolla/status/778920338155372544

Murli Vijay says Pitch has become slow and will get more slower and lower as the play will progress #INDvNZ

— Mitul (@eme2ul) September 22, 2016

India scoring today:

Session 1: 105/1
Session 2: 80/3
Session 3: 106/5

At stumps: 291/9#INDvNZ

— Cricket Chitchat (@CricChitchat) September 22, 2016

154/1 looking set to bat 1.5 days and end up with only one wicket in hand by the end of 1st day…How can you not love Test cricket? #IndvNZ

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 22, 2016

Rohit Sharma trying hard to show why he doesn't merit a place in the side, talent nothwithstanding ? #INDvNZ #cricket

— Akhila Ranganna (@akhilar) September 22, 2016

@HitmanCricket SRT will surely reconsider his farewell statement, "Rohit & Virat can break my records."

— Geeky (@geekynurture) September 22, 2016