IND vs NZ Day 2 | India reach 339 for 8 at lunch
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Shreyas Iyer scores ton on debut, five for Tim Southee
Shreyas Iyer completed a coveted hundred on debut even while Ravichandran Ashwin survived Tim Southee's incisive morning spell to take India to 339 for 8 at lunch against New Zealand on the second day of the opening Test here on Friday.
Resuming on overnight score of 75, Iyer (105 off 171 balls) on Friday became the 16th Indian to score a hundred on Test debut and second after the great Gundappa Vishwanath to reach the milestone at this very ground after 52 years.
Ashwin (38 batting off 54 balls) did the bulk of scoring in the morning session in which 81 runs were scored but also four wickets were lost.
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