The opening day of the Kolkata Test between India and New Zealand saw a shaky start to the Indian innings due to dismissals of the top order batsmen. After being reduced to?46/3, innings was re-consolidated by a 141- run stand between Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara as both the batsmen chipped in with half-centuries.
Although the post-lunch session went wicket-less, by the end of the day’s play, the visitors seized back the advantage by taking four wickets in the final session and leaving India in all sorts of trouble at 239/7 at stumps.
As New Zealand took advantage on Day 1, we take a look at the top tweets of the day:
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Thank you Shikhar Dhawan, because of you even our number 3 batsmen can become competent openers.#IndVsNZ
— The Viral Fever (@TheViralFever) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/imKhurram12/status/781812048648806400
https://twitter.com/SirJadejaaaa/status/781803007671410689
#IndvsNz: @therealkapildev inaugurates bell ringing ritual at #EdenGardenshttps://t.co/AMV2CVDimA pic.twitter.com/4JoUnuMGcN
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) September 30, 2016
1st Test: Late Wickets Put NZ Back in the Game Against India https://t.co/wUA1Ofh3du #indvsnz pic.twitter.com/QikpdNSCKo
— News18 CricketNext (@cricketnext) September 30, 2016
Everytime i see @SDhawan25 bat i feel @virendersehwag Viru paaji could still come out and bat much better than this guy, ALWAYS !! #indvsnz
— Lokii (@vp_vpul) September 30, 2016
#indvsnz Wen every1 was bsy having lunch today. We had a guy @GautamGambhir who was practicing n sweating to break d doors..Indore is 4 U 🙂 pic.twitter.com/P3RW7tyft5
— Mangalam Ke Sher (@MangalamKeSher) September 30, 2016
5 innings into the Test series and we are yet to see a century. It took three Tests for the 1st one vs South Africa last year. #indvsnz
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 30, 2016
Selection of #RohitSharma was strongly condemned today by thousands of loyal cricket fans!
Only @narendramodi can help now #INDvsNZ— Alok (@dch4alok) September 30, 2016
X FACTOR
Rahane's Avg
1st Test of a series: 23.80(1 50+ score in 15 inns)
2nd Test of a series: 94.00* (8 50+ scores in 11 inns)#IndvsNZ— dr adnan khan (@dradnankhan) September 30, 2016
Even Congress doesn't get so many chances as many @SDhawan25 is getting!!! #BringBackGautamGambhir #indvsnz
— nish (@nd9490) September 30, 2016
Has the Indian Government called up the New Zealand Ambassador yet, for conducting surgical strikes on Indian soil? #IndvsNZ
— Vivekanand S (@Farisky) September 30, 2016
After Ms Dhoni – the untold story there should be a biopic on Shikhar Dhawan ~ the un shown Talent #MSDhoniTheUntoldStory #indvsnz
— Aman Jain (@_amanjain_) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/bhargavteja3/status/781866035590733824
I wish after the Bell #SauravGanguly will brougth Tat T-Shirt waving moment too at #EdenGardens.#IndvsNz #NZvsInd #MyEdenMemory
— 🇮🇳 Arrnish 🇮🇳 (@HumourActivist) September 30, 2016
The way Shikhar Dhawan is playing he wont get a biopic. They'll just make a GIF on him.#indvsnz
— Shailya Tiwari (@Shailya06) September 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/imSkhinchi/status/781860914429513728
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We knew we had to make most of conditions: Matt Henry
READ: https://t.co/5XDOAyWdQI pic.twitter.com/SAymcAVgKB
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) September 30, 2016
Shikhar dhawan as an opener is as useless as hashtag(#) in Whatsapp!😂😂#indvsnz
— Kshiteesh Bhushan (@KshiteeshB) September 30, 2016
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