India at 291 for 9 at stumps on Day One of 500th Test

India scored 291 for nine at stumps on the opening day of their first cricket Test match against New Zealand at the Green Park stadium here on Thursday.

In the historic 500th Test match for India, Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav were at the crease with 16 and 8 runs, respectively.

For New Zealand, pacer Trent Boult and spinner Mitchell Santner picked up three wickets each while Neil Wagner, Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi chipped in with a wicket apiece.

--IANS

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