New Zealand extend lead after Santner's 7-53

Pune, Oct. 26:New Zealand extended their lead to a commanding 301 after spinner Mitchell Santner took 7-53 to bowl out India cheaply on day two of the second Test on Friday.

India fell to 156 all out, giving the visitors a lead of 103 on a turning pitch in Pune at the end of the first innings.

New Zealand, who lead the three-match series 1-0, were 198-5 at stumps in their second knock after skipper Tom Latham hit 86. Wicketkeeper Tom Blundell, on 30, and Glenn Phillips, on nine, were batting at close of play to raise New Zealand hopes of a first-ever Test series win in India.

Spinner Washington Sundar grabbed four wickets to take his match tally to 11 after returning figures of 7-59 against the Kiwis on day one.

Sundar trapped Devon Conway lbw for 17 in New Zealand's second innings before senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin sent back Will Young for 23 before tea.

Sundar also bowled Rachin Ravindra for nine as the left-hander went back for a cut only to miss and the skidding ball hit the off-stump. Daryl Mitchell soon fell for 18.

Latham reached his fifty and kept firm in a 60-run partnership with Blundell until his departure when Sundar trapped the left-hander lbw.

Santner sparkled for New Zealand with his left-arm spin as he claimed his first five-wicket haul in 29 Test appearances to trump India at their own game of spin.

Ravindra Jadeja top-scored with 38 but India's batting fell apart, with the hosts bowled out in the second session in just 45.3 overs. Overnight batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill started cautiously before Santner struck in the 11th over of the day.

He trapped Gill lbw for 30 with a slider to the right-hander. The home fans were then stunned into silence when Santner took the prized wicket of Kohli, bowled on a low full toss for one.

Off-spinner Phillips struck on his fourth ball to get the left-handed Jaiswal caught at slip for 30 to leave the hosts on 70-4 and then 83-5 when he bowled Rishabh Pant for 18. First-match centurion Sarfaraz Khan managed 11 before Santner got him caught at mid-on.

India resumed the day on 16-1 and their batting collapse was the second in the series after they fell to 46 all out in the first Test in Bengaluru for their lowest-ever home total.

Shakeel gives Pakistan lead 

Saud Shakeel's fighting century propelled Pakistan to 344 on day two of the series-deciding third Test against England in Rawalpindi on Friday, gaining a first-innings lead of 77 runs.

The left-hander held Pakistan's innings together with a gritty 134 spread over 322 minutes and 223 balls, hitting just five boundaries. England scored 267 in their first innings. The series is tied at 1-1 after England won the first Test by an innings and 47 runs while Pakistan took the second by 152 runs, both in Multan.

Leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed was the pick of the England bowlers with 4-66.

The 29-year-old Shakeel defied England with an eighth wicket stand of 88 alongside Noman Ali who made 45 before falling in the final over ahead of the tea break to spinner Shoaib Bashir.

Shakeel added another 72 for the ninth wicket with Sajid Khan who scored an unbeaten career-best 48. Shakeel was finally caught off a miscued pull off pacer Gus Atkinson while Rehan Ahmed dismissed the last man Zahid Mahmood for nought.

The visitors looked to be in control when young spinner Ahmed bagged three quick wickets to leave Pakistan teetering at the end of the first session.

England were eyeing a lead after Ahmed's burst left Pakistan on 187-7 at lunch but the Shakeel-Noman stand turned those expectations into frustration. Shakeel batted with composure and reached his fourth Test hundred with a single off Rehan in a resistance-packed innings.

Noman -- surviving a leg-before decision on review and a dropped catch off Joe Root -- assisted Shakeel admirably, hitting a six and two fours as the duo helped Pakistan add 80 in the second session. Rehan sent Mohammad Rizwan (25), Salman Agha (one) and Aamer Jamal (14) back to the pavilion and threatened to derail Pakistan.

England's frontline spinners Jack Leach and Bashir could not extract the same sharp turn from the pitch as rival Sajid Khan, who took 6-128 on Thursday. Pakistan resumed the day at 73-3 in search of a lead to press for a series win.(AFP)