22-Sep-2016On a dry-looking pitch with plenty of cracks, India opted to bat and opener KL Rahul got off to a brisk start•BCCIBut he fell to spin, which was introduced early, when he edged a delivery off Mitchell Santner•BCCIM Vijay was his usual self, displaying patience and concentration. He left plenty of short deliveries from Neil Wagner and…•Associated Press… forged a solid stand with Cheteshwar Pujara, who looked at ease against the spinners and used his feet very well against them•BCCIBoth struck fifties in their partnership of 112•Associated PressBut persistence from the New Zealand spinners paid rich dividends after lunch. Mitchell Santner took a return catch to dismiss Pujara for 62•BCCIAnd Neil Wagner’s short-ball weapon worked when Virat Kohli top-edged to fine leg on 9•Associated PressThe wobble continued as M Vijay edged Ish Sodhi behind for 65 just before tea…•Associated Press… And Ajinkya Rahane lobbed an easy catch to short leg off Mark Craig, falling for 18. India had slipped from 154 for 1 to 209 for 5•BCCIR Ashwin and Rohit Sharma steadied the innings through a 52-run sixth-wicket stand•BCCIBut before he had pulled India out of trouble, Rohit gave it away, lofting one to long-on•BCCIWriddhiman Saha received a peach from Trent Boult that kissed the top of leg stump after swinging back in•BCCIBoult followed it up with the scalps of Ashwin and Mohammed Shami to give New Zealand the edge as stumps neared•BCCIRavindra Jadeja, not out on 16, along with Umesh Yadav who was unbeaten on 8, hung in there as India closed out the opening day on 291 for 9•BCCI