Live Cricket Score, India vs New Zealand, 1st Test, Day 2: India bowled out for 318 against New Zealand in Kanpur

In stadiums across India, "Kohleeee, Kohli" has replaced "Saaachin, Sachin". A deafening roar that reverberates around the stands moments after the team has lost its second wicket. No matter the score: 12/2 or 154/2. On Thursday, Day One of the first India-New Zealand Test, it had just become 154/2 when Virat Kohli walked out to the customary welcome.

As uplifting this noise is for Indian fans, it may be unsettling for the opposition. They get a reminder of what they up against: one of the best batsmen in the world. But New Zealand aren't known to get intimidated by reputations. They have long lived in the shadow of the mighty Aussies without so much as caring a fig.
So Neil Wagner, bowling from around the wicket, started by pitching one short at the Indian captain. Kohli, never the one to shy away from aggressive posturing, put the offering away past fine leg. Easy meat?

Wagner moved over the wicket and banged another one in, only this time the angle and awkward bounce cramped up Kohli. Rather than dropping his hands, he went ahead with the pull. The top-edge was gobbled up by Ish Sodhi in the deep. Kohli's departure, like Tendulkar's, brings a creepy silence. A few headed to the exits.