(Cricket news) India finished day 1 of the 2nd Test in Mumbai at 221/4. The game started late due to the wet outfield and there were only 2 sessions left after lunch. India announced before the toss that Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja would be unavailable due to injuries. Virat Kohli kept India's toss winning streak going and elected to bat first. Kohli, Mohammed Siraj and Jayant Yadav came into the side instead of the injured players. The balance of the team didn't change much with India deciding to back Jayant Yadav with the willow instead of replacing Jadeja with a pure batter. Kane Williamson injured his elbow and was replaced by Daryl Mitchell while Tom Latham took over the captaincy.

The openers Shubman Gill and Mayank Agarwal started aggressively taking on the bowling. Unlike in Kanpur, there was no swing on offer for Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southee. Stand-in captain Tom Latham responded quickly by introducing spin in the form of Ajaz Patel. The left arm spinner spun webs around the Indian batters. He got rid of Gill for 44, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli for a duck in the span of 3 overs. The Indian skipper was given out LBW despite the ball having hit the bat with the 3rd umpire judging that there was no conclusive evidence that the ball hit the bat before the ball. Shreyas Iyer walked into bat and stitched a good partnership of 80 with Agarwal. Ajaz Patel returned to dismiss Iyer to pick up his and New Zealand's 4th wicket. Wriddhiman Saha came in and put together a 50 run partnership with Mayank Agarwal who got to his 4th Test century to carry on with his incredible conversion rate.

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Ajaz Patel bowled exceptionally well as the conditions were perfect for him. There was a lot of turn and bounce on offer. Patel consistently managed to hit the deck hard on the right lines. The only problem was that the other two spinners weren't effective at all. Rachin Ravindra and Will Sommerville failed to pick up a wicket and were very expensive. Latham was forced to turn to Daryl Mitchell and other seamers to try and keep things tight from one end.

Mayank Agarwal has come back strongly after failing to get going in Kanpur. He was very patient against the fast bowlers not fishing outside the off stump. He was aggressive against spin right from the get go. He played inside out, with the spin and against the spin to score runs. He will start day 2 unbeaten at 120 joined by Saha who is on 25. Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel and Jayant Yadav are next in line if needed.