Martin Guptill hit his best form of the series, batting with positive intent to move to a half-century BCCI
Tom Latham also looked good and began to score freely after a testing initial period BCCI
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The openers put on New Zealand's first century opening stand of the series BCCI
The 118-run stand ended when R Ashwin had Latham caught and bowled for 53 BCCI
Guptill went into lunch unbeaten on 59, with captain Kane Williamson for company BCCI
Williamson was the first to go after lunch, chopping an Ashwin delivery onto his stumps BCCI
Ashwin then dismissed Ross Taylor and Luke Ronchi for ducks - and ran Guptill out at the non-striker's end - to leave New Zealand tottering at 148 for 5 BCCI
BJ Watling and James Neesham then shared a 53-run partnership for the sixth wicket... BCCI
...before Ravindra Jadeja had Watling caught by Ajinkya Rahane at slip BCCI
Another half-century stand followed, this time between Neesham and Mitchell Santner, before Jadeja struck again, dismissing Santner for 22 BCCI
Neesham kept attacking, hitting a 115-ball 71, but he was the eighth wicket to fall, adjudged lbw to give Ashwin his 20th five-wicket haul in Tests BCCI
When Trent Boult holed out to Cheteshwar Pujara, New Zealand were dismissed for 299 BCCI
Gautam Gambhir retired hurt after aggravating a right shoulder injury he had picked up while fielding, but M Vijay and Pujara saw India safely through to stumps with 18 runs on the board BCCI
