Riding on a six-wicket haul from Ravichandran Ashwin, India bowled New Zealand out for 236 runs in 87.3 overs to secure a massive 197-run victory in the first Test in Kanpur while taking a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Ravichandran Ashwin rattled the New Zealand top order with a triple strike in the second innings to restrict them to 93 for four after the batsmen set a target of 434 runs on the fourth day of the first Test in Kanpur.

Unbeaten fifties from Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara stretched India’s lead to 215 runs after Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin bundled New Zealand out for 262 runs in 95.5 overs on the third day of the first Test in Kanpur.

After bowling out India for 318 runs, Tom Latham and Kane Williamson scored fluent fifties to power New Zealand's reply on the rain-hit second day of the first Test in Kanpur.

New Zealand bowlers led by Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner made a tremendous comeback to restrict India from 154 for one at one stage to 291 for nine at stumps on day one of the first Test in Kanpur.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has picked former Indian wicket-keeper batsman MSK Prasad as the chairman of the selection committee replacing Sandeep Patil.

Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who is recovering from the mosquito-borne Chikungunya, is set to miss the first Test against New Zealand in Kanpur starting on 22nd September.

All-rounder James Neesham is set to miss New Zealand's first Test against India in Kanpur after suffering a rib injury during training last Thursday.

New Zealand have picked all-rounder Corey Anderson as a specialist batsman in the squad for the One-Day Internationals against India to be played next month.

Luke Ronchi's century was the only saving grace for the New Zealanders on day three as they were dismissed for 235 in their second innings, ending the tour game against Mumbai at Feroz Shah Kotla in a draw.

Five of the Mumbai batsmen crossed the 50-run mark as they went on to post 431 for five at stumps on day two managing a lead of 107 runs over New Zealanders in the tour game in Delhi.

New Zealand pacer Tim Southee has been ruled out of the Test series against India after sustaining an ankle injury.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson believes the upcoming Test series against India will be one of the biggest challenge of his career in recent times.

The Indian selectors on Monday have announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming three-match Test series against New Zealand starting later this month.

New Zealand pacer Mitchell McClenaghan will not be a part of the One-Day International series against India to be played in October after having failed to recover in time from his pelvis injury.

The second One-Day International between India and New Zealand to be played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi on 19th October is set to be postponed by a day due to the “Karva Chauth” festival.

Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain and Kingsmead in Durban were handed official warnings by the International Cricket Council for the poor outfield conditions in the respective Test matches involving India and New Zealand.

The proposal of the International Cricket Council to create a two-tier system in Test cricket has been dropped after a discussion with the members in a two-day working group meeting in Dubai on Wednesday.

New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham has made a return to the Test squad for the upcoming tour of India after recovering from a back injury.