India fail trial by spin, collapse to 107/7 at lunch on Day 2 to trail New Zealand by 152 runs

India's frailties against spin came to fore again as a shocking collapse saw hosts slip to 107/7 at lunch against New Zealand on second day of second Test here on Friday, leaving m trailing by ar 152 runs in first innings.

If it was trial by pace and seam in Bengaluru Test which led to team's first loss to New Zealand at home in 36 years, it was regulation spin on a low-bounce surface that exposed Indian batters in Friday's morning session.

On a low and turning wicket, Indian batters lacked in application and sound judgement as elementary mistakes saw team staring at an ermous task of reducing deficit and stay in contest.

Resuming at 16/1, India lost six wickets for a mere 91 runs in first session.

biggest shock arrived in 24th over when ir batting superstar Virat Kohli missed a juicy full-toss from Mitchell Santner (4/36) to be cleaned up for a nine-ball 1.

sight of Kohli missing an incuous full toss angling into his wickets, going past his awkwardly swinging bat to crash into middle and leg stumps and leaving batter stare at ground beneath him in utter despair, was something that will linger for some time to come.

As he trudged back with MCA Stium here descending into eerie silence, only respite Kohli perhaps got was giant screen t playing replays of his horror dismissal until he h crossed boundary ropes on his way back.

Yashasvi Jaiswal h done fairly well to reach 30 with four boundaries but going with hard hands to defend a delivery outside off, spinning away from his bat to take an edge to first slip, gave Glenn Phillips his first wicket.

But as if all that wasn't eugh, Rishabh Pant 's (18) failure to re lack of bounce while going for a mighty heave across line against part-time spin of Phillips, resulted in ball crashing into his off-stump, leaving India in a desperate situation at 83 for five.

Sarfaraz Khan (11), whose recent outings include 222 t out in Irani Cup and 150 in last innings at Bengaluru, only h himself to blame after recklessly hitting one straight to mid-off for William O'Rourke to grab an easy catch, off Santner.

Santner, who triggered collapse by trapping Shubman Gill (30) for first wicket of day, kept chipping away as he pinned R Ashwin (4) leg-before off one that kept low shortly before break.