Indians finding it tough to counter pace and bounce: Neil Wagner

Indian batsmen will get a liberal dose of "chin music" in second Test at seamer-friendly Hagley Oval, senior New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner declared on Wednesday, harping on visitors' struggles when faced with pace and bounce.

Wagner pulled out of first Test to be with his wife for birth of ir first child, daughter Olivia. With India troubled by short balls bowled from round wicket, 33-year-old Wagner promised that y will employ same strategy during second match starting Saturday.

"It's obviously tough for m to come here and play where re is obviously a bit more bounce and pace," said Wagner.

"Obviously, playing in India where re is t that much bounce and pace around and so it is something new for m to adapt to," he added.

Wagner, just like his coach Gary Stead, believes that Indians will be better but he expects home side to be relentless in its endeavour to compound agony for visitors.

"Hopefully, we can keep squeeze on and bowl way boys bowled in Wellington and if we can keep piling pressure on, we will make job a lot easier for ourselves," he said.

series is a short one and that's why it's taking time for Indians to get used to Test match conditions.

"...sometimes when you tour overseas, it takes a match or two to get used to conditions and adapt from re. doubt y will be better and y will come back stronger.

"Definitely we look forward to do what we do best in our conditions and keep fighting way we did."

He was all praise for towering Kyle Jamieson, who had a dream Test debut in Wellington. Wagner also justified is break.

"If she was going to be born early, hopefully on Monday and I would have definitely been re with team but so be it. She wanted to try and stay a little bit longer and yeah, give her dad a little bit of a hard time," happy far was seen grinning from ear to ear.

"It's one of those things but I wouldn't change it for anything else in world."