On the opening day of the first cricket test at Auckland, New Zealand were 329 for 4 wickets in the first innings against India, in the post lunch session, when reports last came in. Kane Williamson and Brendon McCullum were at the crease. Earlier, put in to bat, New Zealand got off to a poor start, as it lost it's openers, with just 23 on the board. Ross Taylor was third wicket to fall. He was out for 3. Of the three Kiwi wickets, Ishant Sharma bagged 2, while Zaheer Khan took one. At Lunch, the hosts were 54 for 3.This is the opening Test of the 2-match series.