Virat Kohli won yet another toss and opted to bat. India included Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar for KL Rahul and Umesh Yadav. New Zealand brought in Matt Henry, Henry Nicholls and Jeetan Patel for Mark Criag, Kane Williamson and Ish Sodhi.

Cheteshwar Pujara defiantly steered the team to 57 for 3 at Lunch.

Former India captain Kapil Dev inaugurated the new addition to the iconic Eden Gardens - the bell!

On a wicket where the ball was behaving erratically, Matt Henry got rid of Shikhar Dhawan early.

Ajinkya Rahane steadied India's innings in the post-lunch session.

Virat Kohli fell to Trent Boult cheaply as India lost three in the first session of the Test match.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane had added 90 for the fourth wicket during an attritional second session of play as India went into Tea without losing another wicket.

Jeetan Patel dismissed Rohit Sharma to trigger a middle-order collapse.

Cheteshwar Pujara fell to Neil Wagner while Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed by Jeetan Patel as New Zealand clawed back into the contest in the final session.