McCullum hits double ton as NZ reach 473/7 at lunch on Day II

New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum reached a well-deserved double hundred as hosts reached a commanding 473 for seven at lunch against India on the second day of the first cricket Test here today.
At lunch, McCullum was batting on 202 with the help of 28 boundaries and three sixes off 280 balls. Ish Sodhi was giving him company on 18 as Ishant Sharma was the most successful Indian bowler picking up four for 122 in 30 overs.
This is McCullum's second double century in Tests and also became the fourth Black Caps player to achieve the feat of scoring two or more double hundred in Tests.

While Ishant got a couple of wickets in the morning session, Mohammed Shami (1/93) got the other wicket.
Starting from the overnight score of 329/4, it didn't take much time for McCullum and Corey Anderson (77) to get going as their fifth wicket stand yielded 133 runs.
Despite overcast conditions again, they were on top of the Indian bowling from the very outset, looking to score as many runs as possible. In the third over of the day, the skipper brought up his 150-run mark, while in the next one, Anderson reached his half-century, off 88 balls, with seven fours and one six.

Indeed the left-handed batsman looked more ominous scoring 26 runs off the first 21 balls he faced in the day. He was especially hard on Ishant, clobbering him for three fours in the 96th over, quickly moving on into the sixties.
Perhaps that led to the next bit of action as Ishant changed his line in the 100th over, coming around the wicket, and was able to get a leg before decision in his favour.