Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid safely guided India to a comfortable 10-wicket victory over New Zealand on the fourth day of the first Test at Seddon Park.Gambhir finished on 30 not out, while Dravid was on eight after Harbhajan Singh had ripped through New Zealand's second innings with figures of six for 63 to set up the win - their first in New Zealand since 1976. India had scored 520 in their first innings, anchored by man of the match Sachin Tendulkar's 160, and New Zealand needed to make at least 241 to force the Indians to bat a second time. However they collapsed to 216 for eight at tea on the fourth day, and it was only a stubborn 76-run ninth wicket partnership between Brendon McCullum (84) and Iain O'Brien (14) that allowed the hosts to give India a small target to chase.
| Fourth day scoreboard |
| New Zealand first innings 279 India first innings 520 New Zealand second innings (overnight 75-3) T McIntosh c Tendulkar b Khan 0 M Guptill c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh 48 D Flynn c Gambhir b Harbhajan Singh 67 K Mills lbw b Patel 2 R Taylor c Sehwag b Patel 4 J Ryder lbw b Harbhajan Singh 21 J Franklin c Patel b Harbhajan Singh 14 B McCullum c Laxman b Yuvraj 84 D Vettori c Dhoni b Harbhajan 21 I O'Brien c Laxman b Harbhajan Singh 14 C Martin not out 0 Extras 4 Total (all out, 102.3 overs) 279 Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-68 3-75 4-110 5-132 6-154 7-161 8-199 9-275 10-279 India second innings G Gambhir not out 30 R Dravid not out 8 Extras 1 Total (for no wickets, 5.2 overs) 39 Man of the match: Sachin Tendulkar |
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